KT: aw, come on. Its just so cliched, especially the end.
usually, when I'm watching movies with my family, its my job to make dramatic sound effects and noises at appropriate times, but with The Last Samurai, I didn't even need to do that, it was already in the movie.
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*cue dramtic music and slow-mo of Tom Cruise riding into battle*
"No, we have to make a useless stand against all odds...because we are Samurai. Its what we have to do. Lets show those cannons how to die with honour, like Samurai, by charging into certain death. Bravery and honour are the code of the Samurai.
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oh, it would appear that we, the two heros of the movie, are miraculously the last two men to have survived the onslaught. Now, it is time to die with honour, like a Samurai. I will commit harikiri now, because I am brave and honourable, because I am a Samurai"
*cue more dramtic music and slow-mo of Ket Watanbe implaing himself in a ritual fashion*
"hello Emperor. Despite the fact that you have killed all those Samurai who were my friends, and that you very nearly got me killed, I don't hold a grudge. In fact, here I am, all dressed up in military uniform, because its supposed to be a statement of some kind. Here is Katsumoto's sword, which I'm sure he would have wanted you to have. He died an honourable death, like a true Samuria."
*cue dramatic music and the handing over of the sword*
and now, for the final kicker. The one-liner. The "hasta la vista baby". The "I'll be back".
"No, I will tell you how he lived."
