My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Sunday, December 16, 2012

The Story of Floating Weeds (1934)

Master director Yasujirô Ozu tells the story of the leader of an acting troop who visits the family he abandoned, sending his jealous lover into a deceitful plan of revenge.  This is classic Ozu and it's about as perfect as a tale of this kind can be. So perfect that I have no idea why he'd want to remake it, although I've read the remake is just as remarkable.   I love old films like these because you forget you're watching an entertainment made in the '30s.  Sure it's black and white with mono sound but the storytelling is as relevant and in many cases better than most films made today.  Ozu made subtle masterpieces about the human condition and they will live on as long as people watch films.  Grade: A+
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