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Remus
Overgrown Cat
Joined: 03 Jul 2002
Posts: 1657
Location: Fish bowl |
Director of the film, Edward Zwick, previously directed two respectable films - Glory (Denzel Washington) and Legend of the Fall (Brad Pitt). I liked both films, although they are not particularly excellent films. The Last Samurai secured rather mixed reviews, some like it, some hate it. This latest movie also didn't change my opinion regarding Zwick. The camera works/photography is good, but for me the film didn't offer big catharsis in the end.
It's rather amusing hearing Tom Cruise speaks Japanese.
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Neo_Genesis
The Assassin
Joined: 10 Aug 2003
Posts: 3050
Location: The Netherlands |
i saw some long trailers of it while being in the cinemas. it looked quite good though.
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Korplem
Swashbuckler
Joined: 23 Dec 2002
Posts: 853
Location: Pearl Harbor, HI |
I liked it a lot. 
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Secret Agent Lawanda
The last thing you see...
Joined: 23 Oct 2003
Posts: 1041
Location: World of Darkness (LA) |
Saw it. It's your typical Tom Cruise movie.
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Namirrha
Noble Knight
Joined: 03 May 2002
Posts: 218
Location: Utah County, Utah. |
It's an "uneven" movie. I'm not sure how to describe it other than some parts were excellent, and it had beautiful cinematography, but it trotted out a lot of cliches. I had moments of deja vu from the miniseries Shogun, because Cruise looks too much like Richard Chamberlain (Blackthorne). Some scenes seemed taken from Kurosawa movies. Perhaps it was too much in too little time, although the movie time was already quite long.
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RPG Frog
Blade Runner
Joined: 02 Jan 2004
Posts: 748
Location: the Matrix |
quote:
Originally posted by Remus
Director of the film, Edward Zwick, previously directed two respectable films - Glory (Denzel Washington) and Legend of the Fall (Brad Pitt). I liked both films, although they are not particularly excellent films. The Last Samurai secured rather mixed reviews, some like it, some hate it. This latest movie also didn't change my opinion regarding Zwick. The camera works/photography is good, but for me the film didn't offer big catharsis in the end.
It's rather amusing hearing Tom Cruise speaks Japanese.
I agree. I am a samurai fanatic. I have tons of movies on DVD. Studied the Samurai Sword for a few years. And have a massive book collection on them. I really can't give this movie that high of ratings cause it is not Japanese. I don't think it showed Bujutsu or the mindset of the samurai at all. It was definitely not historical. And if you analyze all the little details it falls apart. But for someone who has never seen a samurai movie they might actually think New Zeleand looks like Japan and think this is the greatest flick ever. And how can anyone take Tom Cruise serious in a Samurai movie? Not only that...why use computer effects in this type of movie? Sword of Doom, Throne of Blood, Chushinigra, Musashi Trilogy, 7 Samurai, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, RAN, SHOGUN miniseries, and many many more movies filmed in Japan are much better!
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Joeman
Protector of the Realm
Joined: 03 Jan 2004
Posts: 254
Location: USA |
I did not enjoy this movie much because I think the plot is way too far fetched for me. Samurai verses ninja part is great though.
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The wizard
Head Merchant
Joined: 20 Jan 2004
Posts: 54
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 I didn't even think that tom was the right actor for the job because of his back ground and of the way the movie went. |
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Thu Jan 22, 2004 8:39 pm |
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Bartacus
Il Buono
Joined: 24 May 2003
Posts: 4706
Location: Belgium Flemmish part |
The movie was alright for me, not great, but alright. (BTW, I consider it a good thing that it's not historical. -> When it would be made as a historical movie, you will always see the pro's and contra's of ridiculous groups of people.)
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Roqua
High Emperor
Joined: 02 Sep 2003
Posts: 897
Location: rump |
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Originally posted by Remus
Director of the film, Edward Zwick, previously directed two respectable films - Glory (Denzel Washington)
Glory is one of the best movies I've ever seen. Glory and Braveheart are the only two movies that even get me close to choked-up and teary eyed at all.
I've never even heard of Legend at the Fall, is it good?
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Bartacus
Il Buono
Joined: 24 May 2003
Posts: 4706
Location: Belgium Flemmish part |
@Roqua: Teared up, sounds to me you aren't a macho man, boyo. BTW, Legend of the falls wasn't very good to my prospective. Perhaps one who cries during movies would like that?  (  )
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DarkWeaver
A Dark Prince
Joined: 07 Dec 2003
Posts: 517
Location: The Netherlands |
This is (my opinion) the greatest movie i have ever seen. |
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