The first impression after seeing the Last Samurai is that it remided me of Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves. Tom Cruise is cute. He can act. But as much as I like happy ending, I had to roll my eyes when I saw him going back to his love in the old village. Like Kevin Costner came out as the sole winner in the movie Dances with Wolves. Somehow this perception of the winner takes all bothers me.
I did enjoy the Last Samurai. It was thoroughly entertaining. But what got me totally excited today was the preview for the Lord of the Rings, Return of the King before seeing the Last Samurai. From the very beginning of the preview to the end, I was on the edge of my seat, tears in my eyes, lump in my throat, yet ready to shout for joy. The scenes were almost exactly as I experienced when I read Tolkien's book. Some descrepancy of story exist, but scenes and expressions are as I lived reading the book. Mount Doom, Minus Tirith, Eowyn and Merry in the great battle, Aragorn and his sword re-forged. I was knocking on Eowyn in the movie in the Two Towers, but in the preview of Return of the King, she was the Eowyn I remember in the great battle. I vow to go see the Return of the King as soon as it opens in next February. But before that, I think I will go see the extended version of the Two Towers at a movie theater.
 | Merry Brandybuck If I were a character in The Lord of the Rings, I would be Merry, Hobbit, heir of the Brandybucks and a friend of Frodo's. In the movie, I am played by Dominic Monaghan. Who would you be? |
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