Memoirs of a Geisha (2006, DVD)

Very good movie , enjoyed it very much and was delivered on a timley manner.I will buy more movie on line in the future.

This movie is good but it is one of those movies you have to pay very close attention to. You also will probably have to watch it more than once to really understand it completely. The acting was excellent, the storyline was very interesting & real. It was educational for me to understand another culture & way of life. The costumes & scenery are spectacular.
I would recommend this movie to anyone interested not only in a good story but also in educating yourself on other cultures of the world.

I loved this movie. I find that alot of romantic movies all the same, that the characters never really have to sacrafice to get who they want, but this movie shows sacrafice, love, and commitment to things that they may not want to do,to get the one they love.

This movie was pretty good, it kept to the book mostly. There were times when it strayed too much and there were times when I thought "WHAT?" because it didn't have a part that I thought it should. Otherwise a good movie, and the actress playing the main character (horrible with names, sorry lol) did very well.

This is a very moving story about how a young girl is trained to be a geisha. I have seen this movie after my niece read the book and saw the movie. I bought it for her for Christmas. She loves it and watches it frequently.

I like the product because its good quality. I bought it because I need it in a lower price. I cannot say more. It's not a big deal, yet I'm satisfied with it. I hope that I can submit.

I loved the book and have huge portions committed to memory. This book inspired me to do additional research on Geisha and I have become very interested in the subject. So when I heard the movie was finally coming out after 4 years in Deveopment Hell, I was very excited. At least I was until I went to see it. What a disaster! Don't get me wrong. It's a very pretty movie. The costumes are lovely and mostly accurate and the music was fantastic.
However, the actually script was a mess. The movie was about 1/3 portions of the book, mixed with random stuff some writers thought up sandwiched by drivel. "Memoirs of a Geisha" as it was originally written was a Best Picture shoe-in and all the writers had to do was follow that template, but somebody got the bright idea to color outside the lines and the movie version is what we are left with. Hatsumomo, a brilliantly written, world-class self destructive manipulator and reduced to a 2 dimensional charicature of herself, as is Mameha. Sayuri is about 1/2 right. Overall, it was a very disappointing effort. In 10 years, I hope someone remakes this movie as it should have been made the first time.
If you want to know what life as a Geisha during the 1930's and 40's was actually like, read the books "Geisha" by Liza Dalby and "Autobiography Of a Geisha" by Sayo Masuda.

Love the cost.The item was in fair condition. Would consider ordering in the future.Next time I would research more before buying anything.

I loved this movie and was looking to buy it. I decided to check ebay to compare prices. It was the best price on ebay with no shipping, tax or any strings attached (like dvd clubs that you have to buy more). The movie was brand new in original case and packing it is perfect! I love it!!! It only took a few days to receive also.

I had read the book and was fascinated by the history of this Geisha's life. A simple poor country girl sold to a Geisha house, we travel with her through her trials & virtual slavery to becoming #1 Geisha, always seeking to be near the one man who showed her kindness, through WWII and until she eventually is united with her love, and travels to the USA to live. Besides being an historical romance/drama--this movie makes a statement on the value placed on women, or should I say lack of proper value--the main women portrayed here are not free to pursue their desires, they are indentured servants to their Geisha House, playing pretty for drooling men to admire, giving up home, husband & child, for a bit of attention, a few bowls of rice, a mat to sleep on. Tragic in many ways, the life of the Geisha should not be over romanticized. Perhaps it was the only way for many women of this era to exist, but what a price.
Though I love this movie, and it is beautiful and well acted, with gorgeous attention to costumes, sets & settings, it does not have the depth and detail that the book has. Putting that aside, I highly recommend both the book & the movie--though Suyuri's town is a set--who would know until one watched the special features?
Very well done in every way, for a visual feast--great acting--compelling story--read & view:"Memoirs of a Geisha."

Having read the book I can appreciate how close to the story this film is. But also it is more noticeable how rushed it feels once on the screen.

Beautifully shot, great art direction and costumes. The acting was good as well. The only bad thing I can say is that the book covered so much time, history and background about traditions and customs that it could not be covered in just a movie.

Recommended to those who love historical fiction and those interested in stories about geisha's and their traditions.

