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Movie Review: The Last Samurai

Watching The Last Samurai made me forget, if only briefly, how weird Tom Cruise is in real life. On second thought, he was the only white guy in a sea of Japanese people, so he stuck out like a sore thumb. Luckily, he did not try to convert them to scientology. I liked the movie, anything with that many swords has to be good. Some parts seemed improbable, but if I only watched movies in which everything seemed possible then I would only get to watch documentaries. And nothing by Michael Moore, since those tend to depart from reality as soon as you get to the title. I guess I could watch March of the Penguins over and over again. That was an entertaining and realistic, and it even involved something getting eaten (always a plus). Anyway, The Last Samurai was entertaining and action packed, while still having time to include an interesting plot line.