Living With a Nerd

Over the last few months, we have been going through all of the Zatoichi films.  Tonight, we intend to watch number 12 out of a total of 26 (after we get back from Dave and Busters, that is).  I’ve always been a huge fan of Samurai/Kung Fu films, and the Zatoichi series appears to be the genre’s zenith.  The plot in most of the films all run together, and on paper they seem like they would be boring and repetitive.  Somehow, every film grabs hold of our eyeballs and doesn’t let go until the credits begin to roll.

Watching these films has become something of a tradition in our household.  There are many of them (26, as previously mentioned), and we don’t want to get burned out on them…hence why we watch only one every 2-3 weeks.  I have noticed that each film is like a really engrossing novel or a video game with well-created characters; I never want each one to end.  Knowing that after tonight we will still be one movie short of watching half of them makes me ecstatic, but I can only imagine my disappointment when we watch the 26th and final film.

Of course, after the films, there is still the 100+ episode TV show…