Message from rterry

[Anonymous]

I was hoping to read more in your review of Memoirs of a Geisha ... apart from you saying that you have been influenced since you were a little girl regarding Asian culture, you do not mention specifics. I am curious as to whether or not the film created an accurate atmosphere for the time period.

I found the movie to be visually dark ... often when we use the term "dark" for a film, we mean psychologically. This however, wasn't the case. Don't get me wrong, the opening scene when the girls are sold and then separated was a dark scene (although predicable) the movie overall was perhaps, just as I mentioned, predictable. The attempt to create a period piece with character depth was there but it didn't work for me. The Hollywood ending was the clincher for me to feel that I could have written it!

I love films -- and love having good discussions afterwards ... but I just didn't feel inspired to comment or wonder ... the story just flowed. It was okay, but not great.