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  1. 04-25-2003, 02:29 PM #1
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    OT - Man, it's ALWAYS about the one white guy in the film, isn't it?

    "In The Last Samurai, Tom Cruise stars as an American officer recruited by the Emperor of Japan to modernize his country's warfare techniques.
    Cruise's character ends up becoming quite taken by the samurais and their art form."
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  2. 04-25-2003, 03:34 PM #2
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    that sounds like a c.rappy movie

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    Saw the preview for this movie at MATRIX 2...

    EVERYONE in the thearter howled at sight of Tom Cruise playing mr Bas@ss Samurai...

    The tragic thing is that with TC involved it's gonna have excellent production. Costumes, sets, etc... will surely be top notch... It's just a question of weither I could tolerate TOM getting in the way of the scenery...
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    > that sounds like a c.rappy movie

    The words "Tom Cruise" are pretty much a guarantee of that.
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    You guys are weird.

    I'm definately waiting for this one.
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  8. 05-15-2003, 03:48 PM #8
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    Nah I rather have the Mejican (Mexican) Aztec warrior acting as a samurai than the top gun white boy! lol. We already know that the American will mess up the traditional portryal of Japanese culture, hehe, he lacks Bushido. The Montezuma will have revenge on you! (I hope they put some Aikido moves in the movie).
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    Wait.....could a white dude do that back then?
    Just become a samurai back in the good ole Meiji Reconstruction Era?
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  10. 05-19-2003, 10:37 AM #10
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    I posted a thread on this movie several months ago, when I first heard about it. you may see more replies there
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    could a white dude do that back then?
    Well, Richard Chamberlin did it in SHOGON.... and that was WAYYYYYYYYY back in the early 80's....
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    O yea that was cool
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    They should have a native american guy play the part in that movie, because according to the movie Windtalkers: native american people look almost exactly like Japanese people.

    And then the movie could have comic relief when he yells out in Japanese, "Im Indian You Stupid Fools!", and then gets chased around by samurais.

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  14. 12-07-2003, 06:29 PM #14
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    The Last Samurai

    I finally saw it. I don't want to give anything away. I'll give it two grades.

    Hollywood movie: B

    Historical correctness: C-

    It is a good movie and worth seeing at the theater. However, some of the events in the movie would not happen. I know it was LOOSELY about Saigo Takamori's last stand, but some of the things that people did would not be done. I am sorry, but I got my degree in Japanese studies focusing on this time period and it kind of bothered me.
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    Last Samurai

    I was surprised this movie was great. i won't tell you what its about so go see it.
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