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Calamity
| Tuesday, November 04, 2003 - 3:32 pm
I really want to see this movie but it hasn't played near here. If anyone else has gotten to catch it though, I'd love to read your opinion.
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Brenda1966
| Wednesday, November 05, 2003 - 9:26 am
A friend just wrote this to me: "I wanted to tell you right away: RUN, don't walk, to see Lost in Translation. You must, must, MUST see this picture in a real theater! I can pretty much guarantee you won't see a better movie this year, or most any year." He also provided me a money back guarantee (with popcorn) that I would like it. So, there you go... I'll report back after I've seen it.
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Fabnsab
| Friday, November 07, 2003 - 2:14 am
I liked the movie alot. Both stars did a fabulous job. You forget how young the actress, Scarlett Johansen, is. I like how Sofia Coppola wrote the story and the ending. I'll say no more because I guess it could be spoilerish.
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Brenda1966
| Friday, November 07, 2003 - 10:03 pm
Well, I'm not going to rave about it like my friend did, but I will say it is good for people who like understated, subtle, indie-type movies. It's the kind of movie that has to sit with you for a while, so you can contemplate what you saw. The performances are top notch. I've read some speculation that Sofia Coppola is too young to have written such a deep and mature script, and that she must have had help and I find that so insulting! She did a wonderful job with this film.
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Fabnsab
| Saturday, November 08, 2003 - 2:22 am
Wow, that is insulting! Scarlet read those lines with conviction and she is only 18. Give me a break! Sofia Coppola did an amazing job.
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Pannie
| Monday, November 10, 2003 - 7:32 pm
I liked the movie and I like Bill Murray's work - I travel often for work and thought it captured the boredom from being away from home/family/friends and being holed-up in a hotel, despite the pool, sauna, golfing, city attractions, etc. <As a counter-point, a friend of mine said the movie was just plain boring.>
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Donut
| Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 10:53 pm
ok, you will all think i am a big pollyana, cuz i have been asking this question at a few movie threads... but is this movie dark and sad, or warm and cozy? I am on vacation and i have not been to the movies in a long time and want to see some good movies this week, but i am in the vacation mood to see stuff that will not make me anxious, sad or disturbed.. I could skip vacation and go to work for that.. i actually read the entire story at moviespoilers.com so i know the story , and that it nothing much really happens plotwise, but i didnt get a sense of the tone... btw, on the Movieshow on radio, my favorite review show, she thought this was one of the best movies ever too.
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Fabnsab
| Wednesday, December 24, 2003 - 6:21 pm
Donut, I didn't think it was depressing but I didn't think it was uplifting either. It was sweet. I wouldn't go see the Hours for your same reason. I think you would enjoy this movie. Now if you want lighthearted vacation movies... go see Love Actually, Somethings Gotta Give or Elf. These are all movies I'd see again and left the theatre smiling.
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Donut
| Thursday, December 25, 2003 - 11:38 pm
thanks fabsnab! i will take your advice!
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Newman
| Friday, December 26, 2003 - 10:26 pm
Great movie. Could tell it was written by a woman. If a man would have written it there would have been more sex, ok...some sex...or at least some nudity between our September and May protagonists. I don't understand the people who thought this was boring. I liked the dialog. The part where they were laying in bed, fully clothed, and Scarlett was asking Bill Murray the deep questions of life, like does marriage get any easier. Good stuff. Made me think about the issues of infidelity in marriage. Also made me think about soul mates. If you found your soul mate and she was so much younger would you sacrifice your marriage and go for it or would you just be rationalizing your immorality?
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Tashakinz
Member
11-13-2002
| Monday, February 09, 2004 - 8:32 am
Rented this over the weekend - great performances, enjoyed it immensely.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, February 13, 2004 - 10:17 am
It just barely entertained me. I'm glad I didn't pay to see it. I got the DVD free from the library.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Saturday, February 14, 2004 - 5:25 pm
It was alright.
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Kimmo
Member
05-02-2003
| Sunday, February 15, 2004 - 3:29 am
I just saw it tonight in the theater, I loved it so much! I really almost lost it during that wonderful goodbye scene. It took me most of the credits to recover, and I was floating on a joyful cloud for half an hour after exiting the movie! It was so sad, thoughtful, yet ultimately joyful and redeeming. The closing song is one of my all-time favorite songs! What a great soundtrack. It was so poignant and so captured how you feel when something "could be" between you and a new person in your life (no matter how tangential), and you don't know if you can move forward with your current life or a new one. Yet how can you even decide if you never really know if something could have been? The movie was caught up in that sense of tension and being "lost," then it was so beautifully resolved at the end. It was so romantic, wistful, touching, and just made me feel so good inside. There were also hilarious, laugh-out-loud moments relating to Bill Murray's whiskey ads and some other odd encounters, plus a karaoke sequence where Bill sings "More Than This"-- Another favorite song, I could hardly believe it! Of course, I already adored Bill Murray, but I don't know if that would make a difference in the overall greatness of this film! It is definitely in my top 10 of all time.
