Seen, Last Samurai, My Comments

arnadstephen

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• 25 Dec 2003

• #1

Saw the "Last Samurai", this weekend


My comments
-> battle scenes are very realistic, especially for the violent realism
-> some of it, hard to believe they re-created the action so realistically
-> it can be hard to watch
-> the re-created streets in Edo (Tokyo), which they would have shown
more of the culture and people of Edo (Tokyo), like the night-life back then !
-> Ninja attack seemed a caricature
-> has a Hollywood ending
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GookanGohan

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• 5 Jan 2004

• #2

Last Samurai

I loved it! seen it twice already

 

arnadstephen

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• 14 Jan 2004

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• #3

Seen, Last Samurai

I loved it! seen it twice already

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Did you like/dis-like any of my comments ?
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thomas

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• 14 Jan 2004

• #4

Originally posted by arnadstephen
My comments
-> battle scenes are very realistic, especially for the violent realism

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Saw the movie last weekend (at Roppongi Hills, fantastic cinema, for anyone who`s in Tokyo). Some battle scenes are epic indeed.

-> the re-created streets in Edo (Tokyo), which they would have shown more of the culture and people of Edo (Tokyo), like the night-life back then !

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Impressive scenes of street life, although a Japanese friend commented that the landscape did not look Japanese at all (movie was shot in New Zealand after all).

-> Ninja attack seemed a caricature

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I fully agree!

-> has a Hollywood ending

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Some scenes were too Hollywoodesque, eg the final sequence with the Meiji tenno refusing to sign the treaty with the US, but also the battle scene when the attacking samurai were mowed down by Gatling guns and the Imperial troops bowing to the dying Kazumoto, too much pathos for my taste.

Watanabe Ken acted splendidly. Definitely a movie I am going to watch again.

 

Toshiya

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12 Jan 2004

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• 14 Jan 2004

• #5

Is there any beautiful japanese landscape?

That would be the only reason I'll watch this movie...

 

Eisuke

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28 Nov 2003

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• 14 Jan 2004

• #6

I've seen the movie also and I think it has a good story, good music score and has a realistic atmosphere. The only thing I didn't like is that I think Tom Cruise was too much in the movie as a total and he played too much the hero. My overall opinion: it's a good movie to see.

 

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Jean-Francois

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18 Jan 2004

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• 19 Jan 2004

• #7

The movie is too long. I think Brave Heart is better.

 

Erik

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5 Feb 2003

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• 19 Jan 2004

• #8

It was good, but kinda strange to see Tom Cruise to save japan...

 

Iron Chef

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• 19 Jan 2004

• #9

"The movie is too long. I think Brave Heart is better."

"Braveheart" running length: 177 minutes
"The Last Samurai" running length: 144 minutes

 

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Jean-Francois

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• 19 Jan 2004

• #10

When I say "long", it means they could have made it shorter. I think they talked too much in the end. I dunno, maybe some people like to know more about Confucianism. For me, the last 30 mins of the movie became a drag.

 

senseiman

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• 19 Jan 2004

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I didn't think it was too long, I liked it a lot. I agree about the end scene with the Meiji Emporer being a bit too Hollywood-esque, but I thought the final battle scene with the gattling guns and all the troops bowing in respect to Katsumoto was great.

Unfortunately you won't see any beautiful Japanese landscapes in film because, and it pains me to say it, there aren't any beautiful Japanese landscapes left. They've all been covered in concrete and high tension power lines, so they had to film most of the movie in New Zealand. Very beautiful New Zealand landscapes are in the movie though!

 

mieboy

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• 20 Jan 2004

• #12

I have seen that movie..And what a great movie...I mean its unbeliavable that there were warriors in the world that used to think like that... Ex. When the Guy's(who Tom Cruise killed)wife said that she wasnt angry with him because they had a batle and he won...that's was fair...
Very Very NICE!!