The Last Samurai

[Jikan225]

Even thought The Last Samurai is a little old it is still a great movie. I love this movie because it portrays a differemt erra in time, actually my favorite erra. I love the battle sceens and the motion of fighting. Pluss the talking sceens that devolope the story. Well just wanted to bring it up.:smile-big

[MartialHorror]

I loved it too.

9/10

[martryn]

A well made movie, but it didn't do justice to the actual story of events. Still, the movie itself was awesome. Maybe it'd be better if it was a Sci-Fi movie or fantasy movie or something that didn't have real world dictums.

[Last of the Uchihas]

Great movie, bad title

[krescentwolf]

Although it completely tossed away actual historical facts on which it was based it was still a very well done flick that romantisized the Samurai lifestyle. Watanbe for teh win! >_<

[martryn]

Although it completely tossed away actual historical facts on which it was based it was still a very well done flick that romantisized the Samurai lifestyle. Watanbe for teh win! >_<

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[Awryon]

Great movie, bad title

haha so true...if you've seen that Chappelle's Show segment where Paul Moony is a film critic, you'll know what i mean.

[Keyser Söze]

it was a good movie, good acting. very good action scenes. 8/10 i'd say.

[Seany]

yea i loved this movie too

[CrazyMoronX]

I liked this movie a lot, and I don't really pay any heed to history when watching a movie, I watch it for what it is, a movie.

That said, I'd give it a 9/10, maybe more. I really enjoyed it. I found myself fighting back the tears during the end, but then again I found myself fighting back the tears at the end of DOOM (it was just THAT bad).

[Keyser Söze]

I found myself fighting back the tears during the end, but then again I found myself fighting back the tears at the end of DOOM (it was just THAT bad).

i agree that the ending was sad, but it was really good. i like how it wasn't the typical happy ending, it was one of the best endings. the best ending however, goes to the perfect storm.

[sunshine and gasoline]

A good Hollywood movie, hell it's a great Hollywood movie.

Historically like Marty said it's alot of bullshit, but movie wise and filming wise it was great. I disliked though that he survived.

[TheVileOne]

Not that great. Can anyone actually believe that the Samurai would ingratiate a white guy into their ranks?

The lamest thing is that Tom Cruise is the Last Samurai. Lame. A lot of lame and melodramatic moments. I seriously wanted to smack Tom Cruise when he started posing in his hakama. 20 years later and he's still doing his mugging and routine from Risky Business.

[Last of the Uchihas]

haha so true...if you've seen that Chappelle's Show segment where Paul Moony is a film critic, you'll know what i mean.


Yeah,

Rememeber what he said about "Last nigger on Earth", starring Tom Hanks.

That was hilarious as hell.

I love Dave Chappelle, and Paul Moony.:)

[TheVileOne]

In that respect, I agree with Moony.

[uncle jafuncle]

Ujio was awesome. I love the part where he beats Tom senseless in the rain. Hiroyuki Sanada is a marvelous actor. Shame he was simply a side character...

[TheVileOne]

If the movie was about just Katsumoto and didn't have Tom Cruise, it would've been a million times better.

[hakke]

I hate people complaning about not being accurate... its not a freaking documentary, its a hollywood movie... and it was a great one. The battles scenes didnt have that ghey motion blur and shaky camera effects that most films use to depict "intense action". The awesomeness of the score just made me love the movie even more.

[TheVileOne]

I hate people complaning about not being accurate... its not a freaking documentary, its a hollywood movie... and it was a great one. The awesomeness of the score just made me love the movie even more.

Sure it had some nice music by Hanz Zimmer and some pretty production design, but its still an average movie. Cruise was CLEARLY going for an Academy Award with this movie, and once again the Academy and the critics rejected him.

[hakke]

Sure it had some nice music by Hanz Zimmer and some pretty production design, but its still an average movie. Cruise was CLEARLY going for an Academy Award with this movie, and once again the Academy and the critics rejected him.

I never once heard oscar buzz about the movie, and I didnt expect it to win anything... it still was a great movie.
Of course if you dont like Tom Cruise's acting you will see the movie as average, but again, great score,great production, great battle secuences.. and Watanabe was in it.

[Riles481]

It wass okay overrall for a movie but what I didn't like was the underlying "Tarzanist" theme (ex. white man is king of the jungle), where the last samurai turns out to be a white ex-soldier who master the arts five times faster than those who have been studying there wholes lives, that part just hit a bad note with me.

[TheVileOne]

I never once heard oscar buzz about the movie, and I didnt expect it to win anything... it still was a great movie.

You never heard Oscar buzz because it didn't get any. But Tom Cruise's whole intent was so he would win won finally, which he is yet to do.


Of course if you dont like Tom Cruise's acting you will see the movie as average, but again, great score,great production, great battle secuences.. and Watanabe was in it.

Yeah Watanabe was in it and he was great, unfortunately he was playing second fiddle to a mugging Tom Cruise.

It wass okay overrall for a movie but what I didn't like was the underlying "Tarzanist" theme (ex. white man is king of the jungle), where the last samurai turns out to be a white ex-soldier who master the arts five times faster than those who have been studying there wholes lives, that part just hit a bad note with me.

Agreed. I also like to refer to the movie as TOP SHOGUN and DANCES WITH SAMURAI.

[Keyser Söze]

yes the whole premise about some ex-soldier coming in and assimilating the japanese art of the samurai was kinda a strech to say the least, but once you get past it it's a pretty good movie. a more appropriate title would have been the first samurai, lol, the first white samurai.

[Ongakukage]

This movie was fantastic. I would give it a 9/10 or higher. Awesome fighting scenes and storyline.