I want to be a samurai after seeing this movie.

Rating: 10/10 (6 December 2003)

I am quite susceptible to the power of suggestion, most notably when it comes to movies. This condition has brought me great success (imagine my fate after seeing "The Ladies Man"), but also caused me some considerable problems ("Half Baked" comes to mind).
Alas, I went to the local cinema Friday night with my strange affliction, knowing full well that I may end the night a worse person. It pretty much all banked on Tom Cruise.
At least nine times throughout the film, I accidentally, instinctively, loudly whimpered; I was simply overcome by emotion. And, to be entirely honest, this movie marks the first time since "The Sixth Man" I've cried in the theater. I won't say which part(s), because that would be Grand Theft Emotion for some unlucky ones out there who haven't seen this work of art yet. But yes, the movie simply took hold of me. Tom Cruise's performance was a Flawless Victory, the action gut-wrenchingly good, and the cinematography was pretty excellent as well (cameras are really clear these days).
Thanks to Mr. Cruise, I am a wanna-be samurai. I am like that little kid who's really cute, thinks Tom Cruise is the man, and wants to be him even though he doesn't quite understand the Way of the Samurai.