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[–] tomkatt 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I've seen the movie multiple times. Despite my comment, it's a decent enough movie. But the entire situation that led to Cruise's character not dying initially (where he's taken prisoner instead of executed) was kind of absurd, and then for him to actually be allowed to meet with the emperor at the end, after essentially engaging in a rebellion and convincing Katsumoto of the same instead of committing sepukku (and then him doing it anyway???)... The whole thing would have been considered shameful, and just stretches belief generally. And Algren (Cruise) was basically the pivot point for the whole thing.

When I refer to the "white savior" thing, he didn't save an individual, he saved "Japan's honor." It's kind of bad in that regard.

Oh, and he wins the heart of the widow who's husband he killed in that first battle. Woo.