http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Colbert

(viewable in many languages btw).

http://youtu.be/CiuKn-RCcLs

And please, no attempting to make your boyfriends/husbands look like Keanu.

http://youtu.be/DmrAm5yg4Bc

I may have posted this already, and I just don't mind to post it again.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/keanu-reeves-47-ronin-will-also-be-released-in-telugu/440289-71-216.html

To start with, the screening was far from sold out. There were only 21 people in the theatre. Now that might be because of the starting time (5:50 PM) or because every promotional thing I've seen (posters, etc.) mentions that the movie is in theaters December 26th (I only found out there was a screening today, because I was checking if I could already reserve a ticket for the 26th), but I still think it is a low turnout.

On to the movie itself.

Visuals : Stunning, very colourful. Sets and environments are great. Definitely worth seeing it on the big screen. Personally I didn't think the 3D added much to the experience, but I think that for basically every 3D movie.

Performances : The male performances were good, but the characters fell a bit flat. For me the females stole the show, especially Rinko Kikuchi, who seemed to really enjoy playing the evil witch.

Story : Already knew the basic story, so no real surprises there. I've seen the 1962 version of 47 Ronin before and compared to that it definitely felt very westernized (even if they kept the non-Hollywood ending).

Keanu : Good performance, felt he captured Kai's essence rather well (I strongly disagree with the one guy in the audience who at the end of the movie said they should have taken a different actor). Kai is more of a supporting character really, but we do get some nice close-ups of him. If you're anything like me, that is cry easily, you might want to take a handkerchief.

All in all I really enjoyed it and definitely will be seeing it again.

Or maybe that's when people have time off?

SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS

For example when Oishi is thrown into the pit to humiliate him and Kai is sold into slavery there is an almost immediate cut to 1 year later. You don't see any humiliation being done to Oishi and no footage of what happens to Kai that makes him lose his mind.

Another example is on the Dutch island. You see actor Yorick van Wageningen for literally about 2 seconds. If you blink you miss him. Might as well have chosen an extra instead of a real actor. I think originally there must have been some negotiation scene between his character (Kapitan) and Oishi about freeing Kai. Now you see Oishi arrive, tell the tattoo guy he is looking for a halfbreed, and the next thing Oishi is fighting Kai. No explanation why, all rather abrupt.

http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/wed-december-18-2013-keanu-reeves