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Zules
Member
08-21-2000
| Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 11:24 am
I couldn't find one single endearing thing about this film. It takes quite a crappy movie to make Bill Murray boring. I will admit I may have enjoyed it more if the people around me weren't snoring so loudly.
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Marebear
Member
09-27-2002
| Saturday, February 21, 2004 - 9:22 am
I thought this movie had a few funny parts, but mostly I found it very blah. I did watch it all the way through, mainly to see if anything ever happened - and it didn't. Very ho-hum.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Sunday, February 22, 2004 - 12:01 am
I also think this film is overrated. Bill Murray was good, he generally is, but just don't see it as Oscar caliber. Surprised he won the Golden Globe, although, IMO, the globes are often off the mark. The movie was mostly dull, with very few good moments. LOVED the jazz singer. I need to go to the music store to search for a soundtrack and see if this singer, whover she is, has a CD I could buy.
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Kimmo
Member
05-02-2003
| Sunday, February 22, 2004 - 12:53 am
Oh well...It had to be somewhat dull to express what you can find in the midst of depressing dullness, but I can also think back on certain scenes I didn't like because they were too stylized or riffing on Asian stereotypes. I'm a Bill Murray fanatic so maybe I was kind of biased. I do think his performance was still amazing even for him-- Just what he would "say" with total silence and how he looked! Oh well. The name of the woman who was the singer for "Sausalito" was named Catherine Lambert. I don't know why I made a note of that during the credits. 
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Melfie1222
Member
07-29-2002
| Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 12:06 am
I think maybe my expectations were too high. I liked it, but for some reason in my mind, I was prepared to absolutely love it, and I didn't. Today at the office, on the piped in music, came "More Than This", the original. I imagine whenever I hear that song from now on I will always think of this movie, so I guess it will stick with me. I don't know... I will give it a chance and watch it again.
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 10:15 pm
Sophia just won the oscar for her screenplay. I enjoyed this movie and liked the fact that she didn't do a typical romantic pairing of the two. But she annoys me because she thanks Bill Murray but never thanks Scarlett Johannson when whe wins an award. That is just so rude IMHO.
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Hobbs
Member
08-05-2002
| Monday, March 01, 2004 - 12:16 pm
*** Slight spoiling in this post! *** I was watching E! last night before the Oscars. Someone said that every man over 40 liked Lost in Translation. That hooked me. So after Billy Crystal did his opening number (the only good part of the show), I pulled out the DVD that was sitting there waiting to be watched. Gotta love Netflix! The movie is still stuck in my mind and generated many thoughts and emotions. So to me, it was a good movie, because isn't that what a movie should do? I had a similar relationship happen in my life so the things that Bob (Bill Murray) was going through really struck a cord. I could go on and on about the movie and many of the images, but I won't. What I want to know, is what Bob whispered to Charolette at the end of the movie. I guess what you think he said will show what type of person you are. He could have just given her good fatherly advice and told her that she would be okay, knowing that he would never see her again and was happily going back to his wife and kids. Or he could have told her how to get in touch with him when she gets back to America because he really wanted to see her and develop the relationship more. Either way, he would have reacted the same because he did what he felt in his heart. Brilliant. It's left up to the movie goer. The more I think about it, the more I really like this movie. I'll definately watch it again. Oh, in case you want to know. I thought he gave her good advice and went back to his wife and kids.
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Kimmo
Member
05-02-2003
| Monday, March 01, 2004 - 12:49 pm
Well, I think Sofia keeps thanking Bill Murray because the screenplay was written with him in mind-- If he hadn't accepted the role, the movie probably wouldn't have been made. Or, it definitely wouldn't have been the "same" movie. Hobbs, I agree about how your experience will affect how you see this movie-- I read some negative comments on IMDB that said, "If you haven't been in a situation like this, you will find the characters totally self-centered and boring." I can see that. As for what he said at the end of the movie, I think he just said something like, "I love you, you'll have a wonderful life"-- Nothing about moving the relationship forward, but bringing closure to it and putting her on the right track to her life so she wouldn't dwell on their time together and keep thinking, "What if?" or "Did we really feel something for each other or what?". Gee, I get all misty just thinking of that last scene again! I thought Bill Murray was ripped off in the clips they showed of his performance during the Oscars. Obviously with what they showed (the funny parts, and not even the funniest parts), everyone would go, "He doesn't deserve an Oscar." There was so much drama and subtlety in what he didn't say. Yes, I'm repeating myself. 
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Spygirl
Member
04-23-2001
| Friday, April 30, 2004 - 9:21 pm
This movie was "blah" to me. It didn't hook me, I couldn't relate to the characters, and the plot really didn't go anywhere. I tried, though!
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Cassie
Member
07-15-2000
| Saturday, May 01, 2004 - 9:28 am
I was SO disappointed. I found it to be dreary. Repetitous. Same vertical camera shots of neoned Tokyo buildings. White hotel rooms. Hotel bar. Hotel elevator. Meaningless dialogue. I think Sophia got the nudge and the wink from Hollywood solely on account of her father.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Saturday, May 01, 2004 - 9:47 am
Cassie speaks with straight tongue!
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