The Last Samurai.

Invisible Evil · Post by **Invisible Evil** » Sat Dec 13, 2003 6:13 pm

MAN! This was one hell of a movie, I had to piss like a race horse about 1 hour into it and couldnt leave.
Tom Cruise was very good in it but KEN WATANABE, who plays Katsumoto, the Lead Samurai to me stole the movie , he didnt do much acting in relation to Cruise but was awesome none the less.
Definatly a must see.

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Sat Dec 13, 2003 6:17 pm

not ONE thing I agree with there.

Boaring, stupid, and rather political.

Greg

ShibasScotch · Post by **ShibasScotch** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 9:14 am

no no, this was an EXCELLENT movie, I havent seen a REALLY good movie in a long time but I will be adding this to one of the best movies of all time list

b-man1 · Post by **b-man1** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 6:30 pm

went to it yesterday...thought it was a great movie for what it was trying to be.

character development: 8/10
storyline: 7/10
action: 10/10
drama/love stuff: 9/10

overall: 8.5/10

EvilHorace · Post by **EvilHorace** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 12:02 pm

I've seen the previews but it "appears" as if Tom Cruise is a Samurai and IF so, that notion somewhat bothers me as he's hardly Asian and I'd have to think any Samurai must be an Asian dude, right?
So far, I'm thinking that I can wait to see it when it's at Blockbuster.

tunis5000 · Post by **tunis5000** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 3:00 pm

The storyline has nothing to do with him being asian or not.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325710/

Plot Outline: An American military advisor embraces the Samurai culture he was hired to destroy after he is captured in battle.

Hipnotic_Tranz · Post by **Hipnotic_Tranz** » Fri Dec 26, 2003 4:36 pm

I thought it was a pretty damn good movie. I didn't really know what to expect but I walked away enjoying it. The action was very well done, the acting was superb throughout, well laid out story... ...overall a very good flick, in my opinion.

EvilHorace · Post by **EvilHorace** » Fri Dec 26, 2003 7:24 pm

OK, is the storyline believable, does it work?

Hipnotic_Tranz · Post by **Hipnotic_Tranz** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 9:35 pm

Definitly. I don't even consider Tom Cruises role as being 'the last samuri'---I don't know if this is what they wanted or not, but I didn't get this impression. I just saw it as a story about the samuri told through someone who held as a prisoner of war.

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 3:46 am

Originally posted by Hipnotic_Tranz
Definitly. I don't even consider Tom Cruises role as being 'the last samuri'---I don't know if this is what they wanted or not, but I didn't get this impression. I just saw it as a story about the samuri told through someone who held as a prisoner of war.

Damn good movie Evil. The last Samurai is not Tom Cruise, but Katsumoto who is killed at the end with the modernization of the military.

blade · Post by **blade** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 2:03 pm

Maybe it's just me, but I just don't see cruise as being believable as a 'great warrior'. Which is what he seems to prefer to play. He seems more logical to play a pee wee type. Or maybe in a comedy/romance flick.

b-man1 · Post by **b-man1** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 2:27 pm

cruise isn't a super warrior in the movie...he deals out a good amount of pain, but also gets his @ss handed to him multiple times.

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 8:30 pm

Originally posted by blade
Maybe it's just me, but I just don't see cruise as being believable as a 'great warrior'. Which is what he seems to prefer to play. He seems more logical to play a pee wee type. Or maybe in a comedy/romance flick.

Hehe, I thought the exact same thing, as my wife wanted to go and see it, but I decided not to for the same reasons. Then I saw it posted in the newsgroups and watched a cam copy of it. I was really imprested with the movie. It was not what I thought it would be - Tom Cruise as the last samurai. This will be one that I will go to the theater to see, or buy the DvD when released.