I ended up going to this elderly man’s house which was fairly big and had a nice ocean view because he’s a rich mf. His wife said she was making sushi but she ended up ordering a Benihana alternative which made my gf sad because the only reason we went to their place was because she wanted sushi. Oh well.
I’m still here and the guy just put on Malhação which is some shitty novela from the 90s and my gf looks like she might cry. I think this old man never had any kids so he’s trying to bond with me and throughout the movie he kept looking over for approval at his favorite scenes. He must love this disgusting filth film because he recites the lines really well and it felt like a dual audio situation where Tom cruise and old man were speaking the same lines. I wanted to jump into the ocean and drown.
Such a bad movie I only like Tom cruise in mission impossible 1 and 3 and the rest suck.
Last samurai is about whitey Vietnam vet who tries to train some samurai soldiers how to fight and he ends up dying of disentary at the end of the movie. I think my fate will be the same after eating the Benihana because I don’t feel too good.
We’re still at his house and he want to show me his aged soy sauce collection.
I thought The Last Samurai was mostly forgettable but I recently watched the Shogun remake and have to admit I was impressed. Stunningly gorgeous cinematography and masterful acting by everyone in the cast. They took pains to reduce the Eurocentricism from the source material, but the protagonist is still a white dude so there is some lingering White Saviorness to it. But he's mostly portrayed as a lovable buffoon and witness to the historical events unfolding around him rather than its impetus. Sanada and Sawai are the real stars here.