Keanu Reeves goes way of the samurai in '47 Ronin'

Hmmmm....the only thing more wooden than Keanu in your average movie is the set.

I did like him in The Replacements, though (but I liked Rhys Ifans better!)

after his character in the movie kills Kira, the first thing he says is, "woah!"

Keanu Reeves isn't "white" or "western". He is caucasian/asian mix and he lived in the middle east before moving to Canada.

is this The Last Samurai Part 2?

He's a white dude from Kali and no wire-fu, make-up or special effects can change that. His only memorable line in the Matrix movies was "Whoa". Hollywood please stop trying to rip off Asian Cinema by placing Western actor in the same instance and act like that doesn't insult the original vision. John Sturges showed respect to Kurosawa's masterwork Seven Samurai and adapted to the American west in The Magnificent Seven with great care and Kurosawa loved it so much he gave Sturges a sword

Reeves will probably be working with Hiroyuki Sanada in this one and that could help his fight scenes a bit .

I recommend Street Kings, another movie with Keanu. Very good plot and good acting by KR. Check it out

Keanu is no Toshiro Mifune

whyamiinjapan - And what was wrong with Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey? That was EXCELLENT as well!

Col. Oates: Get down and give me infinity!

Bill: Dude, there's no way I can possibly do infinity pushups.

Ted ( Reeves ): Maybe if he lets us do them girly-style.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! I think Reeves is way more suited for comedy than something like 47 Ronin...

Cool!

"Bill and Ted.." cemented Keanu for me. I can't look at him in anything without imagining him speaking like a San Dimas kid. "Dude, we got to totally avenge Lord Asano! Kira Yoshinaka is totally bogus!" Too bad George Carlin ("Rufus") is dead.

whyamiijapan - What about his brilliant performance as Marlon in I Love You to Death?

After "Bill and Ted's . . ." (the FIRST one) Keanu hasn't impressed me. Crappy actor. But he did well in . . . that movie he played Buddha. That was good.

Why not do it!!!!!!!!! They already dragged a Japanese guy into Batman!!!!!!!!!!! Why not have KR as the emperor of Japan!!!!!!!!!!!

rjd - I think if you actually read the article you can find a very brief summary of the plot.

While putting Western actors in Asian (and more specifically, Japanese) roles is annoying, it is still usually preferable to employing Japanese actors who seem very wooden in their English speaking roles as they learn the lines by rote generally.

I think we should wait for the plot. I don't think it'll be at all like what rjf imagines. From what is written in the article, it has fantasy elements and is only based upon the real events. I don't think it'll matter much if it has some err... "white" guys in it.

He's been "going the way of the samurai" for years now. Oh...that's not what they meant.

Well, Keanu Reeves' acting is so unemotional and robotic he might just pass for a Japanese person.

OK, here goes another hollywood example of taking some non Japanese actor and sticking them in 18th century japan as a ronin??? What the hell were they smoking? Now this one is actually interesting casting, as Keanu is I believe half asian. But the fact remains he looks more 'white' than asian, and that is why he gets such leading man roles in hollywood. Can't wait for the plot.