Jan 18, 2004 | Movie Review: The Last Samura

I saw "The Last Samurai" yesterday. It was better than I thought it would be, and as always with Hollywood, the scale of the movie was big. Its not all action, though, and theres not too much love (like Pearl Harbour) and stuff to taint the theme. I liked the story behind it, and although it has no historical verification (it does takes place in an appropriate time frame), it was well done. Its not all about Tom Cruise, thats for sure. The end's a bit heart-wrenching, but moving, and its worth your buck to see it. Three stars of five, two taken away because its a lot of action that's unneccessary, and because the Emperor's english could be brushed up a bit (in the movie, not in real life (smiles)

Katsumoto: You believe a man can change his destiny?
Algren: No... But I think a man cannot know his destiny. He can only do what he can, until his destiny is revealed.

Starring: Tom Cruise, Timothy Spall, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada
Director: Ed Zwick
Screenwriters: Marshall Herskovitz, John Logan, Edward Zwick
Running Time: 154 minutes

Also written on this day..

• 2010: An Engineer's Nightmare - Ocean Tower, South Padre Island
• 2005: On liking
• 2005: At the arcade