Let's see... Take one of the most (maybe THE most) famous and respected story in Japan culture, add some Keano (to reduce the expectations), add some scenery stolen from the Lord of the rings (to what about the expectations?), add some Hollywood mentality (to even more reduce the expectations), force some decent Japanese actors (one, Hiroyuki Sanada, or two were good indeed) to speak English for those Americans unable to read subtitles (to push the expectations almost to the bottom), and finally crown it all with poor directing (to kill it dead)...
For the memory of Hiroshi Inagaki, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kunio Watanabe, I suggest this movie to be banned as poor taste.
For the memory of Hiroshi Inagaki, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kunio Watanabe, I suggest this movie to be banned as poor taste.