Memoirs of a Geisha [movie]

saysadie · Post by **saysadie** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:52 am

Posted earlier at TFA. Might as well do it here also...

Anyone else seen this? Anyone else read the book?

Oh, wait, I forgot where I was...

Oh well.

This movie rocks. I was worried when I picked it up, seeing as how I've had the book since it came out and have reread it many, many times since... but I love this movie. I don't care if half of the actresses are Chinese, I don't care if everyone in the movie apparently speaks English-with-only-slight-accents and are able to communicate with the American generals/soldiers perfectly when they are supposedly at a time in history when most Japanese didn't speak any English at all... it's a beautiful movie. And the people picked for each part-brilliant. Mameha couldn't have been better cast imo.

I've loved the book for years, and this movie-utterly beautiful, brilliant adaptation, and for me it was completely engrossing. It stuck as closely to the book as it could while at the same time making it's own way, y'know?

Loved it. Am watching it again. I'm so buying it when I get the chance...

Oh, I'm a pessimist. I'll find something to bitch about eventually. Right now though- end of first viewing. Me wuvs.

Aaaaand I've apparently just stayed up all night watching it/various featurettes on the extras disk. I think I see daylight outside!

As featurettes go, they're really stretching it with the Chef Nobu bits, though...

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:29 am

I've been thinking about seeing it - but the english speaking chinese japanese people made me feel like "meh..."

But I might as well buy it on DVD then

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 2:00 pm

Is it as good as "Hero"?

That movie is one of the greatest cinematic achievements I have ever seen.

Jetfire · Post by **Jetfire** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 4:28 pm

I thought the movie was poor myself and I equally don't care for the english speaking thingy criticissms. It was just poorly excuted by a weak director.

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:13 am

Sades, if you're a pessimist, I must be a nihilist, because I couldn't finish the thing.

All those horrible accents... uh! Why couldn't they have just played it with straight American or British accents? It would have... not driven me crazy, for starters.

saysadie · Post by **saysadie** » Wed May 03, 2006 8:23 am

Yeah, after the initial bit it didn't stand up to repeated viewings for me, either... and I tried. I really tried to like it. :/

It's odd though. I'm more sad than I am annoyed that it's a poor rendition of a book I love. I still quite like parts of it [and I still quite like Mameha, though she seems a bit bland now] , but that's more for the book's sake... the entire language/accents thing pisses me off. I think it would have been a hell of a lot better had they just subtitled it.