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Disappointing.
Entertaining enough (if unoriginal) up until Katsumoto and Algen were the *only* survivors of the Gatling gun barrage, at which point I gave up on it thinking, "Oh, come ON!"
Ken Watanabe as Katsumoto did a fantastic job however, and Cruise was solid. A well shot, well directed and brilliantly acted movie, let down by a paint by numbers screenplay, which in points was obviously an Oscar grab attempt.
Entertaining enough (if unoriginal) up until Katsumoto and Algen were the *only* survivors of the Gatling gun barrage, at which point I gave up on it thinking, "Oh, come ON!"
Ken Watanabe as Katsumoto did a fantastic job however, and Cruise was solid. A well shot, well directed and brilliantly acted movie, let down by a paint by numbers screenplay, which in points was obviously an Oscar grab attempt.
monkey_man wrote:
> How do you know all the other dying Samurai weren't saying things like
> "Perfect" - it only showed Cruise and Wanatobe!
Direction wise, it showed a large expanse of the field while they were getting up, and no-one else was alive. Its the "heros battle exemption" syndrome. A lesser character will die of a single bullet / arrow wound, while the heros or main characters will take at least 4 times that many. Lazy writing IMHO.
> Also, did you notice the lack of dead horses? I did.
>
Yup, a serious continuety error :)
> I really liked this film, thought it was one of the best films I'd
> seen for ages. The fight scenes are excellent, but it's not
> completely shallow, which is cool.
The fighting was brutal, and very well done. I enjoyed it, don't get me wrong, but I thought it was "Dances With Sake" basically, and was therefore disappointed with it a little.
Still, it was better than half the c'ap currently on.
> How do you know all the other dying Samurai weren't saying things like
> "Perfect" - it only showed Cruise and Wanatobe!
Direction wise, it showed a large expanse of the field while they were getting up, and no-one else was alive. Its the "heros battle exemption" syndrome. A lesser character will die of a single bullet / arrow wound, while the heros or main characters will take at least 4 times that many. Lazy writing IMHO.
> Also, did you notice the lack of dead horses? I did.
>
Yup, a serious continuety error :)
> I really liked this film, thought it was one of the best films I'd
> seen for ages. The fight scenes are excellent, but it's not
> completely shallow, which is cool.
The fighting was brutal, and very well done. I enjoyed it, don't get me wrong, but I thought it was "Dances With Sake" basically, and was therefore disappointed with it a little.
Still, it was better than half the c'ap currently on.
Maybe when they fell off the horses the carried on crawling towards the machine gun posts, so the horses were a little way back just outside of the shot.
I enjoyed the film, anyway.
I enjoyed the film, anyway.
How do you know all the other dying Samurai weren't saying things like "Perfect" - it only showed Cruise and Wanatobe!
Also, did you notice the lack of dead horses? I did.
I really liked this film, thought it was one of the best films I'd seen for ages. The fight scenes are excellent, but it's not completely shallow, which is cool.
Also, did you notice the lack of dead horses? I did.
I really liked this film, thought it was one of the best films I'd seen for ages. The fight scenes are excellent, but it's not completely shallow, which is cool.
Disappointing.
Entertaining enough (if unoriginal) up until Katsumoto and Algen were the *only* survivors of the Gatling gun barrage, at which point I gave up on it thinking, "Oh, come ON!"
Ken Watanabe as Katsumoto did a fantastic job however, and Cruise was solid. A well shot, well directed and brilliantly acted movie, let down by a paint by numbers screenplay, which in points was obviously an Oscar grab attempt.
Entertaining enough (if unoriginal) up until Katsumoto and Algen were the *only* survivors of the Gatling gun barrage, at which point I gave up on it thinking, "Oh, come ON!"
Ken Watanabe as Katsumoto did a fantastic job however, and Cruise was solid. A well shot, well directed and brilliantly acted movie, let down by a paint by numbers screenplay, which in points was obviously an Oscar grab attempt.