Review of The Last Samurai (2003) by Coregamer1408 — 01 Dec 2022
Idealized and romantic view of the Samuria of that time. This film does have very captivating scenery and the movie is beautifully shot in many places.The polite poetic words of the Japanese characters is very much contrasted with things like a leader guting himself in shame before decapitation,oof. Or the execution of the fallen and defeated on the battlefield, because living in defeat is a big no, no for the Saumria, ouch.
Just thinking about it for one minute this is brutal film about the extremes of duty, honor and respect. In an outmoded and dated way of life and on and off the battlefield. This film is an interesting watch which I revisted many times, but I am not rooting for any of the sides. Where this movie feel hits me in the feels is the folly of the human condition to be led to war by the weak, the greedy, the zealots.
Where this movie did not really work for me was that family relationship that the Captain had. It was just really plain odd considering what did to whom, but the explaination of it all is that each man did his duty, Again a viewpoint which would be very much of it's time, but kind of creepy for this day and age. Oh I killed her hubby and we together now, wtf...
I think I enjoyed the film for obviously the wrong reasons as a messed up story about the past.
This review of The Last Samurai (2003) was written by Coregamer1408 on 01 Dec 2022.
The Last Samurai has generally received positive reviews.
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