The comparisons between TTT and the work of Kurosawa are apt. I found the protracted battle of Helm's Deep similar in feel and pacing to the final lengthy battle in <I>The Seven Samurai</I>. (If you wish to see another well-crafted battle scene, I heartily recommend it, although it is in Japanese subtitled in English.) Both battles have the same sort of hopeless-odds, no-way-out kind of feel, and get you just as emotionally involved rooting for the good guys. <P>Now obviously PJ has the edge in technological and cinematographic choices -- but that's one reason why Kurosawa is recognized as such a genius -- becuase this movie was made long before the advent of all these CGI shenanigans. Nevertheless, PJ should now be recognized as being in the same category of genius for bringing epic cinema back to life.<p>[ December 19, 2002: Message edited by: Thenamir ]
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