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Posted by: bigred760 at July 2, 2008, 6:23 am

Topic: "The Last Samurai" YAY or NAY? Forum: JoBlo

Quote: Originally Posted by God of War Nice to see others who enjoyed this film. And I dunno about anyone else, But I always find it difficult to watch the final battles. Because the Samurai are basically wiped out in the name of progress. It's so tragic and so moving, when the Japanese army kneel and pay their final respects after the final engagement. The sheer anguish on the Japanese captains face is gut-wrenching for me. He fully realises what has transpired and he looks almost like he wants to take his own life. I also love the fadeout at the end. That's what most of the great samurai movies are about . . . the end of tradition, the end of the samurai due to progress. Seven Samurai and Yojimbo deal a lot with these themes. They're also why you see a lot of Western remakes of samurai films, because the themes are so similar (end of the gunfighter, end of the samurai). It's because of these themes I love westerns and samurai flicks.

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