Watching the one-sided verbal interaction and insults Tom Cruise's character heaped upon "Samurai Bob" during his months of captivity, I felt for sure to interject an understated humorous gag - that somewhere near the end of the movie Samurai Bob would have addressed Captain Algren in perfect English - to Algren's bewilderment.
That Samurai Bob had understood everything Algren had said to him from day one. Now that would have been funny!!
John McPartland
Well, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you! I mean, if I went 'round saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!