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Hi peeps, this movie deserves a full explanation but I'm feeling really sick and running to my bed right now (8 pm :p). BUT I LOVED IT and I hope you enjoy the reaction!

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Lumpy Head

feel better soon pls

Curaitis

Take care Mary and get well soon. Thanks for this Masterpiece. Always a pleasure to see Ken Watanabe and Tom Cruise playing off from each other and Taka is such a well written female Character. Strong and still showing weakness. Koyuki did an amazing job in the role. Totally the opposite we get nowadays from Hollywood. Yes, they talked about the Battle of Thermopylae displayed in 300. The Scene between Taka and Algren is also a great display of the excellent writing. Sensual and intimate without having sex at all and it gives so much more. But the most powerful Moment is at the end when Katsumoto realizes that every blossom is perfect with all their flaws or because of them. One last thing, Hans Zimmer is a legend.

Anonymous

Aside from Top Gun, you also saw Tom Cruise in A Few Good Men. But he's basically the same character in that too. Oh, and Edge of Tomorrow and Minority Report. You've seen him in plenty of stuff, actually. But he really CAN play some unique characters, like in other films you haven't yet seen that I won't spoil.

David Bennett

this is one of my favorite films, so much amazingness set against the backdrop of a real event in Japan's history. I am so glad that you finally got to see it Mari! The movie hits me every time and I can see you had a similar reaction to it. I LOVED the fact that you recognized Peter Pettigrew's actor, Timothy Spall. He did a wonderful job in this role. I also love the way that you appreciate the small things that all add up to such a fantastic experience. I really think this film was wonderfully cast. Koyuki, the lady who played Taka, did an amazing job portraying a woman who had her world turned upside down. I don't know how much you have been about the american wars with the autochthonous tribes, but I would like to give a little context to Algren and Bagley. General George A. Custer was a cavalry officer in the union army during our civil war. What he is most famous for, however, is the event Algren relates to Katsumoto, in which he arrogantly attacked an encampment of Lakota, Cheyanne and Arapaho indians, not realizing how badly outnumbered he really was. Custer became known for his last stand at the little bighorn, on a hilltop, surrounded by opposing forces. None of his men survived the final assault on the hill. The US Army was well known during this conflict for taking punitive measures against native americans regardless of whether that particular group was in actual armed conflict WITH them. This is what is depicted on screen when Bagley and his cavalry swoop in and kill a bunch of women and children in retaliation for some unnamed event. Algren disagreed with this act and hated Colonel Bagley ever after. One last thing that I love calling reactor's attention to with this film is Seizō Fukumoto, the actor who played the silent samurai Bob. He had a career on more than 50 years of playing samurai on screen. In fact he was what they call a kirareyaku, an actor who specializes in portraying the LOSER of a samurai duel. It is estimated that Fukumoto died 50,000 times on the silver screen. Once again, thrilled that you watched this one Mari, and delighted that you enjoyed it to the fullest.

John Courtright

It was a pleasure to watch this movie with you Mary! Such a powerful film! Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe were particularly brilliant and Koyuki was perfect as Taka! I was stunned when Taka accepted Nathan's apology for killing her husband. "He did his duty. You did your duty." And that kiss! Wow!

Anonymous

Such a great movie. So, how was Tom Cruise? He is such a great actor that you almost forget it's him in the role.

Shyam Nair

You really got to watch Braveheart next Mary. Very similar movie to The Last Samurai (also very historically inaccurate 😬), but a superb movie nonetheless.