Re: my review: The Last Samurai

>> I thought Tarantino was at least honest about his portrayal of
>>violence in Kill Bill and he was poo-pooed for it by a number of critics,
>>while
>>Hollywood epics in general get away with the same thing when they hide
>behind
>>history (which --when portrayed in a film-- is incorrect a great deal of the
>>time anyway).  Many of the killings in The Last Samurai contain the exact
>>same
>>"garden hose"/spray effects that you see in Kill Bill, and yet the film is
>>winning acolades unheard of for Tarantino's movie.  I've encountered many
>>people already who love The Last Samurai and hate Kill Bill.  You see what I
>>mean?
>
>Reminds me of a conversation between Spike Lee and Martin Scorsese in
>Premiere
>a few years back.  An angry Spike Lee wants to know how Steven Spielberg
>managed to get an R-rating for an NC-17 movie like Saving Private Ryan,
>whereas
>both he or Scorsese are always running into trouble with the MPAA, and
>Scorsese
>laughs and says that Spielberg is more moral than they are.  


That's exactly what I'm talking about.