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Summary: Jennifer Kowkowski knows nothing! :)
Review: This is a great film. While I'm sure that some of the poor reviews here missed the absent chase scenes, this is an adult movie about adult relationships. Maybe a little too threatening for some. Bill Murray is incredible at conveying solitude and loss of connection.
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Summary: "oh my... we are so..."
Review: Lenny Bruce was right. There is nothing sadder than an old hipster.
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Summary: Lost in Tokyo!
Review: Such a heart-breaking movie that leads with a frinedsip that everyone do live once.
"An adventure as big as life itself"-quotating "Big Fish".
Bill Murray is simple great and Scarlett Johansson show us thaty life is just a step between.
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Summary: Lost or Found? It's up to the viewer ...
Review: After reading a selection of prior reviews here at amazon, it's obvious that LOST IN TRANSLATION isn't for everybody...Who might it be for? For one, someone who is more into character close-ups than plot twists. The whole movie is about getting under the surface of Bob and Charlotte (Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson) at a brief, intersecting point in their lives, two Americans half a world away in Tokyo. Timewise, the movie covers roughly 3-4 days ... which doesn't allow for much in the way of plot surprises. The movie is effective in stepping the viewer into their shoes: it INTENDS to reflect a sense of intermittent boredom. In my opinion without actually being a boring movie, but that I would say is where reviewers take sides. Frankly, I can see why some think this movie is a chore to sit through. On the other hand, I can hardly wait to see it again. Also, what does one expect from a Bill Murray movie? Here the spry wit that has saved many otherwise forgettable movies is mostly subdued, as befits a middle-aged has-been actor (not Murray himself, of course I mean the role he's playing here). If you can block out memories of the often-hilarious energy Murray brought to previous roles, then I believe his efforts in L.I.T. can be better appreciated by those who don't already see "best actor award" in his performance. L.I.T. seems more a "dramedy," and I think some of the movie trailers create expectations more in line with Murray's past films than the one it is attempting to sell. This movie is imo on the "other side" of GROUNDHOG DAY from the starting point of such B.M. feel-good vehicles as STRIPES or GHOSTBUSTERS. As far as how Japan is portrayed, I'd say L.I.T. does present a wide cross-section of Japanese people, from business professionals to bizarre television hosts. To the extent that particular scenes do focus on some of the wackier aspects of Japanese pop culture, I'd say that this is another example of director Coppola attempting to look at Tokyo through the eyes of the lead characters, both of whom are experiencing culture shock (not to mention jet-lag) and thus more likely to see their surroundings in a skewed manner (and being that this is a movie, if the director opts to represent that bias he/she has to visualize it, which is likely to involve a bit of stereotyping). Overall, L.I.T. gets my two thumbs up, but I would say to any potential buyers who aren't familiar with the film to check out other reviews -- those who love it AND those who pan it. Because TRANSLATION is the type of off-center movie that will polarize audiences. As such I rated it four stars, although for me it's a five star film.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: I was extremely disappointed in this film. I really like Bill Murray, but his female co-star said it best, just another male mid-life crisis. It attempted to depict the void that people feel when they attempt to find meaning apart from God and showed how flat we fall when we turn to drugs, sex and alcohol. The only thing that kept me watching was the hope that they would show that the characters learned something. It was a false hope. Don't waste the time and the money.
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Summary: 'lost' is certainly the keyword
Review: This is a sad, boring movie about sad, boring people. The front of the DVD case says "Getting Lost Never Felt So Good" but I ask what was good - Charlotte drinks a lot and feels sory for herself and is clueless about herself, her husband (oh my - he tried some different hair products and "I don't know who he is anymore")and life in general. So she picks up bored with life Bob in the bar and they hang out in Tokyo, but mostly drink, and this is supposed to be "close firendship"? She pays no attention to her husband and is jealous of his friends.
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Summary: Beautiful and poignant story
Review: I was very much looking forward to this movie, after hearing so much hype, and I was not disappointed at all. I found _Lost in Translation_ to be a poignant and revealing story about an intimate connection that two strangers make thousands of miles from home. Bill Murray was perfect for the role of Bob Harris, the aging movie star; and Scarlett Johannsen was quite impressive as the young newlywed. Both are lonely, tired, and out-of-place, but when they find each other, a deep bond forms, and the two actors had a nice chemistry on screen. The movie, is very "low-key", and there are some silent pans of the Tokyo cityscape, yet, these were among my favorite parts of the movie! They really conveyed the overall tone of the character's mood. The movie was also enhanced by a great soundtrack.
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Summary: Very Lost In Interpretation
Review: The title seemed to be the best in this movie, they showed Tokyo very nice but I did not want to watch any quide. The whole story very poor and disappointing and very far away from a comedy. Nothing could really make you laugh in the movie and nobody seemed happy. It would be ok if that was an award for a quide to Japan as a documetary.
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Summary: Middle-aged American male suddenly intriguing in Toyko?
Review: Bill Murray maintains our (middle-aged American male) interest only by looking poised to mug for the camera; why 23-ish Scarlett would be attracted is puzzling. Murray as an ex-action hero is also problematic. Bruce Willis would have been perfect: there's even a guest shot on Japanese TV that matches his scene on the cruise liner with Chris Tucker. In the making-of documentary Sofia says she only considered Murray, so draw your own conclusions.
The film's sight and sound suggest sinus-related hearing loss as much as the jet lag and insomnia oft-mentioned. But the filmmakers say they suffered this symptoms as well, so one must yield to cinema verite.
Although Murray's bed scene describing his life and family is a stunner, follow his character's lead by watching "La Dolce Vita." Marcello is matchless, and the interview with Sofia Coppola and Murray was filmed in Rome, but what is Coppola's point?
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Summary: I was crying by the middle of the movie.....from boredom
Review: This movie is just unbelievably boring! Let me tell you a little story. I never wanted to watch this movie in the first place, but when the Oscar nominations hit the world I thought "OK, they don't nominate for Oscar for nothing." So, I rented (thank God, I did not buy it) this movie.
I honestly tried to find the seeds of greatness or comedy in it. I did not find a trace of either. If you consider two jokes on cultural differences enough to call this movie a comedy, then OK, I agree, it's a comedy. As for the dramatic aspects, please spare me, there are so many literary works where this subject has been exhaustively developed that I don't even know where to begin the list of my reccomendations. Overall, if you want a good comedy watch "Intolerable Cruelty." I really enjoyed all the plot twists. And if you want a good drama get married ;-). After all, if you want to experience loneliness with the purpose of catharsis, read a good book. Don't waste your money on this movie, you'll regret it. Thank you for reading this,
Anton
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