When I was watching the movie, what impressed me first is the soundtrack. It made the story even more touching. The music fitted the characters’ emotions; when they were confused, the music made the confusion seem bigger; wnen they were sad, the music became so touching that aroused the audiences’ emotions. Listening the music only is enough for audiences to feel the plot!
Another reason that this movie impressed me is its point of view. Among many movies I have seen, almost all of them is shot from the view of Americans. So, I thought the movie will be like ’Finally, Tom Cruise leaded the trained soldiers and bravely defeated the evil samurais.’ However, to my surprise, after days spent with the samurai, Tom Cruise becomes part of the samurai..and he indeed devoted himself to helping the samurai..his own life seems not important at all before samurai..he found the meanings of his life in days with samurai..
This impressed me a lot; suddenly, the image of ’American hero’ disappeared..The movie was shot from the ’other’ side that we originally would regard as ’evil’ side, letting us listen to the heart of the ’other side’..this is indeed worth noticing!
Tom Cruise’s hard work is clear in this movie, I really appreciate his hard work. His hard work is just amazing and worth respecting.