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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

The fun thing about The Last Samurai is that the title doesn't refer to Tom Cruise. He does not play a samurai in the film. He plays an American officer.

He hangs with a group of samurai, who are collectively the last of their kind.

That said, plenty of people complained about it in its day.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

I might be terribly incorrect.

But i remember that Tom Cruise's character switches sides in the movie after spending time with the Samurai (He was captured by them). He trains under them and becomes a Samurai. In the end, they fight against the (British?) and lose due to a gattling gun. All the Samurai die except for Tom's character. So symbolically, Tom is the Last Samurai.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yes, it's a classic "white savior" trope.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

What did he save? Literally everyone but Meiji-backed forces dies at the end.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

he die didn't save shit though :D

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