Talkie Tuesday: The Last Samurai

"I think a man does what he can - until his destiny is revealed."

Hello everyone!

I can honestly say I was halfway to writing up a hiatus post when I decided, you know what, screw it. I'm going to write about a movie I've already reviewed because this is something I'm at full liberty to do. 

Which basically means you'll be seeing a bunch of links down at the bottom since, you know, been there and done that kind of thing.

Still, since reviewing the movie for the first time, both my style and my commentary have changed somewhat, so I thought I might add some extra light to the entire factor without really taking away from what I had previously already done.

I'm talking, of course, about The Last Samurai.

And yes, I'm having a Tom Cruise kind of week.

Talkie Tuesday: Edge of Tomorrow

"We should just reset."

Hello everyone!

So tonight's blog post is probably not going to be one of those sterling, praise-waxing I usually post. Then again, I usually kind of like the movies I watch, but every once in a while I run into one that I could have done without.

I'm not saying that's a bad thing. Obviously, tastes differ and some things just aren't for everyone, especially not with as many people as the world has on the surface.

But this surprised me because before I watched the movie the initial reviews and response was positive, largely so, although I will admit I haven't gone back to check whether or not it changed at all after I returned from my summer vacation (yes, this is still one of those from way back when, and hey look, it's almost Christmas too!)

Maybe I should have known it for what it was, but a good friend of mine raved about it and so I kept my hopes up. But Edge of Tomorrow absolutely failed to deliver in my opinion.

Talkie Tuesday: The Last Samurai

Hello everyone!

I can't believe it's December already, though looking out through my window you'd think it was sometime around April by the weather. I swear we're turning into Forks here on this end, but luckily our TV stations had some good ideas this past weekend about movies and I got to catch up on an oldie goldie while that happened: The Last Samurai.

Okay, yes, this movie has been out for more than a decade already and I'm sure there are by far more sophisticated reviews out there about it, by now ten years old, but it's one of my favourites when it comes to historical movies (even if it's not entirely accurate), and if I'm honest, one of the few Tom Cruise movies I can watch. Somehow, I can't seem to get into his vibe, although I can probably name more than a couple that were really good.

The Last Samurai, WBP