A good movie

I already saw this movie but, since it has such a strong reputation (it is included in the '1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die' list, among other things), I thought I might as well check it out again. Well, to be honest, I was surprised by how little I remembered it and, in fact, it turned out to be also much more random than I remembered. Seriously, if it would have been slightly more focused on this really entertaining tale of Tampopo and the make over of her noodle shop, it would have been amazing but I'm afraid I didn't care much about all these really random scenes constantly popping up without a warning. Still, there is no doubt that it is definitely a weird and original movie and I really enjoyed it. Basically, most of the movie was about the quest of creating a great noodle restaurant and it is considered as a tribute to the classic Westerns for some obvious reasons. But, as I mentioned already, this movie went way beyond that and it kept throwing some really random scenes but still always linked to food. For example, one particular scene involved a man and woman endlessly swapping an egg yolk from each other mouths and, to be honest, it was easily one of the most disgusting scenes I have ever seen (for some reason, it didn't bother me that much the second time around though). Still, it was a really fun and unique movie, the food looked amazing, it made me so hungry and I wish I could go to Japan just to taste some of these dishes. Anyway, to conclude, even though I'm not sure if I would consider this movie a masterpiece, it was still pretty neat and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you want to see something completely different coming from Japan.

7/10