A professional who is unwanted in the US, so shipped to Japan. Trains Japanese (somewhat, in this case). Becomes friends with Japanese enemy. Falls in love with Japanese chick (who is related to the enemy).
I can also see Lost In Translation on its heels.
Wow. Mr. Baseball, you're an underrated classic from which people copycat.
Tom Cruise had to nix his mustache to keep Mr. Baseball's producers from suing.
"Lost in Translation" was such an overrated film and I found it to be so condescendingly racist to Japanese culture. Actually in the film, Japanese culture is so incidental to the film's real goal...the older man-younger woman fantasy it stirred. Giovani Ribisi was the best thing in the film imo. And I'll never forget at the Oscars when they announced the best male actor winner & Bill Murray, who many expected to win lost, and his mega pissed look when it happened.
"The Last Samurai" was the typical needy Tom Cruise vanity project. He so wants to be the uber masculine, phenomenal hero in so many of his films. And *spoiler*
everyone dies in "Last Samurai" but not good ol' Tom. He couldn't allow that. He's such a transparently amusing parody in most of his latter year screen projects.
plus mr. baseball can handle his sake.
today's special: shrimp ceviche!
by eightiespusher » Tue Jul 10 2007 01:13:00
IMDb member since October 2006
Post Edited: Tue Jul 10 2007 01:26:44
A professional who is unwanted in the US, so shipped to Japan. Trains Japanese (somewhat, in this case). Becomes friends with Japanese enemy. Falls in love with Japanese chick (who is related to the enemy).
I can also see Lost In Translation on its heels.
Wow. Mr. Baseball, you're an underrated classic from which people copycat.
Tom Cruise had to nix his mustache to keep Mr. Baseball's producers from suing.