So I finally got around to watching this wonderful movie. I've loved the book. I can't recall off the top of my head a lot of books that I can say I loved, but this is one of them. The movie sticked to the book as much as it could, except for the end they didn't go to New York, but in all honesty, that'll just make the movie seemed more fragmented. The ending was just fine. It was true to the original.
I am baffled why critics didn't give this movie a higher rating. Everybody said it wasn't a very good movie. I had refused to read the critics before watching the movie. I didn't want them to ruin it for me. I remembered there were complaints about using Chinese actors for the Japanese females roles. Okay, I can see that. But this is primarily an US movie. It's even done in English. How many Americans can really tell Japanese and Chinese apart?! As to how the actresses have heavy accent. Well, get over it. Especially those who can only speak one language.
I think it just get a low rating because (1) it's not based on US pop culture (there's a world exist outside of US? Nooooo!) (2) the plot is not simple enough. God forbid, no good v. evil and the good prevails in the end? Blasphemy! and (3) where's all the hollywood big budget explosions?! Oh, and I almost forgot, (4) a "foreign film" thats NOT kung fu? What is this world coming to??
In short, Geisha is an excellent movie. It was olso beautifully choregraphed but not so deliberate like the usual Asian films made for the US market with stupid plots. It's worth your time and your money.
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