watched
LAST SAMURAI
today.
i liked it
at a loss of words as to how to describe it.
its good.
questioning:
what is honour?
is being patriotic in honour of urself or ur country?
honour: follow one's HEART?
or follow ORDERS to the hilt?

courage:
where does it BEGIN?
where does COURAGE turn into COWARDICE?
left me thinking.

this ALGREN character..
he follows his heart.
he does what he has to do.
even though its against his orders.
he learns compassion
humility
honour
and
courage.

complicated issues here.
the one that quietly binds them all together is pehaps the geatest and the most tacky of them all:
L.O.V.E.