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A dead horse beaten by Kitano’s shtick

I just got through twiddling my thumbs through Takeshi “Beat” Kitano’s film Dolls, the most excruciatingly slow and painful film I’ve seen since…uh…let me see…uh…Brother, directed by…oh wait, that was also a Kitano film. Hmmn, notice a pattern here? I don’t know, I keep giving this guy a chance, and I thought for some reason this one might be different, especially seeing as how the blank-stare acting shtick of Kitano wouldn’t be making an appearance, and just like I thought a film by Kitano set in gangland Los Angeles would be different, but no more. No more chances. I’ve been bitten one too many times. I can see the comments already: oh but wait, Zatoichi will be different. You know what? I don’t care. There are only so many hours in the day and I have none left to give Kitano in the hopes that he might surprise me.

Just had to get that off my chest.