Subj : Re: James Bond
To   : Angus McLeod
From : Asylem Kat
Date : Tue Oct 18 2005 05:00:00

  Re: Re: James Bond
  By: Angus McLeod to Asylem Kat on Tue Oct 18 2005 12:15 am

 > Lost in Translation was a strange movie.  It expressed the weirdness of a
 > really foreign culture, and it also made the point that a middle-aged man
 > and a young girl can have a relationship in which sex plays no part.  As a
 > middle-aged man with a number of young female friends, you'd be amazed how
 > many assholes think there *must* be something "going on"!
 > 
 > Cold Mountain was good, but it's weakness was also the weakness of The
 > Last Samurai.  It's the same thing that made me ultimately down-mark Out
 > Of Africa:  They both depended too heavily upon sweeping vistas and
 > idyllic scenery to fill the minutes.  I don't like a movie to look like a
 > travellogue.  While Cold Mountain and The Last Samurai were reasonable
 > movies, with plot, storyline, character development, etc, they ran very
 > close to that travellogue line.  The Last Samurai also lost points for
 > trying to convince me that in one winter, Tom Cruise could become a
 > Samurai warrior!

Don't get me wrong here... I love the Japanese culture.. I watch more anime
than I do regular movies.. but I couldn't stand that city.. reminded me too
much of Las Vegas with everyone speaking a foreign language.. too bright.. too
noisy.. too confusing..

As far as The Last Samurai, seeing how Tom Cruise's charecter was already a
seasoned vertern, that he managed to (barely) hold his own against trained
samurai at their first meeting, and the man's sheer determination and
stubbornness, I believe that it would be possible for him to learn the basics
in one winter.. besides his 'conversaions' it was all he had to do to pass the
time.. and if you remember correctly, his major sparring match ended in a draw,
not a victory.. it's a matter of taking what one already knows and applying it
to a different fighting style.. it IS possible... and maybe he had a natrual
talent for it.. I, myself, after only two months of training, scored a hit on
my sensei in a sparring match.. I wasn't his equil, but I held my own and I had
NO prior training.. not saying my sensei is a samurai warrior, but he he has
had years of training, and holds black belts in many styles of martial arts..

If you believe it is possible, it can be achieved.

Asylem Kat

Cute -- BUT WRONG!!

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