Amusingly, I didn't think Cruise did too badly in that bomb, although I have
never come close to liking him before. It's not that it was great drama,
but when he told his recruiter that he'd gladly kill him for free, I
believed him - and I'd never believed Cruise delivering a single line before
that. But I hope I don't start a dialogue with that, as it's a throwaway
note. I flatly refuse to be put in the position of defending Tom Cruise.
Historically... aside from the colours of the grasses and skies that someone
else mentioned, I think the first street scene in Japan was beautiful, and
as far as I could tell it was pretty accurate. Somebody seemed to have gone
to considerable trouble to establish that nicely juxtaposed set of images.
I remain vastly amused, however, at the prospect of a foreign national who
has fought in a losing rebellion being permitted to carry a sword into the
Emperor's presence. Sure, no problem, gaijin-san, go right in.
Gereg
Message: 5
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 03:43:51 -0000
From: "david a. sigler" <
fiat_dux_das@...>
Subject: The Last Samurai, the movie.
I just got done finally watching the movie the "Last Samurai." I
found it so tediously dull it isn't funny; Tom Cruz cannot act and I
don't care who tries to convince me otherwise. The battle scenes were
great, the scenery was fairly good, but the movie was bad. My
question is a simple one, what, if any of it, was historically
accurate?
david a sigler