| Movie Review: The Last Samurai |
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posted by: Arielle (reply) post date: 12.06.03 (8:47 pm) isnt that the * CRUISE* movie? posted by: dangerkitty (reply) post date: 12.06.03 (9:15 pm) Reply to: Arielle Yes. I should have known better. posted by: Arielle (reply) post date: 12.06.03 (10:17 pm) Reply to: dangerkitty *gasp* did try and kill you again...lol posted by: Joolie (reply) post date: 12.08.03 (5:48 am) Be strong Padawan, stay away from the Dark Cruise side.....ps I'm going to actually fire up that box I have in the corner, you know the one that has pretty piccies on it and lets me talk to you....... |
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So after a split-second decision, I saw The Last Samurai instead of Master and Commander and boy was I sorry. There were some brilliant moments in this movie, some moments where Tom Cruise didn't over-act or just stand there trying to look stoic or brooding, unfortunately those moments were few and far between. The one saving grace of the film was the powerful and magnetic performance by Ken Watanabe, who I seriously wanted to shag on first glance ( and that only happens ever so often - thrice daily :lol:). Ken plays the Samurai warriors' leader, Katsumoto, and he's so good it made putting up with all the headache-inducing glamor shots of Tom Cruise worth it. There were way too many shampoo commercials in this film as the directors seem to have fallen in love with Tom's hair and how it flows in the wind. In the end I had hoped to learn more about the ways of the Samurai instead of suffering through an idiot's guide narrated by Tommy. I felt robbed. If the editors/producers/directo r had spent more time focusing on the history and the Samurai way and why it was so powerful and important to preserve it, I would have come out of this movie filled with more emotion. Instead we just get told over and over again by Tommy's monotone narration that they are a beautiful and disciplined people then it's cut to glamor shot #232 of Tom meditating or Tom breathing hard or Tom reliving his demons or Tom staring intently at some distant object. Then there's the stylized action sequences. Mostly brilliant and well shot but sometimes the slow-motion gets a bit tiresome and you find yourself wishing you were watching Gladiator or Braveheart instead, so you could get your fix.