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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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