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Summary: Nearly Perfect Movie
Review: Lost in Translation is one of the most beautiful films that you will ever see. It's refreshingly understated and subtle in an era of in-your-face empty dramatics of most films. The atmosphere is enlightening and the direction is tight, Sofia Coppola is very impressive. Bill Murray is perfect, and is equally matched by Scarlett Johansson. You will not regret this movie if you appreciate the art of film.
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Summary: Ex-ex-pat loves it!
Review: This movie perfectly captures the feeling of being lost in another country, with nothing to ground you. I spent 4 years teaching English in Japan, and this is the first movie I've ever seen that conveys what it's like to live there--without condescension and without snickering. (And I lived out in the countryside, which still retains more traditions than Tokyo.) The movie manages to capture the soul of Japan on screen in all its oddness, without ever making fun. There it all is: the pachinko parlors, the giant video screens, the exercise machines that talk to you, the karaoke boxes, and it all comes across as merely different, as Japan's unique adaptation of what it learned from the West. Even the quiet scenes in Kyoto, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, showed the peace and serenity that you can still find in many places in Japan. Without this careful background of the viewer becoming "lost" in another culture from the beginning of the movie, the "lost" characters might have been a little too familiar. The girl who married too young; the middle-aged man facing crisis in his life. But I've seen marriages break up in Japan, and I've seen ex-pats stay for 20, 25 years, living in the demimonde that's half gai(koku)jin bars and half familiarity with everything Japanese. Things change in that neon light and circumscribed space (both physical and cultural), and Sophia Coppola does an amazing job of teasing out how you really DON'T always take yourself with you wherever you go. An incredible film. P.S. For those giving this 1 or 2 stars because it's too slow, go watch old SNL reruns over and over and over.
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Summary: Boring
Review: I understand this movie is about being alone.
So alone is will be on my shelf never to be
watched again. A waste of $20.00. Who gave
this one a great rating? I would rather watch a "chick flick"
than watch this one again.
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Summary: who did Sophia "date" to get these awards?
Review: to get to this forum i had to choose a rating for the dvd. I gave it a 1. In truth, there is nothing wrong with the dvd. The 1 is actually for the movie.
i love Murray and it was really a pleasure to watch him in many of the scenes doing a lower key of humor. But, NOTHING ELSE WAS FUNNY! The "america meets japan" stuff was 40 years old at least.
three quarters of the way through i gave up and turned it off.
If this gets an academy award for anything it will be right up there with the one given to Kim Bassinger.
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Summary: BOOOOORRRRRIIIINNNNGGG (Boring)
Review: I'm a movie buff and Lost in Translation gets one lost to the point of being bored to tears. I'm not sure what all the hoop-ha is about, but there are a ton of great movies out that will leave you emotionally entrigued. Try "Under the Tuscan Sun" much better movie, great story telling, etc..
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Summary: Absolute Bore!
Review: This movie was an absolute bore! The reason that critics rated it so highly is a mystery to me. I would not recommend this movie at all. It was like watching a bad vacation on film. Bill Murry was the only thing good about this movie.
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Summary: Get "Lost" In This DVD!!
Review: This DVD has a number of bonus goodies on it--including deleted scenes, a conversation with Bill Murray and Sofia Coppola, Kevin Shield's "City Girl" video (the song plays behind clips of Scarlett Johansson walking through the city), and the obligatory trailer, but the real find here is Bob Smith's full appearance on "Matthew's Big Hit TV," in which Smith (Bill Murray) cuts up with the eccentric "Johnny Carson" of Japan. Unfortunately, the DVD is lacking a commentary (and Japanese subtitles would've added a charming touch), but it's well worth paying the price of this DVD to see Murray stick his hands in a box concealing live, slimy eels! Sit back with your Suntory and enjoy!
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Summary: Misunderstood film on all fronts...
Review: 'Lost in Translation' is a very layered work of film art that is hard for most to come to grip with. On the surface it appears to be one thing; lonely husband and wife of different ages find they have lonliness in common in Tokyo and grow friendship. But, this film is so much craftier. Sophia did her homework, and the critics and sceptics haven't hit the nail on the head yet. Ms. Coppola makes a stunning ode to Tokyo with her very scant story covering lush visuals filmed totally within Japan. It is a work of love to a culture vastly different from the west, yet so similar in most esoteric ways. The writing/direction made the general American audiences fall in love with the story of two people who find their 'soulmate' in a city where everything moves at a different tempo and style from the main characters. Frankly, this could have been shot anywhere; city people stuck in red-neck America, or earth tone dressers caught in the all-black NYC/LA of today, or beet growers working in a town of cattle barons. The story is basically showing two people so divorced from those around them that they become similar. The choice of Tokyo allows Sophia to protray a city/country so few can portray due to the cultural gap. However, her story is the biggest, mad trick on the audience. Sophia engages audiences to believe and love two characters who, while charming in themselves, are spoiled, pampered souls. Charolotte and Bob (Johnasen and Murray) are basically taking the easy way out in a world where their better halves are working and striving to secure futures, homes and families, and these two primaries are unable to sleep or function in their plush cages within Tokyo. It expemplifies the saying 'Idle hands do the Devils work.' With time and boredom comes frustration and sin. While charming and sweet, Ms. Coppola examines this rather one trick relationship by showing that the characters only have one thing in common, and despite their 'love' there isn't a lot that would bind them aside from the fact that they share ilde lonliness. On so many levels, this rather slow, indulgent film displays an amazing depth of character writing and a boldness of film and timing I haven't seen for years. Granted, this film isn't a timeless masterpiece, but it is a very perochial masterpiece due to the amount of sadly typical films that spew the market in America. All the negatives people display in reviews are actually positives. All the postive reviews merely back the adept writing/film making of 'Translation'. It is a really great film to see and dwell on. While it isn't a film for everyone, it is a film for many, and is a unique experience for most. Don't let it go unwatched.
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Summary: Emperor's new clothes
Review: This slow moving and boring movie is made... to test the theory of E.N.C in the modern days. Just because some critics think this is the best thing since sliced bread does not make it so. This movie should only be recommended to people who are bored and have too much time in their hands (much like the characters in this movie). It is just on par to watching paint dry. Why it got so many Golden globe awards and Oscar nominations is way beyond me. I kept waiting for something interesting to happen and then of course, nothing really did. I do not hate this movie, it is just boring. It is like water.. tastless and plain.
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Summary: A touching and personal film.
Review: I'm really not one for words but this movie has to be one of my favorites of all time. The characters are so real and the story almost feels as if you were there with the two on their trip. Everything feels so natural and immersive, highly recommended
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