Lost in Translation: Love/Hate?

[Andez]

Maybe it wasn't exciting enough to hold my attention. I didn't dig it at all.

Admittedly if it was Bill Murray fighting off Godzilla for the love of Scarlet Johanson then I would have enjoyed it a whole lot more.

[unkle markus]

Originally Posted by Zooropa

I think both their relationships were fucked anyway, but they were both scared to admit it.

Aye for sure, It was a realisation that neither the relationships they already had or the one they had was going to work out but going back to the old ones were the only only option (in bills case) or was easy ( in scarletts case)

[darth_haggis]

Originally Posted by Seph

I don't want to make any sweeping generalities, but it seems to be people who are patient and don't go into a movie with a mindset, at all, who seem to enjoy it more. And that is the most perfect behind to start it all off with.

to be fair to ones self i go into most films with an open mind. i tend to get lost in a film. hell, i even took many a positive from Ultraviolet.

but this, was just a waste of film IMO.

[wee scary burd]

Bored the arse off me, but my man thinks its a great film.

[Largest of Als]

I watched it when I got back from Japan and have to say i hated it.

The thing that got me was, it seemed to me like it was all about 'Hey! lets laugh at the funny little japanese people and how unamerican their culture is!"

Al

[Dave_CherryKick]

Originally Posted by Largest of Als

I watched it when I got back from Japan and have to say i hated it.

The thing that got me was, it seemed to me like it was all about 'Hey! lets laugh at the funny little japanese people and how unamerican their culture is!"

Al

Really? See - i saw it more like it was the americans with thier clumsy western ways who felt very out of place in the wonderfull setting of Tokyo. Like it was celebrating the fact that the culture wasnt american, and was better for it.

I loved it - one of my favourite films

[Largest of Als]

Originally Posted by Dave_CherryKick

Really? See - i saw it more like it was the americans who felt very out of place in the wonderfull setting of Tokyo. Like it was celebrating the fact that the culture wasnt american, and was better for it.

I loved it - one of my favourite films

Maybe I'm more used to seeing Americans stomp into other countries going 'THIS IS SHIT.... WHERE'S MY MACDONALDS!' and generally got getting the culture of another place...


Al

[Dave_CherryKick]

yeah - hehe - that is a very valid point too

[Al K]

I saw this for the first time tonight, I thought it was a really good movie.

[sylvianorth]

I'm bumping this cos I watched it again last night, and I have to study it for uni. I'm surprised by how many of you said it made you feel happy, I was totally heartbroken at the end.

[Zooropa]

Sweet! What you writing about it?

[sylvianorth]

It's for this class Intercultural readings, it's about examining writers trying to write about or within cultures they normally live outside of. I dunno what I'm writing about it just yet, it's my second last exam so it's on my to do list ha.

[The Colossus]

I neither love nor loathe. It's alright, just a little too self consciously cool.

[hotblonde]

Originally Posted by Largest of Als

Maybe I'm more used to seeing Americans stomp into other countries going 'THIS IS SHIT.... WHERE'S MY MACDONALDS!' and generally got getting the culture of another place...


Al

Had the opposite effect on me. I thought it was good up until Bill Murray makes a connection then it bored me. I watched it again after I'd visited Japan and I enjoyed 'Lost in Translation', maybe because I finally got it; I felt totally lost when I was Japan with the language, culture..everything. Anyway, there's a MacDs and Wendy's on every corner in Japan, what you on about. So, aye hated it when it came out, like it now.

[Stu]

Love it. I think it had a lot to do with the mood I was in when I saw it. Plus I almost cried at the end, because some dude stood on Posh's hot dog. He was going to eat that sucker.