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Yes, I did went to see "Memoirs of a Geisha".

I have to say that it's such an extreme experience for me. Half hour before the movie started, there had been a long line waiting to get in. Every seat in the room is taken. I actually saw someone climbing to get to the middle in order to reach the only seat left.

The movie is absolutely beautiful and I really enjoy the performance of the actors and actress. But I have to say it's weird to see them speaking English with accent while the whole story took place in Japan, not to mention there were some dialogue in Japanese without any English subtitle to confuse the audience even more. I know the problem is that the book was written in English to begin with. With the director being in american state of mind, there is probably no solution to this. I just think it's weird. The actors might as well speak perfect English ALL THE TIME so that this movie would be a typical Hollywood movie.
No, I did not read the book. I understand how difficult it is to convert a book to a movie. So, I'd rather not read the book at this point, so that I can still claim that I like this movie despite the confusion I mentioned earlier.