Best movie I have ever seen!

Rating: 10/10 (15 December 2003)

I loved this movie! I went into it thinking it would be an ok way to kill an afternoon. It turned out to be the best $9.75 I ever spent on a movie. Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe's performances were some of the best I have ever seen. This is my pick for the Best Picture Oscar of this year. The score was breathtaking. Being Hans Zimmer's 100th movie score, I believe this is his best one yet and he is also my pick for the Best Original Score Oscar of the year. The costumes were beautifully done. Especially the Samurai war suits and the other costumes from Nobutada's village, Katsumoto's son. The sets were great too. Props to the set designer, carpenters and painters. They rock! The cinematography is excellent, done by John Toll. John Toll is also my pick for the Best Cinematography Oscar. I think this movie will sweep the Oscars this year. Everything about it is excellent. The story is just wonderfully played out. The trailer kind of misleads you on the plot of the movie. I'm glad it did. I was very surprised on how things happened in this movie. So on a scale of 1 to 10, this movie gets an 11 from me.