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Why is a movie about seven vagrants considered so legendary?

posted 11 years ago by JaneDanton
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In the US vagrants are mostly considered 'bums' and low-lifes.

[–] mglucas77 11 years ago

I never considered them vagrants. Just a group of men who's 'profession' was being squeezed out with the changing times. I thought it was an interesting parallel drawn between the dying role of the gunslinger during the 'civilization' of the old west and the declining role of the laborer in post WW2 America. Maybe i'm just reading too much into it.

I don't consider it a 'legendary' film though. Certainly not in the same league as westerns like Once Upon a Time in the West or The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

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[–] spookyrat1 11 years ago

"Actually,the "Seven Samurai"...it's considered one of the best movies ever,..."

And rightfully so.

But not many would deny this rousing gunslinging remake, a place in most western aficionados lists of top ten movies.

It's arguably one of the first renowned Hollywood remakes that directed the attention of large western (hemisphere) audiences to Kurosawa and the Japanese film industry.

This was the key that opened the door to further remakes of Kurosawa's material such as Rashomon and Yojimbo.

Individually TM7 clearly has its own merits; great casting, cinematography and not forgetting one of the most famous film scores in cinema history.

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[–] bootblack987 10 years ago

Why is a movie about seven vagrants considered so legendary?

Because they stood up to a group of terrorists...and won. Not only that, but it was a group of white men helping (honest, hard-working) Mexicans, so a great example of judging people on their character rather than the colour of their skin.

[–] spaceagegal 10 years ago

And the theme music kicks ass!!

[–] twofacetoo 10 years ago

Tell me, do you go around wishing death and bad luck on the real homeless population?
If so, then please get help. Clearly you have some sort of issue with homeless people.

[–] montrossboc-1 8 years ago

These 'bums' had guns and knew how to use them.

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