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The Last Samurai

There are only a select few movies that I've seen that I think are great movies. Listed in order they are

1. Gladiator

2. West Side Story

3. Lord of the Rings

4. Star Wars Series

But, I have just seen the movie that, in my opinion, tops all of the ones listed above. This movie is "The Last Samurai". I finished watching it today along with my brother and Dad. I tell you, that movie really touched me. The scene at the end with the Gatling gun, just tore me apart. There have been only two movies where I've felt close to tears, the first being "Gladiator" and the second being this one.

I can easily see how one could walk away from that movie with a hate for technology, but that's not really right. There's something I like to call the "second thought" and that's the second thought that you take after your first impression, and that thought always helps you reason the issue out.  The problem is, most people don't take the "second thought". The problem is not technology, it's technology in the hands of the state. If there was no state, there would be no war, and therefore no need for weapons of mass destruction. 

Personally, where I think you draw the line between "moral and immoral" weapons is, if a weapon cannot distinguish between the guilty and the innocent(nuclear bomb) but is just released on the world, then that weapon should not exist. 

-Moderngeek