You didn´t think the woman was strangely distant towards the boy and her baby, concidering having a child was her biggest wish to begin with?

That annoyed the hell out of me, for some reason.

Just seen Seven Swords, don't believe the hype! nowhere near as good as comercial Chop Socky such as House of flying daggers or Crouching Tiger, It was like a poor mans Seven Samurai & rather dull in places & choreography just not up to scratch.

Three Extremes

I thought this was a great anthology, with one small problem... Dumplings was the first film. I enjoyed both Cut and Box, but Dumplings was so strong that it sort of overshadowed what came after. I think it would have worked better if that one had come last. Overall: 8/10

I rewatched Kung Fu Hustle. and have Ab-Normal Beauty rented...

oh I lied. It was "Zatoichi"

Towards the end she seemed to favor Jin-seong(the boy) and forgot all about her baby.

But your right her attachments towards her children were'nt exactly strong ones,but by the end of the film they've already established that both mum and dad were coming apart mentally.

Yeah, that´s true. Poor baby...:rolleyes:

samurai 3

so - thats the lot then ..

what did you think as a whole ?

very good, can't go wrong with mifune