A Grand Masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (31 July 2010)

I've watched "The Last Samurai" countless times. AS the reviewer Bill Zwecker, Chicago-Sun Times, remarked on back of the DVD, "This is Tom cruise's finest hour." I'd rather say this is Tom Cruise's greatest mas -terpiece. He will never again make a movie as great nor as grand as this one. I've also watched Yoji Yamada's "The Hidden Blade" which co -vers the same time period as "The Last Samurai." Yes, I consider "The Hidden Blade" a masterpiece. In fact shortly, I intend to buy the other two movies "The Twilight Samurai" and "Love and Honor" in order to com -plete the trilogy. But I still consider "The Last Samurai" a much, much deeper movie than "The Hidden Blade." There is some indefinable quality to "The Last Samurai" that is lacking in "The Hidden Blade."