SUBMITTED BY Scooby

January 21, 2003 — TNMC gave a positive review to the script for The Last Samurai, written by Gladiator scribe, John Logan. Here's a clip:

Three years ago, John Logan brought us what the Academy considered the best picture of 2000, the Russell Crowe epic Gladiator. Logan followed up the script a year later (dated May 18th, 2001) with another epic starring another action star, Tom Cruise. This time the result is a vast improvement over its predecessor and it takes the form of a Kurosawa homage entitled The Last Samurai. Samurai, like Gladiator, blends historic events with drama and carnage. However, this one might actually deserve the title of best picture come next winter.