Movies You Should Watch: Bunraku

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look, we have a movie thread
it really sucks
it moves like every thread on TSR with a few notable examples

"i just watched x"
"i just watched x"
"oh x is good i just watched x"

there's no discourse or me telling you that your taste in films is abhorrent
i/tyvon/gorsal/vipershark/anyone with the balls is going to tell you to watch a movie we like (anyone likes) and we're going to try and talk about what makes it so good

first up, i want to tell you about a movie i had the pleasure of seeing on netflix
BUNRAKU

Bunraku, since you probably don't know what it is, is a type of Japanese puppet theater.
Bunraku (the movie) has a unique visual style, influenced by the type of theater it gets it's namesake from .
sets, shots, costumes, are all lit, painted and rendered to look like paper backdrops
giving the whole movie a wonderful, fantastic visual style.

Bunraku takes place in a world where guns are completely outlawed, and as the lead-singer of faith no mores amazing narration skills will tell you
"Just as the sword gave way to the gun, so did the gun give way to the sword."

starring Josh Hartnett as "The Drifter" a stock, cowboy esque character who brawls with his fists,
runs his fingers along the brim of his hat (causing the sound of a whirling revolver cylinder)
looking for revenge, something the whole movie is about
and Gackt Camui as Yoshi, a swordless samurai, looking to retrieve his clan's treasure


ps: watch this movie and tell me what you think of it in this thread