Yeays!!!
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Yeays!!!
Unlike my long-winded thoughts on ROTK, I'll just say this movie was great, and my favorite this year. Certainly not perfect (some bad obvious cg, unexplained relationships, and historical nonsense) but the flaws were never too great to mar the experience. Truly epic and moving in a way that war movies can and should be, and certainly more engaging than, say, ROTK. A big part this movie was such a success was because the characters were so memorable...hardly the icons the heroes are in ROTK, but instead real people called upon to do amazing things.
I'll admit I even got a little teary-eyed at the end, when the Emperor's general bows down to the defeated Samurai, and more importantly, to the passing of that aspect of their culture that could never truly be retained. It was obvious, that despite being the victor, he as a warrior mourned the loss of bushido and all that it stood for.
Samurai > Knights : p
I didn't fall asleep in this movie, I fell asleep 3 times in ROTK... thus
LS > RoTK
If you have read the Lord of the Rings, then it was probably because you were expecting more out of it, considering a lot was left out of ROTK. As for me, I went to the Last Samurai with no expectations other than another action/war type movie. It turned out that the Last Samurai was fucking awesome. I also liked ROTK, but since I knew a lot of what was going to happen in it and some didnt, then I guess it didnt seem as good. But I can see what you are saying.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chux
Dude, I cried like a bitch at, like, five different different points in the movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by FuryFox
Anyone that didn't get choked up when
the opposing army showed their respect to the fallen Samurai has no heart.
Yeah, I was tearing up there too... I cared about the characters, which generally speaking is a sign of a good movie.
Yea this movie really got you in touch with the characters' emotions. And the fact that the relationship b/w Cruise and Katsumoto's sister never went anywhere was awesome. Most of the time a war movie has some "oh dont go i love you dont go!" shit in it but this one didnt. They cared for each other but nothing more. After all, he still was her husbands killer. They had their own separate paths to follow and that really says a lot about this movie.
I disagree.
I really felt that she loved him, and it really showed when she dressed him for battle. Her actions, and expressions conveyed something deeper than the "omg i want to fuck you now!" shit that happens in most movies.
That scene was beautiful, and sad, and really showed how much she cared for him.
I agree with Icepick.
She was really sad, and was afraid to loose another man she grew to care about. Same was with the kids, like that scene between older son and Algren evening before they left for battle.
Katsumoto's son last stand, heroicly covering his father escape, and his final rush at the enemy was beautiful, and very tragic.
Use spoiler tags, comrade!