Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Lawbolisted Powerful

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

wwcorigan Great movie, Amazon spoiler: wanted to buy it and found that only way to buy it is to use it on a kindle. I don't want a kindle! I don't want kindle software on my computer! I thought I was buying a CD that would play on *my computer. And I agree 10 bucks is a fair price for the CD. But oh no, to find out about the kindle, you have to buy the CD. There is no returning the Kindle software. I figure, if Amazon is that hard up for 10 bucks, sucks, maybe they deserve it! Plus, they want ten lines about Amazon service. Well OK, Amazon has been good over the years. Until this time I've never had a problem with them. They, or there partners have simply taken my money and provided me with a product. Seems fair. Eventually Amazon does not feel this is a fair, although you can buy this particular CD anywhere for 10 bucks. Why Amazon feels that what I watch needed to be part of Kindle world; and I why I to pay to be part of the data base is somewhat amazing.

smiles_poop Of the few Kurosawa films i've so far seen, Dreams is the first one in color. Concerning the images on screen this film is beautiful. Kurosawa could truly make his films look like paintings. In a time where idiot reviewers can call 'The A-Team' poetry in motion, this film and other masterpieces will forever be underrated. Funnily enough, of all the films I've seen, I would relate this to a slightly inferior 2001. The reason is the scant dialogue and brutally slow moving scenes. This is one of the reasons I am not the ultimate Space Odyssey fan, because you really have to be in the right interprative mood. This is also what Dreams suffers and thrives from, a snail's pace.There are pros and cons to each 'Dream' and I will mention each. When talking about slow pace, the one that suffers the most is 'The Blizzard'. This section, while entertaining, is the simplest of stories, and it drags on for too long. Although I'm contradicting myself,some Dreams are too talky- mostly 'the Tunnel', 'Village Of The Watermills',and 'the Weeping Demon' (in my opinion the weakest of the sections) in which half the dream seems to be comprised of a shot of a character talking in a very obvious way about some thematic statement. 'Sunshine Through The Rain' and 'The Peach Orchard' seem to end far too abruptly with most of the Dream being a Kabuki-esquire dance sequence. 'Mount Fuji in Red' is a scathing rant at all things Nuclear and in it's 2 scenes happens to have one of the films highlights and low points. Scene one of the Dream is a really scary Godzilla meets An Inconveniant Truith section that is ironic and unsettling. Part 2 is an overacted, preachy and talkative killer of momentum. Overall my second best.In my humble opinion, the best dream is 'Crows' because it combines the best use of cinematography and weaves it into the story, as well as blending silence with dialogue. This is the only Dream that isn't too preachy or too slow and is perhaps one of the most visceral things Kurosawa has done. The final sequence that has something to do with crows (no spoilers) took me completely by surprise and sent a chill down my spine. Capturing the surreal, enchanting and slightly unsettling feeling of Dreaming.I know I've taken a few hits at this film but thats only because it's not perfect. It's certainly not Kurosawa's best (in my Opinion that's Rashomon) but the truith is that it's cinematically ingenious. In a world where banal stupidity thrives (cough TRANSFORMERS cough)and gets a fair amount of undeserved praise, on Rotten Tomatoes this film currently gets a 53%! That makes me angry! Watch this movie and see what you think...

Luis Guillermo Cardona Akira Kurosawa was a good man. East-blooded, able to see beyond the surface, transcended the skin and sharpened senses to understand the greatness of our world. He saw, recognized and pulsed with the natural beauty that the world has to offer and felt, shared and respected the man who carries depth, dignity and love, with the rest of his fellows, and put his life in service of an art sacred and clean for him, with which recorded his feelings, hopes and fears. In 1990, Kurosawa had already created a cinematographic work which included 28 films, most of them of profound significance and an occasional small lakes such as have any other artist, therefore, not always the inspiration and / or conditions, they get found at its highest point. However, already had earned the Golden Lion and Silver Lion in Venice, had received the Oscar for best foreign film, and two Silver Bears at the Berlin Film Festival, also recognized his virtuosity.He had already overcome the worst existential crisis, and had won the recognition of large European and American producers who funded his latest projects.Thus, with the support of Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, then came "Akira Kurosawa's Dreams," a film very visually beautiful, full of illusion and disillusion, innocent and sweet as if you tell your child more intimate, and hope to awaken the conscience of man of the century, which is about to completely ruin the permanence of the human being, this amazing home that we gave by bequest. Eight vindicate dreams and magic of nature, which speak of the forces that exist beyond the senses, that we warn against nuclear disaster, and remind us of the majesty and security that, in principle, we were given away. The result is a film with meaning and worthy of a tortured writer who, by dint of perseverance, kept alive the hope in man.

mrinaldutta90 i have been hearing about Akira Kurosawa's movies for a long time,but was not able to lay my hands on one till today!and his reputation did precede him...dreams is a collection of eight short dreams which was said to be dreamed by Kurosawa himself !most of the dreams is a beautifully pictured social commentary on modern life,and how science is destroying the beauty of the actual lives and the small little things that are really important! the peach orchard gives the message on deforestation and cutting of trees,the blizzard and the tunnel(two nightmares) gives different concepts of death and defeat,mount Fuji in red and the weeping demon gives the message about modern nuclear weapons and their ill effects... crows is the most beautiful dream,in which the dreamer travels through the paintings of artist van Gogh(played by martin Scorsese)...the transformation from painting to real life is really brilliant but my favorite dream is the last one village of the watermills,which makes u realize that technology and science necessarily do not bring a happy and full life!the two most important things in life is clean water and clean air!most of the dreams do not have any plot,actually they do not need one...they are very strong by themselves!it will seem that they are surreal dreams dreamed by a socially responsible person...and leaves a deep impression on ones mind!!it may be a little slow,but if u see through it,the way u view your life may change!9.5/10