Lost in Translation

[Amused]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: CChaos

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: Taggart
Good flick. Smart people like it.

sometimes people who think they are smart are just suckers.

Don't you just hate that. I mean, you don't like the movie, but so many people do and of course they'll tell you it's obvious that you just don't "get it." So then you have to wonder, was there some deeper significance to this story that you're just too shallow or unintelligent to understand. Then you think, no it's just some artsy-farsty idiots pretending to be deep, but really the movie sucked and thier just posturing to appear smarter than you. Finally you realize that you're just not sure if there really was something there and you missed it or if it was just a boring story. Now when you reach this final phase, you have a couple of choices. 1. You can decide that you did understand it but it wasn't your cup of tea 2. You can admit defeat and proclaim "This movie sucks!" Of course, when you choose the latter, you must be certain that those of us who did "get it" will get this too. At this point, we can all say that like it or not, this movie made you think, and hey, wasn't that the point after all? Now clearly it's not the point, because this is supposed to be entertainment after all right? Well, is it? Anyway, just remember the "not my cup of tea" line.

yea, best illustrated by bs art. you know. a blank canvas with a dot. someone will find that incredibly deep. i just think they are doing all the work of filling in the meaning when theres really nothing there.

i liked her previous movie, i just thought lost in translation was dreary, tacky and pointless. i felt no emotion but dissapointment with the movie. the characters weren't interesting and thus weren't emotionally involving. if it weren't for the fact that it was bill murry(always reasonably likable) and johanson*sorta cute and just interesting to watch..it would have been a total bomb. and no, i didn't care that it didn't have sex or violence. it just didn't have enough material for a full movie. abandonment/culture shock? oh, i think it was beat into the ground by the halfway mark. and no, i didn't watch the day after tomorrow.

What some people are failing to realize here is that this is all purely subjective. I liked it, you didn't. That's cool. I don't think less of you for it contrary to the other elitists in this thread who would.

 

[new2AMD]

How could you not enjoy these scenes:

The treadmill

The clips on his jacket

The director saying a novel in Japanese and the translator translating about 4 words



I only saw it once a while ago and I enjoyed it. I like dialogue movies. I wouldnt recommend it to everyone, wespecially after the hype it got for the Oscars.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: Maleficus

Originally posted by: iloveme2
Ok, so WTF is up with the ending?!?! What did he say in her ear?

we don't know, and that movie sucked.

For sure. I watched it the other night.
Something was lost in translation.

 

[0roo0roo]

well yea, films are subjective.

its just that the critics really took one side on this one pretty heavily, and many in the gen public just hate it. ebert and roeper had a thing on their show about this once the dvd came out after all that raving they did and apparently started getting some bad reaction. they thought that maybe it had to be seen on the big screen to be truely appreciated.

course, thats where i saw it😛 hehe

 

[aircooled]

I was really looking forward to this movie, but I found it quite slow and boring.

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: Amused
What some people are failing to realize here is that this is all purely subjective. I liked it, you didn't. That's cool. I don't think less of you for it contrary to the other elitists in this thread who would.

I knew I liked you for a reason Amused. Unlike many people here, you can look at the big picture instead of being narrowminded. :beer:

I *got* LiT, I just didnt care for it. I understood what it was portraying. The cinematography was great and there are definately a few great scenes, I was just overly bored with it. Not because it didnt have explosions, but possibly because it just didnt speak to me.

 

[ThePresence]

It may be the most overrated movie ever.

 

[0roo0roo]

yea hollywood just got hyped on sophia being a woman directo/being a copolla, probably a bit guilty for missing out on her first movie.. etc.

and there seems to be a certain amount of bill murrey worship these days. i guess they are happy that he can apparently act.

course i think robbin williams is better for a comedian turned actor. think "one hour photo" overlooked and much better then this movie.

eh, the hype about this movie reminds me of monsters ball.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo


eh, the hype about this movie reminds me of monsters ball.

On that we can agree. I really disliked Monster's Ball.