The last samurai
- Thread starter Shu-Shu
- Start date
Shu-Shu
後輩
- 1 Aug 2004
- 69
- 0
- Thread starter
- #27
Wooow *stares* .. So many posts in a thread by ME ☝
Anyway, I have finally actually seen the movie .. and I also cried my eyes out
.. I didnt thought it would be so sad .. and I hate this keyboard cause I dont find anything on it >< .. anyway, back to the movie .. My friend and I had kinda funny dialouges(however you spell that :? )
Like when that dude on .. N I think got his hair cut ^^
Helena- Jennie, are you allright?
Me- Yeah, I guess .. why
Helena- You look like someone is pulling your heart out ..
Me- No I dont!
Helena- You DO! Come on.. It is just a little hair .. and it is a MOVIE!
Me- Yeah .. but .. it is HIS hair .. And I dont care if it is a movie .. it is still his hair! I would kill the person getting close to my hair with a knife/scissor ..
Helena- Oh .. if you feel that way just because of little hair beeing cut off, you shouldnt see the rest of the movie ..
Me- Why not ..
Helena- You might get the same reaction as when you read about the kamikazepilots ...
Me- So they are all gonna die? All the japanese people O.O
Helena- NO! not all you idiot .. but all the one you like in this movie ..
etc. etc ..
You should have seen her face when I cried ^^ She is the first person to see me cry .. except my mum ..
Anyway, I have finally actually seen the movie .. and I also cried my eyes out
.. I didnt thought it would be so sad .. and I hate this keyboard cause I dont find anything on it >< .. anyway, back to the movie .. My friend and I had kinda funny dialouges(however you spell that :? )Like when that dude on .. N I think got his hair cut ^^
Helena- Jennie, are you allright?
Me- Yeah, I guess .. why
Helena- You look like someone is pulling your heart out ..
Me- No I dont!
Helena- You DO! Come on.. It is just a little hair .. and it is a MOVIE!
Me- Yeah .. but .. it is HIS hair .. And I dont care if it is a movie .. it is still his hair! I would kill the person getting close to my hair with a knife/scissor ..
Helena- Oh .. if you feel that way just because of little hair beeing cut off, you shouldnt see the rest of the movie ..
Me- Why not ..
Helena- You might get the same reaction as when you read about the kamikazepilots ...
Me- So they are all gonna die? All the japanese people O.O
Helena- NO! not all you idiot .. but all the one you like in this movie ..
etc. etc ..
You should have seen her face when I cried ^^ She is the first person to see me cry .. except my mum ..
Last edited by a moderator:
cicatriz esp
後輩
- 21 Aug 2004
- 225
- 6
Yeah, Watanabe's character was actually the "last samurai" from which the film takes its name, not Cruise's.
If the movie was a historical representation, the female lead most likely would have been obligated to slit Cruise's character's throat as soon as he was captured, due to the fact that he killed her husband. She probably also would have had to shave her own head. Having her and Cruise live together was just obscenely ludicrous. But i think the film was meant to be a fairy tale of sorts, so it didnt have to be accurate.
If the movie was a historical representation, the female lead most likely would have been obligated to slit Cruise's character's throat as soon as he was captured, due to the fact that he killed her husband. She probably also would have had to shave her own head. Having her and Cruise live together was just obscenely ludicrous. But i think the film was meant to be a fairy tale of sorts, so it didnt have to be accurate.
skunkworks
先輩
- 13 Dec 2003
- 51
- 0
cicatriz esp said:
The Japanese were that extreme? Got a link that backs what you said up? Sounds interesting, in a sick kind of way.
Mimmy_08
先輩
- 16 Aug 2004
- 470
- 18
RockLee said:OMG......Why do you talk negative about a movie you didn't even see???
Go watch the movie...THEN tell us what you thought of it !!! xD
*slaps himself against head*....this is one of the best movies I ever saw!!!
Yes I think Rocklee is absolutely right! I've seen this movie and I find it very interesting, theres a lot of moral lesson.
Apollo
先輩
- 28 Mar 2004
- 1,810
- 45
Apart from seeing a great performance by Ken Watanabe, the film gives a great insight on the history of weaponry and development of warfare.
One can draw lines into how the development of weaponry affects people and warfare in general.
Which is very clear in the film:
Samurai old-style warfare >< new modern weapons.
The last scene in the film really describes how powerful gunpowder is, and the use of the "modern" weapon really was a milestone.
One can compare this last scene with WW1, when machine guns were used and their impact was so great that many soldiers fell one by one in huge numbers in no-man's land between the trenches because of this "new" development in weapons. The first was the MAXIM of course, which was developed in late 19th century.
One can draw lines into how the development of weaponry affects people and warfare in general.
Which is very clear in the film:
Samurai old-style warfare >< new modern weapons.
The last scene in the film really describes how powerful gunpowder is, and the use of the "modern" weapon really was a milestone.
One can compare this last scene with WW1, when machine guns were used and their impact was so great that many soldiers fell one by one in huge numbers in no-man's land between the trenches because of this "new" development in weapons. The first was the MAXIM of course, which was developed in late 19th century.
