Last Samurai was actually really good! Occasionally Cruise manages to overcome his deficiencies, like in Minority Report. This was one case. He actually didn't look as stupid as I expected in samurai armor.
Actually the movie was really, really good. If I hadn't been exercising I might have cried over the ending.
Hmmm. . .well, maybe I'll give it a try. . .How was the swordfighting and battle stuff?