Subj : Re: James Bond
To   : Asylem Kat
From : The Millionaire
Date : Tue Oct 18 2005 10:06:00

  Re: Re: James Bond
  By: Asylem Kat to Angus McLeod on Tue Oct 18 2005 05:00 am

 >   Re: Re: James Bond
 >   By: Angus McLeod to Asylem Kat on [
 > 
 >  > 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 
 >  > middle-aged man with a number of young female friends, you'd be amazed ho
 >  > 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.. t
 > 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 basic
 > in one winter.. besides his 'conversaions' it was all he had to do to pass t
 > time.. and if you remember correctly, his major sparring match ended in a dr
 > not a victory.. it's a matter of taking what one already knows and applying 
 > 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 o
 > my sensei in a sparring match.. I wasn't his equil, but I held my own and I 
 > 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!!
 > 
I believe a lot of things were possible but I never achieved them.

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