The Last Samurai

IceCoffin · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 9:26 pm Post subject: The Last Samurai

One of my favorite movies is The Last Samurai.

I actually wanted the movie to be a little bit longer; it was so well directed that it never felt like two or so hours. It is also places a lasting impression upon viewers, I believe and is very memorable. It's right up there with all these Miyazaki movies in my mental "Favorite Movies" list.
I believe it was a very well-done movie, however, like many good movies, it was released at a bad time, and henceforth, never really got the appreciation it deserved. But I guess that may also be a good thing. If too many people love something, it can grow overrated. However, I'm sure there many loyal fans of this movie outh there in the forums.... aren't there?
There aren't any bad things I can think of about this movie, to be honest. It's absolutely fantastic, if not very sad in many places; I cried in one scene. Man, I feel like a movie critic. I gotta stop.

I know a really strange fact: The man who was Emperor Meiji in the movie actually more closely resembles Emperor Showa (Emperor Hirohito). Besides, all the Meiji images we have today do not depict his appearance at the beginnings of his reign, so, I guess they decided it was logical to use Emperor Showa (without the glasses)as a reference. BTW, Meiji first ascended the Imperial throne at the age of 15.
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His Dudeness · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 9:33 pm Post subject:

My favorite serious movie.
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Lord Kratos the XII · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 10:07 pm Post subject:

Great Movie, one of my favorites. I thought it was a bit to long myself though
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Zelos77 · Joined: 18 Jun 2004 Posts: 4797 Location: Tampa, Florida

Oh, what a wonderful movie. It was awesome.
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Pearl Zeppelin · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 12:26 am Post subject:

i actually think this movie is perfect. i cant imagine it being better. amazing acting, amazing action, amazing scenery, a touch of tragedy and humor but with a subtle happy ending, its truly a triumph
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Sylvan · Joined: 05 Mar 2005 Posts: 160 Location: Heimdall

What the??? Everyone likes this movie??? *dies* I can't believe it ... I had expected everyone to be ranting about how bad it is ... argh ... so ... crappy.

I might as well say why I think that it's crappy. The thing is, this movie had nothing really very gripping or imaginative in it. Plus, it's totally Hollywoodised. It fits into no real timeline, and, no offense, but Tom Cruise is already a bad actor ... he's only popular because he looks good. And even he wasn't his best in this film, either. The film relied heavily upon special effects, at least when you think of the way it was advertised - as being a semi-based-on-a-true-story flick.

Meh. That's just my opinion, I suppose.
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†NaTaN† · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 4:52 pm Post subject:

It's divided between the ones who love and the ones who hate
I think this movie is great and the story is very good since the begin until the end, the ambient was perfect and how the protagonist learns the Samurai's fight is perfect too, really, this movie is one of greats
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Azumi_fan · Joined: 23 Jul 2005 Posts: 71 Location: my own little world

i really love this film it is so brilliant ive lost count of the amount of times ive watched it.There are so many awesome characters but my favourite has to be ujio played by the awesome actor hiroyuki sanada.I just dont like to watch the end that much but i know it had to happen because with the meji goverment overthrowing the samurai being a real time in history but still samurai rule and i dont like to see them dieing.

Sataka · Joined: 04 Jul 2004 Posts: 19245

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Last samurai...

It was a pretty good movie. A little too long for moi.
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Flame Master · Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 9:49 pm Post subject:

I saw that movie once... and, quite frankly... I LOVED IT. I especially liked the scene at the begining when Cruise gets drunk...considering I heard that Cruise actually was drunk when the scene was shot. I would have never considered it possible.
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Kratos Auron · Joined: 12 Jun 2005 Posts: 4035 Location: Ka-Boom!

That movie was awsome!
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