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#1 ShinobiGatakana

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Posted 10 December 2003 - 12:24 AM

Has anyone seen the new Movie "The Last Samurai"? I saw it, and I ended up crying, and I mean bawling. I LOVE that movie. What did y'all think?

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Posted 10 December 2003 - 12:33 AM

I've heard nothing but good things about it, and it would probably be a movie that I'd be into, but I stay away from the moviehouse like it was the plague so it'll be a while before I see it.

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Posted 10 December 2003 - 01:55 AM

Ive heard too many good reviews about that movie from my friends. Im just too lazy to pay $7.00. i guess im waiting until next june for it to come out at blockbuster

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Posted 10 December 2003 - 02:26 AM

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Posted 10 December 2003 - 09:03 AM

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I have heard nothing but bad things about The Last Samuri, strangely enough. Reviews that panned it, people who saw it and thought it sucked. If you all have heard positive things though, I might rent it as soon as it comes out.

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Posted 10 December 2003 - 09:48 AM

Man, I don't see why they didn't just get a japanese guy to play a samurai. Or maybe I'm just crazy...

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Posted 10 December 2003 - 02:00 PM

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Man, I don't see why they didn't just get a japanese guy to play a samurai. Or maybe I'm just crazy...

That would defeat the whole point. Cruise is supposed to be an American veteran in Japan. He's is supposedly haunted by his experience in the Indian Wars. Otherwise it would just be some Japanese guy learning the ways of Japanese fighting tradition.

What I want to know is how culturally accurate the movie stays. I hear conflicting reports, some saying that the film butchers Japanese history, some that it's tries hard to keep everything authentic. Seeing as it's Hollywood, I would tend to slide towards the former, but I'll have to see it to be sure.

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Posted 10 December 2003 - 02:05 PM

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Posted 10 December 2003 - 06:57 PM

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Posted 10 December 2003 - 08:13 PM

Only when referring to a particular diety or group that has termed themselves so. "god" is more general.

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Posted 10 December 2003 - 09:13 PM

So like say we named someone else God like Avatara. Then would they be a god or only a god in our minds?

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#12 ShinobiGatakana

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Posted 10 December 2003 - 09:29 PM

The movie stays completely true to Japanese tradition and culture. I would know, I am a 3rd Dan of Gobukan Ryu Ninjitsu. I also teach Iaido. Look up, Iaido and you will find that teaching Japanese culture is part of the learning process. The only conflicting thing I found was the fact that they let a white man wear the armor and swords of a Samurai. That basically gave him the same social status. The swords were rank, and wearing both was the highest honor.

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Posted 12 December 2003 - 09:51 AM

Yes, The Last Samurai is an extremely moving and excellent movie. Now, if only Tom Cruise could have learned to play a role other than Tom Cruise... it would have been perfect. Ken Watanabe, who plays Katsumoto, was absolutely brilliant, however.

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Posted 12 December 2003 - 11:29 AM

What the hell is Pikeman doing here?

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Posted 12 December 2003 - 11:17 PM

In case you haven't been paying attention, flags, Pikeman is a frequent visitor, like Chlamydia to some girls I know.

Anyway, some Hollywood films do try to add a little cultural depth to their movies. I'm surprised one succeeded - especially considering it was a "Japanese" film shot in New Zealand starring an American.

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Posted 13 December 2003 - 03:07 AM

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In case you haven't been paying attention, flags, Pikeman is a frequent visitor, like Chlamydia to some girls I know.
Anyway, some Hollywood films do try to add a little cultural depth to their movies. I'm surprised one succeeded - especially considering it was a "Japanese" film shot in New Zealand starring an American.

Well, I guess I havn't been paying attention.

I will probably get the movie when it comes out on DVD. Almost all of the films here in the theaters are dubbed american movies, so it kinda sucks to watch them. On DVD you have a language selection.

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Posted 13 December 2003 - 07:19 PM

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In case you haven't been paying attention, flags, Pikeman is a frequent visitor, like Chlamydia to some girls I know.

Do i want to pay attention?

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Posted 14 December 2003 - 11:23 PM

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If it had been, we would have had to shoot Gatakana

I have heard nothing but bad things about The Last Samuri, strangely enough. Reviews that panned it, people who saw it and thought it sucked. If you all have heard positive things though, I might rent it as soon as it comes out.

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Posted 14 December 2003 - 11:56 PM

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CHANGE THE TOPIC TO GIRLS!!!!!!!!! QUICK!!!!!!

not only that...but it's not that hard to make you cry.

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Posted 14 December 2003 - 11:59 PM

Yeah kick him in the nuts or tell him hes not as cool as he thinks he is. Oh yeah and he isn't a samuri despite what the drugs tell him.

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Posted 15 December 2003 - 12:01 AM

Already been done.

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Posted 15 December 2003 - 09:04 PM

I would see the weird samuri movie, but Tom Cruise sucks. And it looks like a crappy movie.

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#23 moonunit4eva

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Posted 15 December 2003 - 09:53 PM

Ya, I agree, it did look really bad.

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#24 ShinobiGatakana

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Posted 17 December 2003 - 01:02 AM

But it was actually quite good. Even if you think it looks bad, you should still see it. The music is great. And you really cant appreciate the music in this movie unless you know the storyline and can visualize the scene in which its used. Its that indepth.

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Posted 17 December 2003 - 08:55 PM

I think that music usually detracts from a movie. Thus, i don't watch movies for their music.

Unless it's the Rocky Horror Picture Show

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