The Last Samurai...

[Tancred]

Originally posted by InjaYew: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />As long as we understand that this is simply a movie, one may accept the idea of an American military officer training Japanese troops as something that could have happened.

Honestly that part has bothered me since I started hearing about it. It really set off my "Yeah, right," alarm. Hollywood wants to make a movie about a Samurai, let 'em go find a Japanese man for the lead role, not Tom Cruise. Maybe it's just me, but it seems kinda racist, and if I'm wrong, I apologize in advance. </font>[/QUOTE]It's a classic storytelling device... to allow the audience an insight into a culture or a history, you have the character who knows nothing - as he comes to understand things, so does the audience.

[Ithiopathanologist]

I have head goodthings about it akll so the trailer looked really good.

[Barry the Sprout]

The very, very, ending pissed me off something chronic. A good film but it chickened out at the last minute from what would otherwise have been quite a powerful moment.

[Sythe]

Originally posted by Barry the Sprout: The very, very, ending pissed me off something chronic. A good film but it chickened out at the last minute from what would otherwise have been quite a powerful moment.

What do you mean exactly?

[Harkoliar]

What do you mean exactly?

could be on the real last part.. it was good for me but i guess it can be a little anti-climatic for some.

[Barry the Sprout]

Originally posted by Sythe: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Barry the Sprout: The very, very, ending pissed me off something chronic. A good film but it chickened out at the last minute from what would otherwise have been quite a powerful moment.

What do you mean exactly? </font>[/QUOTE]Okay, SPOILER:
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The fact that Tom Cruise won! I mean, come on! Is that even historically accurate? Did Japan really hold off the encroaching power of capitalism! No! It didn't!

Too many exclamation marks, but suffice to say that that film would have been excellent and moving if they'd both just have died on the battlefield and it had ended there. Its sad, but that signifies more what happened in real life - capitalism did destroy a lot of ancient lifestyles and put a lot of people through abject hardship, and is still doing so.