I didn't think it was a visual treat at all. In Kurosawa's Throne of Blood, when arrows strike to the left and right of Mifune, the close-ups are spectacular. In fact, off-screen archers were actually shooting arrows within inches of Mifune. I'm not advocating that type of filmmaking, but sometimes less is more, and I thought the tens of thousands of arrows in Hero were ludicrous. I didn't like the composition in this film at all. 