I was pretty confident early on they weren't going to successfully kill the Emperor. It wouldn't have matched the arc of the story. But I STILL think that Falling Snow died ignobly, if beautifully photographed. As the Emperor said way back, they're greater-souled than that. I would have been happier if the final quarrel wasn't framed as Snow's being obviously wrong.

I disagree with the framing of the final fight scene. I think that the movie could have pushed the "our land" harder. I'm glad it didn't, because any harder I couldn't have liked it. I was convinced that Nameless and Broken Sword believed deeply in their way, but I didn't find as much textual condemnation of Falling Snow as I'd expected. She never changed her mind -- I didn't think the suicide of the earlier POV was ignoble -- why this one?

Sorry, I wasn't thinking clearly. The suicide was exquisite. Her killing him was just dumb. Dumb dumb dumb. The suicide was like Juliet stabbing herself on Romeo's corpse -- once you get to that point, it's the only thing to do, but why did you put yourself in that position, you stupid #WQ$@#$@#s?

He had to die because he couldn't win the fight. She had to fight because it was one of those honour things -- again, that behaviour was established as kinda SOP too. She knew she was fighting a losing battle, but she expected to be the one that lost. It was basically a suicide, but she couldn't get her revenge with him alive, and she had to try.

Then why did he say maybe NOW you'll believe I loved you? Passive-aggressive, wuxia-boy!

If he was that much better (and he was supposed to be), he could have disarmed her. Or did the sword-breaking sword belong to somebody else? Must watch movie again to confirm.

Now I am off to bed with a frozen kirsch. It had damned well better not be this hot tomorrow.

The sword breaking sword belonged to Nameless. Disarming her, and then what? She was fighting to the death, probably as many times as it took.

I think I should rent Predator. That movie has two governors in it.

The Daily Show had a riff on this. The punch line was something like, "so now we'd like to introduce Senator Predator."

I know the president has to be born in the US, but I suppose there's nothing in the law that prohibits an alien being a senator. Although I suppose Senator Predator would have a hard time getting his legislation passed to set up preserves where humans would be hunted.

I'd just like to reiterate that Jason X is really really bad and makes no sense. Stay away. Watch Freddy vs. Jason instead, if you must.