Mystic Eye
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This movie looks very interesting...Tom Cruise, ya never know!:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/the_last_samurai/
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/the_last_samurai/
The Last Samurai Trailer
- Thread starter Mystic Eye
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I think this Last Samurai movie could be very good.
Just imagine. The last samurai going on a quest to find all the other samurai. Along the way, she meets up with a motley collection of wacky individuals, including Shmendrick, the failed shugenja, and Molly Grue, the retired geisha. Their quest takes them to Haggard the daimyo, who rules over a decaying, abandoned castle where he sits all day, brooding over his memories of his glory days. Yes, it could be very good indeed.
I'm not sure where Tom Cruise would come into it, though.
Just imagine. The last samurai going on a quest to find all the other samurai. Along the way, she meets up with a motley collection of wacky individuals, including Shmendrick, the failed shugenja, and Molly Grue, the retired geisha. Their quest takes them to Haggard the daimyo, who rules over a decaying, abandoned castle where he sits all day, brooding over his memories of his glory days. Yes, it could be very good indeed.
I'm not sure where Tom Cruise would come into it, though.
Shadowdancer
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Akira Kurosawa would have made this movie outstanding, even with Cruise aboard.
Now, we'll just have to wait and see.
Now, we'll just have to wait and see.
John Crichton
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Color me officially interested in this flick. 
Ankh-Morpork Guard
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Saw the preview with Matrix:Reloaded...wow...looks really interesting. Heh, I didn't even know the guy was Tom Cruise until they showed his name. 
I'd heard nary a word about this movie, before seeing its preview at yesterday's premier of "Matrix Reloaded". At first, I thought it was going to be a condensed remake of James Clavell's Shogun, which was a TV miniseries back in the early '80s. (Or was that the late '70s? Whatever.)
"The Last Samurai" certainly looks interesting... as long as it's not merely another star vehicle for Tom Cruise.
"The Last Samurai" certainly looks interesting... as long as it's not merely another star vehicle for Tom Cruise.
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Mean Eyed Cat
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This is from imdb.com:
"A Civil War veteran, turned Winchester guns spokeman, the captain Woodrow Algren, arrives Japan in the late 1870s to train the troops of the emperor Meiji, as a part of break away from the long-held tradition of relying on employed samurai warriors to protect territories, as Meiji´s new army prepares to wipe out the remaining samurais. When Algren is injuried and captured by the samurai, learns about their warrior honor code from Katsumoto, the samurai´s leader and decide which side of the conflict he wants to be on..."
"A Civil War veteran, turned Winchester guns spokeman, the captain Woodrow Algren, arrives Japan in the late 1870s to train the troops of the emperor Meiji, as a part of break away from the long-held tradition of relying on employed samurai warriors to protect territories, as Meiji´s new army prepares to wipe out the remaining samurais. When Algren is injuried and captured by the samurai, learns about their warrior honor code from Katsumoto, the samurai´s leader and decide which side of the conflict he wants to be on..."
Shadowdancer
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Mean Eyed Cat said:
OK, so it's basically "Dances with Samurai."
