The Last Samurai [Blu-ray] [2003]

Great movie for a great price. I’ve been a Best Buy customer since it’s inception. With the selection and prices you can’t go wrong.

This blu-ray captures what I think is one of Tom Cruise's best movies, and, in my view, he's made a lot of them. The colors brought out on this disc are just fantastic, and the sound and music are fully immersive. In the battle scenes, you can hear the bullets whizzing around you, and the soldiers and their adversaries shouting from all sides. Some people compare this film to Kevin Costner's "Dances With Wolves," and the themes of a person coming to deeply understand and identify with another culture are similar -- but, while Dances is a great movie and part of my collection as well, I think The Last Samurai is a much more profound and moving story, capturing the dignity of an impressive culture with great cinematography, great acting, and great music. This blu-ray brings all of that home. You just get the disc -- no digital copy with this version -- but still well worth a place in your collection.

If I were to review just the movie it would be 5 stars. I ,ove this movie and feel that it is one of Tom Cruise's most underatted performances. If I were to rate the transfer on this Blu-Ray, I would rate it as 5 stars. No artifacts, high quality HD transfer. So why then did I give it only 4 stars? My copy that showed up from Best Buy was in less than perfect condition. It looked like one of those DVDs that you find in the big basket at Walmart for cheap....with hundreds of other dvds, one on top of the other, all crushing each other. I expect more from Best Buy which is why I buy my movies from them instead of Walmart.

My uncle never got a chance to see movies when he was younger because he was too busy working. Now that he is invalid, he wants to see every movie the he never had a chance to see. He started a DVD collection since I've been bringing him some every week.

Very good drama. Very good acting. Very good action. Tom Cruise cannot be destroyed!

This is an entertaining movie but if understanding Japanese culture, samurai and history. It is definitely worth to watch it.

This is an entertaining movie but if you like Japanese history you might cringe a few times while watching it. Many different historical elements from different eras are mixed together and often it doesn't make any sense. Also, it is based on a true story but the hero of the story was French not American, his name was Jules Brunet. I don't understand why Hollywood has to distord the reality to appeal to its audience.

good story line very well done tom cruise is the man saw this on sale and had to add it to my collection