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• See The Twilight Samurai: it's the real deal. nt - tinear 12:11:21 07/14/05 (1)
  In Reply to: A word about "The Last Samurai" posted by rico on July 14, 2005 at 07:35:27:

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  • Great, sweet movie ... - Bulkington 13:15:59 07/14/05 (0)
    In Reply to: See The Twilight Samurai: it's the real deal. nt posted by tinear on July 14, 2005 at 12:11:21:

    ... except for the last, like, minute and the rolling credits (the song playing over them).

    Best, most realistic sword fighting sequences, too. That I've seen. The fault of most pure action films is that they create a mood that trivializes the action and undermine the suspense they're trying to effect because there doesn't really seem to be anything at stake. The fight sequences here, though, when they finally come, create an agonizing tension, not least for your not knowing (spoiler alert) that the main character is actually something of a badass. A brilliant move, really. He seems so docile and cowed you'd never guess the first fight would have the outcome it does.

    But it's the sensitive, central character and his relationship with his children and childhood love that make the film. I only wish the cinematography had been more equal to his vision and appreciation of the world. Like the scene in which he pauses to enjoy a flowering tree. Visually, the film was a little on the pedestrian side, I thought.

    An anachronism among anachronisms. Twilight samurai, indeed.
    
    

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• Asia covers about 30 percent with a total population that's more than 50 percent of the world... - saltyflies 10:37:08 07/14/05 (4)
  In Reply to: A word about "The Last Samurai" posted by rico on July 14, 2005 at 07:35:27:

  and they picked Tom Cruise to be THE Last Samuria - c'mon. It's like picking Ron Jeremy (the porn star) as the lead in "THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN".

  
  
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  • Or like picking Denzel Washington to play Hamlet?... (Better watch out...) nt - clarkjohnsen 10:25:18 07/15/05 (0)
    In Reply to: Asia covers about 30 percent with a total population that's more than 50 percent of the world... posted by saltyflies on July 14, 2005 at 10:37:08:

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  • Exactly my thought during this movie. - grantv 12:17:18 07/14/05 (1)
    In Reply to: Asia covers about 30 percent with a total population that's more than 50 percent of the world... posted by saltyflies on July 14, 2005 at 10:37:08:

    So the "actual" Samurai trained over generations of families for centuries.... and they pick some guy like Tom Cruise. Sorry, no way. I didn't think before renting that HE was going to BE the last Samurai. Probably would have saved myself a few hours of anguish if I would have known.
    I think with Tom's money he could have chosen a more realistic storyline for his $20,000,000 check that year. Maybe it's this willingness to portray any role so long as the check's in the bank, regardless of a poor story, that makes some people not like him so. I would have passed and moved on to other offers (there are other offers, right?). :)
    
    
    

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    • Re: Poor story, or no, it's (loosely) based on fact - grinagog 00:06:28 07/15/05 (0)
      In Reply to: Exactly my thought during this movie. posted by grantv on July 14, 2005 at 12:17:18:

      there really was a "foreign" samurai, but he was an Englishman, not the Civil War veteran Tom Cruise portrays
      Japanese warlords used Dutch mercenaries in some of their campaigns too
      Unimpressed with this film, but I did like Tom Cruise in Michael Mann's "Collateral"

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  • Re: At least he can't act.. - Jeff Starrs 10:43:21 07/14/05 (0)
    In Reply to: Asia covers about 30 percent with a total population that's more than 50 percent of the world... posted by saltyflies on July 14, 2005 at 10:37:08:

    ...you know, 'inscrutable' & stuff.
    
    

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• Re: The cure? - Jeff Starrs 07:56:42 07/14/05 (1)
  In Reply to: A word about "The Last Samurai" posted by rico on July 14, 2005 at 07:35:27:

  The Way of the Samurai
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  • Yes, a good "small" film nt - cjfrbw 10:54:23 07/14/05 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: The cure? posted by Jeff Starrs on July 14, 2005 at 07:56:42:

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