A Pittsburgh woman with two jobs as a welder and an exotic dancer wants to get into ballet school.

If you’ve ever seen Jennifer Lopez dance video, where she’s this dancer and then sits on a chair and pours water on herself, it’s adapted from this movie. I didn’t know that!

When this movie ended, my only reaction was WTF. I watched it because a colleague of mine said this was their best movie ever! It’s not the best of anything ever.

I think it’s because it was made in the 80′s and she dances in a weird way and maybe the story was new, that’s why it was a big hit, other than that, from my point of view, there was no plot, she was welding, dancing in the club, welding, dancing in the club, it didn’t make sense and her character didn’t make sense at all. She’s a kid and yet has a relationship with a man old enough to be her father and sleeps with her but doesn’t allow her to smoke because apparently she isn’t old enough! I don’t know dancing, but even back in the 80′s, what she did doesn’t constitute as ballet dancing and give her a chance in one of the most elite ballet schools. The ending is disappointing You can  tell I didn’t like the movie that much

Link: IMDb

In the early 16th Century, Japan was in the throes of civil wars and the farmers everywhere were being crushed, under the iron heels of cruel bandits.

That’s how the story line of the movie starts.

A village of farmers who are threatened by a group of bandits decide to hire samurai to protect them in exchange for nothing but three meals a day.

This is one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. The story is amazing and in such detail. Each character is important and there are several stories that emerge within the main plot.

It has action, comedy, drama and lots of people screaming and crying I do recommend it, if you like such movies.

It is about 3:30 hrs long, what I downloaded was in Japaneses with English subtitles. It’s in black and white.

Link: IMDb