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WHEN I FIRST READ MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA I WAS MESMORIZED BE THE DETAIL OF THE STORY AND INSIGHT INTO THE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS OF THE CHARACTERS AND HAD READ IT MANY TIMES MORE AFTER FINISHING THE BOOK. I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE MOVIE AND WAS HOPEFUL OF IT'S PROMISE JUST LIKE THE BOOK. UNFORTUNATELY THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM. THE MOVIE FELT LIKE PARTS BEING PULLED OUT THE BOOK LIKE PIECES IN A PUZZLE BEING PUT TOGETHER INSTEAD OF DEPTH OF THE CHARACTERS AND THE STORY GLIDING ALONG. I HAVE A LOVE OF JAPAN SO I WAS ONLY SLIGHLTY DISSAPOINTED BECAUSE THE MOVIE DID PROVIDE A BEATIFUL SETTING AND GREAT COSTUMES BUT I WILL ALWAYS RECCOMEND THE BOOK TO ANYONE.

This is Rob Marshall's entrance into the life of Japan's geishas, just as his movie "Chicago" investigated the life of that city in the early 1920s. He is an amazing director, being able to get into the thick and thin of what he is trying to cover. The movie is breathtakingly done; only big screen TV does it justice. However, the story is confusing to this American who never had any idea of Japanese customs or lingo. Also, the actual story almost put me to sleep until the end, when surprisingly everything worked out.

I bought the DVD with two disks from half.com. The special features disk is so good!! It demonstrates how such a production requires a HUGE amount of money and research and tests the abilities of costumers, make-up, and film producers. My purchase was worth the Special Features disk after watching a ho-hum movie.

After loving the book and finishing it in a weeks time, I HAD to watch the movie, but as the title of this states, I was left wanting more. The movie moves way to fast and a lot of valuable insite into the characters thinking and reasoning is left behind. This book made a huge impression on me and kept me thinking about it when I wasn't reading it, the movie however, was just a movie; it failed to deliver what the book did so well. You owe it to yourself to watch this movie even if you didn't read the book: great cast of characters, great visuals and an awesome musical score by John Williams. I enjoyed watching this movie but I enjoyed the book so much more!

Even if you have read this book you won't be disappointed by the movie. Some of the events have been changed shightly, but the movie is so beautifully filmed that you forgive them for what is almost necessarily lacking from the original text. The actors are brilliant who draw you right into their world, and everyone comes away with a better understanding of what the life of a "Geisha" may have really been. If you like classic films where you don't have to worry about foul language and offensive footage, you will love this!

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Was quite impressed with the movie and decided it was a classic and we should have it in our 'library'.

This movie has great visual sites. I loved the senere and the outfits. A very moving love story as well.

This movie is awsome! The actors are wonderful and everything seems "real" while you watch it! I would recommend this to everyone!

i bought this movie because i wanted to know what it was about... i like geishas and japanese stories...i saw a scene from this movie on mad tv and it was high-larious so i wanted to see the whole movie...i love the kimonos in the stories...what i dislike is that all the guys in the movie are so old...but over all the movie was really good.

I really didn't like this film, for a number of reasons, the first being that the film was spoken almost entirely in English, with very little or no actual Japanese being spoken. I realize that the book itself, which I haven't read, needed to cater to an English-speaking audience, but that didn't mean the film had to. It could have been spoken in Japanese, with English subtitles, like a lot of other popular foreign films. There could have at least been Japanese subtitles, for those who could have been interested in that.

Secondly (and this point has been made before by other reviewers elsewhere), the main character of the actual adult geisha herself was portrayed by a Chinese woman instead of a Japanese woman. Oh, I'm not taking anything away from the job done by Ziyi Zhang, she did very well. I only felt that with this movie portraying the life of a Japanese geisha, the least that could have been done was to have a Japanese actress in the starring role.

Finally, the movie itself was rather boring, and even the inclusion of Japanese actor Ken Watanabe, didn't lift the dull pace of the film. Yes, the sets and scenes were "gorgeously photographed", but that couldn't save the film for me. I didn't watch any of the Special Features, and, after seeing the film, I'm not going to, nor am I now going to buy the book. Which is a pity, because the story in the movie had the potential to be so much more. Ah well.

The movie is great. I received it in less than 5 days. It is in great condition. Decided to buy it because I loved it in theaters.

The movie is good, the actress is Beautiful. Story was very sad but also happy. The movie is filmed in a way that you feel like you are in Japan even feel the bad weather that happens there.