I was thinking of ordering it on pay-per-view. Is it good enough to watch? Someone tell me. I heard it was a good movie, but I want a second opinion.

It is visually stunning! Absolutely gorgeous.
But can get a little long.

CarrieMpls said:

That's what she said.

(Anyone watch The Office? )

It's pretty good, I say order it up.

2the9s said:

I love the Office!

As for Geisha....that would be the best way to put it...it is one of the most beautiful LOOKING movies I've ever seen..and Ken Watanabe is yummy!

peace

IrresistibleB1tch said:

I thoroughly enjoyed it. But I do have a crush on Ziyi Zhang.

Beautiful movie.

It is worth the watch.

What is the movie about??

It's Pretty Woman set during WWII.

the very nature of this film ticked me off because some of the lead characters are not played by Japanese actors.

It's being called "a movie about Japanese played by Chinese, written by whites".

but a quarter of the movie was filmed at Hakone Gardens in Saratoga, CA. my family and I have very strong ties to these gardens and its employees/CEOs (etc) and my boyfriend and I even did work for them.

Natsume said:

No offense intended, but I don't understand this. You are aware that Europeans play Americans all the time and vice versa?

kidelrich said:

oh yes, it's something that Sandra Oh spoke about. quite eloquently, too. but you see, on these boards, I must play up my outraged-quasi-asian-girl role. even if it does come off as one-sided sometimes.

Natsume said:

Natsume said:

HA!

POOK LIKE MOVIE BUT MISS ENDING

CAUSE POOK FALL ASLEEP

kidelrich said:

Australians are always forced to play Americans

I really liked it

ZombieKitten said:

'forced'

CarrieMpls said:

It's true! How many roles for aussies are there in Hollywood? they have to leave Australia to hit the big time, and then they have to pretend to be americans to fit into the plot. How many major films have you seen where Naomi or Nicole or Cate have their aussie accent on? (I can't really think of any!)

ZombieKitten said:

I know. But don't Australians make movies?

CarrieMpls said:

not very many, not enough to keep all our talent in a job, and some of them are just too good to be on Neighbours!

ZombieKitten said:

Then we at least need some Aussie screenwriters.
I mean, it follows that the majority of US made movies are gonna be about the US, take place in the US, have mostly American characters, etc.
But maybe if a screenwriter or two could slip in a few characters, you guys would have it made.

ZombieKitten said:

I liked Crocodile Dundee.....

CarrieMpls said:

absolutely. But I think they make the characters talk american so their biggest audience (americans) can understand them take mad max - huge aussie movie for example, which was renamed and dubbed with US accents!

ZombieKitten said:

It's so sad isn't it?
It always floors me when they subtitle someone speaking english with an accent on US tv. They're speaking english! It's not that difficult.

Unless of course, they're a drunk scottsman, and then god help us all.

CarrieMpls said:

ZombieKitten said:

Speaking as an American, in general, when they subtitle I can already understand perfectly fine what the person is saying. When they don't, I have no clue.

Natsume said:

i noticed this, too and found it a bit odd.

CarrieMpls said:

Yes, I agree but I would recommend you read the book instead. The book tells the true Geisha story. The movie does not.