The Last Samurai

[Brian in Mesa]

Anyone heard anything good or bad about this one?

 

[Chaplin]

Supposed to be pretty cool. It better be, they spent forever filming the thing.

 

[Mike Olbinski]

I watched a teaser for it on Apple.com...no scenes, not much, just words...looks good to me

Mike

 

[schutd]

Is this a remake of the japanese film?

 

[Chaplin]

Premise: Set in the late 1870s, this epic film depicts the beginnings of the modernization of Japan, as the island nation evolved past a feudal society, as symbolized by the eradication of the samurai way of life. We see all this happen from the point of view of an alcoholic Civil War veteran turned Winchester guns spokesman, Captain Woodrow Algren (Cruise), who arrives in Japan to train the troops of the emperor, Meiji, as part of a break away from the long-held tradition of relying on employed samurai warriors to protect territories, as the emperor's new army prepares to wipe out the remaining samurai warriors. When Algren is injured in combat and captured by the samurai, he learns about their warrior honor code from their leader, Katsumoto, which forces him to decide which side of the conflict he actually wants to be on...

 

[schutd]

Not a remake. I like that premise, too.