Chris -
Your assessment (even if it were true) might be less undesirable than 'all
heart, no brain.' But the truth about Tony, I think, is more 'all research,
no bullshit.' At that, I'm guessing he'd be happy enough to settle for
'reasonably close to history ...and still no bullshit.' (I don't think
Tony's b.s. tolerance is very high. One of the things we love about him.)
If the spirit of the film were moderately accurate, he might be inclined to
make allowances. Let me put this another way: do you actually _like_
movies that distort history and strain - or defy - credibility?
Gereg
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 06:03:44 -0800 (PST)
From: Chris Ketterling <
chrisketterling1@...>
Subject: Re: The Last Samurai, the movie.
All brain no heart.
Anthony Bryant <
ajbryant@...> wrote:mark kd wrote:
> if you buy the movie book(or just go to your local book store and look at
> it), it will tell you what is accurate and what is not(to some extent). I
> have the DVD w/ the directors comentary and extra stuff on a 2nd cd, & it
> goes into some detail on the realness of the movie.
They have some nerve doing so.
> They said that 1/2 is
> fake & 1/2 is not.
They lie. There is so much that's wrong with it historically that I almost
cried. Yeah, the armour's pretty. Yeah, the battles are fancy. But
historically
it was totally crapola.
Frankly, I'd think that Watanabe Ken and Sanada Hiroyuki ought to be
embarrassed. They've each made dozens of films -- some crappy, some really
good
-- and the one they get international reputations for is this American
"Dances
With Samurai" piece of steaming, fetid poop.
I finally caught it on HBO last night, after months and months of refusing
to go
pay to see it, rent it, or buy it.
It made me sick.
Tony