Memoirs of a Geisha

directed by Rob Marshall (Chicago)
screenplay by Akiva Goldsman (Lost in Space) and Ron Bass and Robin Swicord (Practical Magic) and Doug Wright
based on the novel by Arthur Golden

produced by Lucy Fisher (Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!) and Douglas Wick (Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!)

starring Ziyi Zhang (House of Flying Daggers), Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai), Kôji Yakusho (Shall we dansu?), Michelle Yeoh (Tomorrow Never Dies), Li Gong (Farewell My Concubine)

lowdown:  Adapted from the best-selling book about a Japanese geisha girl. 

low expectation: 

pro:  Marshall should be good for a great follow up to his Oscar winning Chicago
con:  could try too hard to be Oscar bait
pro:  cinematography by Dion Beebe (Collateral; Chicago)
con:  getting flack for casting Chinese as Japanese

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Expectation Key


There's no possible way that I will even see this

I'll eventually see this but I'm not really expecting much

Anticipating the release of this one but I'm sure to be left unsatisfied

Such high expectation of this film only leaves room for disappointment