Its on Pay-per-view atm, and with my long weekend off coming up........is it worth the 3 quid viewing price?
The Last Samurai - opinions?
Its on Pay-per-view atm, and with my long weekend off coming up........is it worth the 3 quid viewing price?
"I request permanent reassignment to the Gallic frontier. Nay, I demand reassignment. Perhaps it is improper to say so, but I refuse to fight against the Greeks or Macedonians any more. Give my command to another, for I cannot, I will not, lead an army into battle against a civilized nation so long as the Gauls survive. I am not the young man I once was, but I swear before Jupiter Optimus Maximus that I shall see a world without Gauls before I take my final breath."
Senator Augustus Verginius
Re: The Last Samurai - opinions?
Originally Posted by Mount Suribachi
I think it's worth it. Some good battle scenes and a very good Ken Watanabe playing the rebel Daimyo.
Just do not expect it to be really historically correct
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The fights are beautiful as is the acting. The last scenes are great but tremedously emotional
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I liked it, but not much historical ness in it. Good enough movie to rent.
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Great movie with really nice battle scenes and fantastic Samurai armor. Its sort of a remake though. Its dances with wolves in Japan.
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tried and true formula wrapped in a cliche.
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Typical Hollywood, but had some merit. I liked the scenes in the Japanese (New Zealand) village best. I had to buy a DVD because my wife loves Ken Watanabe.
It should have been made without the American hero. It should have featured only Japanese in the major roles. It seems like Hollywood thinks people will only watch a movie if it has a white American hero.
I also hated that the "bad guy" was one-dimensional and might as well have had a black hat and said "Muhahahaha!". He had no redeeming features. Like I said: typical Hollywood.
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I have to say it was alot better than I expected it to be. Slow at first, but once the story gets moving, its very interesting. Seeing it made me take STW out of the closet again for the first time in years. A previous poster was right on; its Dances with Wolves in 19th c. Japan.
I too was bored and saw it on OnDemand. Definitely worth the $3.99.
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Re: The Last Samurai - opinions?
It was good. Although as Maddox pointed out, a) Why is it an American who is the last Samurai? and b) Why is does the star hate his enemy and think he is scum - despite him just doing his job honourably (the whole thing is about honour)...?
Good movie though.
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It is a decent film, but much like Gawain said it is dances with wolves in Japan.
GARCIN: I "dreamt," you say. It was no dream. When I chose the hardest path, I made my choice deliberately. A man is what he wills himself to be.
INEZ: Prove it. Prove it was no dream. It's what one does, and nothing else, that shows the stuff one's made of.
GARCIN: I died too soon. I wasn't allowed time to - to do my deeds.
INEZ: One always dies too soon - or too late. And yet one's whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are - your life, and nothing else.
Jean Paul Sartre - No Exit 1944
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ahh teh old !! ..... but worth it.
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gawain and JAG agreeing??????
*thud*
"I request permanent reassignment to the Gallic frontier. Nay, I demand reassignment. Perhaps it is improper to say so, but I refuse to fight against the Greeks or Macedonians any more. Give my command to another, for I cannot, I will not, lead an army into battle against a civilized nation so long as the Gauls survive. I am not the young man I once was, but I swear before Jupiter Optimus Maximus that I shall see a world without Gauls before I take my final breath."
Senator Augustus Verginius
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I am sure we agree on many things, me being far more attractive and intelligent just for starters
GARCIN: I "dreamt," you say. It was no dream. When I chose the hardest path, I made my choice deliberately. A man is what he wills himself to be.
INEZ: Prove it. Prove it was no dream. It's what one does, and nothing else, that shows the stuff one's made of.
GARCIN: I died too soon. I wasn't allowed time to - to do my deeds.
INEZ: One always dies too soon - or too late. And yet one's whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are - your life, and nothing else.
Jean Paul Sartre - No Exit 1944
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in stockings...I am sure we agree on many things, me being far more attractive and intelligent just for starters
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