Last Bill Translation

[Made in DNA]

Hello Everyone,

This will be my first post to this fine list, so I just wanted to say 
hello first. I'm an American living and working here in Japan. I love 
Japanese cinema; the more fringe and indies, the better. I love a good 
B-grade flick as much as anything a master director can produce. 
Sometimes even more so.

As for your question, while I loved Kill Bill, and I realize it was a 
homage to 60s and 70s films, I think they could have done the wire 
effects better. Too me they seemed overplayed to the point that they 
were just bad. The film was good though, good story, I look forward to 
seeing the second installment.

Last Samurai though is something my expat friends and I have avoided 
here. The trailers are just flat out embarrassing. I can't tell you what 
it is exactly, it just something instinctive that I'm sure a few 
Japanese people might feel if say Tadanobu Asano did a serious cowboy 
Western with Clint Eastwood. I'll wait for this to come out on rental so 
I can watch it alone, in the dark, with the volume really low and no one 
else around. More than a few of us feel this way, and it's usually 
expats who have been here quite a while (over five years or more).

I haven't seen Lost in Translation, but I considered it as an American 
friend of mine who lived here for 3 years highly recommended it saying 
that it was really good. Unfortunately, the trailers really haven't 
floated my boat, and I'm wondering, what, really is the point of having 
it set in Japan? The Hello Kitty Factor?

Just a few thoughts. I realize (after reading quite a few of the posts 
here) that I'm not quite as fluent in my Japanese movies as many here, 
but I am eager to hear what others have to say as well. Good choice of 
subjects. Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Best regards,
Made in DNA