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<blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 1253118" data-attributes="member: 812"><p>As a katana fanboy, I just wanna say... right on...</p><p></p><p><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>I just think they're beautiful. As a class of objects, they're just gorgeous. Even crappy katana look great to me. That scene in the attic of Sonny Chiba's sushi shop was total pornography for me. Sigh.</p><p></p><p>But yeah, yeah, yeah, that whole "katana are magic and flip out and kill people" thing is pretty tedious. Go get a real one, kiddo, and then find somebody to teach you how to use it, and then find somebody who knows how to use a European sword, and compare notes.</p><p></p><p>Killing people with sharp bits of steel is pretty much the same process wherever you go.</p><p></p><p>Uma looked pretty good, frankly. If I were teaching her, I'd not be too troubled. She doesn't extend her arms enough (common problem when Chinese people stage Japanese swordfights) but the last fight between her and Lucy was rock-solid katana fighting. I liked the looseness of it and the sense of crazy flailing around. They looked a little scared, a little out of control, and I like that.</p><p></p><p>Does anyone know anything about the fight choreography in <em>The Last Samurai</em>? There's no such credit listed on IMDB, and I'm curious as to who they got to handle that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barsoomcore, post: 1253118, member: 812"] As a katana fanboy, I just wanna say... right on... :D I just think they're beautiful. As a class of objects, they're just gorgeous. Even crappy katana look great to me. That scene in the attic of Sonny Chiba's sushi shop was total pornography for me. Sigh. But yeah, yeah, yeah, that whole "katana are magic and flip out and kill people" thing is pretty tedious. Go get a real one, kiddo, and then find somebody to teach you how to use it, and then find somebody who knows how to use a European sword, and compare notes. Killing people with sharp bits of steel is pretty much the same process wherever you go. Uma looked pretty good, frankly. If I were teaching her, I'd not be too troubled. She doesn't extend her arms enough (common problem when Chinese people stage Japanese swordfights) but the last fight between her and Lucy was rock-solid katana fighting. I liked the looseness of it and the sense of crazy flailing around. They looked a little scared, a little out of control, and I like that. Does anyone know anything about the fight choreography in [i]The Last Samurai[/i]? There's no such credit listed on IMDB, and I'm curious as to who they got to handle that. [/QUOTE]
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