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Summary: Best Original Screenplay????
Review: This was honestly one of the most shallow and souless movies I have ever seen. It seems to me that a lot of critics and people I generally respect have been tricked by Sophia Coppola and her hack job of an art film. The lack of a screenplay is exactly why we get so many shots of bored rich people staring out of windows. Most people complain that they didn't like this movie because it was boring and nothing really happened. I don't mind slow movies as long as there are characters I care about and little moments that can move me or make me think, this film had none of those. I just can't symphatize with such shallow and selfish characters. American Splendor communicated all of the emotions Sofia Coppola was trying to get across in a way that was actually funny and actually moving too, if you disliked this movie like I did check that one out. This is by far the most overrated movie of the year and hopefully by the time Sophia Coppola puts out another film people will realize that she's been skating by on films that are all style and no substance. I've seen 8 1/2 too Sophia, the fact that you put it on the tv in Tokyo just seems like some desperate play for credibility with "serious film fans," but apparently it worked. The ONLY reason I'm giving this movie 2 stars is because of the city of Tokyo, it is the true star of the movie and the only thing that makes it worth watching.
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Summary: A modern-day classic
Review: I shouldn't be giving this film a 5-star rating, but as one more expat making a living in Southeast Asia, I couldn't help but laugh uproarously at so many things in this movie. It perfectly captured the essence of ridiculousness and culture shock that so many of us here encounter every day.It's redundant to say that Bill Murray is excellent; his bad performances are few and far between. And Scarlett Johansson performs well for a new-comer to the screen, but the real beauty in this film lies in its pacing. You're drawn into this ethereal neon culture which is so utterly different from N. American culture, but you can't help but maintain your fascination. Everybody who watches this will go home thinking: "What would it be like to live in an alien world?" On top of that, the film boasts an impressive soundtrack; one of the best I've heard in a long time, and perfectly suited to both the characters and the storyline.
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Summary: If I could, I would rate it 0 stars.
Review: No, really. You're not 'missing' anything. If anyone tells you that you 'just didn't get it', please punch them in the face, for me -- at least a dozen times. Worst. Movie. I've. Ever. Seen. In. My. Life. The rave reviews and press on this movie has me seriously considering suicide. Who wants to live in a world this phony? Sophia Coppola has officially been added to my 'Stupid Bit***s To Slap' list.
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Summary: Liked it!
Review: Lost in Translation is a very good film. The Tokyo setting is stunning, and the music (i.e., My Bloody Valentine) perfectly compliments the neon cityscape. Did I mention that Scarlett Johansson (Charlotte) is alone worth the price of admission? Wow, that gorgeous head of redhair...She's beautiful. Bravo Sofia!
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Summary: I must have missed something
Review: I bought the DVD this past Saturday night before the Oscars to see what Murray did to warrant a best actor nomination. I fell asleep on the couch midway through it, enveloped in the pervasive artsy-fartsy ennui. It was painful to stay awake to that point. I awakened to a scene where Murray was laying down on a bed in a yellow-orange shirt staring up at the ceiling. Unbeknowst to my ennui addled brain rebooting from a REM cycle, the DVD had "frozen" as they are sometimes wont to do. But since it was a brand new DVD on its first playing, that possibility had not yet occurred to me. I actually watched that frozen scene for a full minute, thinking it was part of the movie since it was entirely in keeping with what I had endured to that point. I actually had to watch for the absence of an eye blink and respiratory motions before it dawned on me that the DVD had frozen. I have read other reviews that say you have to watch it three or four times to fully appreciate it. I'm glad it's soon to be spring - watching the grass grow would be infinitely more appealing. I would love to see the SNL Murray from 20 years ago do a parody of this movie. THAT would be a riot. As for "art", I'll take groundhogs and ghosts any day.
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Summary: Love and Gentle Humour
Review: I was so happy to see this film get best screenplay Oscar. So sad to see some people, accusing it of being racist. Some people, especially in America, are just too politically correct to be real. For those who have eyes to see "Lost in Translation" pokes gentle and loving fun at almost EVERY person in it. Even Bill Murray is not a perfect hero. It is a beautiful film. It is so still and subtle it could have even been made by a Japanese. Look at Ozu and Mizoguchi's films if you want to know why. People who think nothing happened here had better not look at films by many Japanese masters. I read once, if you are bored it is because you are boring. Because you can't see what beauty there is to see. A lot is happening in this film but it is subtle. And that seems too difficult for some people to see. There is value in seeing ourselves as others see us. There is also value in looking beyond the surface. Of people and of films. If you can understand that you will know why so many love this one.
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Summary: A Wonderfully Subtle Film, Worth All the Acclaim.
Review: Some have commented that it's slow, that it doesn't have a plot, and that it feels disconnected. If you're looking for an all-out comedy or a sexy romance, you won't find it in this wonderfully deep and subtle movie. But if you have the inclination to watch this film with the thoughtfulness it deserves, you'll see that it is a deep work of art achieving what few movies ever do. Without so many words or actions, the movie takes viewers through a journey of two disaffected strangers in a foreign land, and the momentary fleeting connection they find in each other. It is a relationship built of necessity and depth, without possibility of any future, and experienced through their quiet, mundane lives. Other reviewers have asked for more outrageous gags, steamy sex scenes, and fall-down laughter. That's all wrong... the film's subtlety is its beauty, just as the Japanese see subtle beauty. It is far deeper than many have expected. That might scare many people off, but if you are willing to give Lost in Translation a thoughtful chance, you might appreciate it's true depth as well.
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Summary: Brilliant
Review: This movie is simply brilliant and is NOT overrated as much people say. The humor is perfectly balanced with the dreamy mood in the movie and unlike someone said in an earlier review here, it is a good thing that the friendship between Bill and Scarlett didn't get closer! This is not a Disney movie for god sakes! It's a masterpiece.
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Summary: Why don't people like this film?
Review: I think that perhaps people don't like it because "Nothing happens!" as a friend said. People are so used to being hand fed everything that they tend to get cranky when something does not make perfect sense to them or strays from the mold. In stead of having it told to you, this movie acts it out...you have to interpit it. People have even complained that you never know what they whisper to each other. To me, I loved this movie because it had an almost zen quality to parts of it. The relationship of the two main characters is deep. Its two people finding another person who sees them and sees the flaws there, and having no demands of each other, forge a some what carefree love that is more like an awakward teenage romance than it is a love afair or anything. So there are my two cents.
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Summary: HYPE AND MORE HYPE
Review: It's totally ridiculous that Sophia Coppola has won an academy award for this. Just ridiculous. Meanwhile Kubrick, Scorcese and so many other haven't got squat. Tarantino was totally ignored in favor of THIS? Oh the hype!...
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