In Reply to: Need help with Lost in Translation posted by Victor Khomenko on January 14, 2004 at 08:22:59:
Pink girl furniture? Stuffed animals?Yep, it was low key, to be sure. I also wish something actually happened in the movie. But you know, it affected me. I thought about it for a long time after watching it. I've found that people without a romantic bone in their bodies tend to dismiss it. Honestly, if you were looking for "steamy sex scenes", you really never will get a movie like this.
I loved the subtlty of the performances. Murray will get an oscar nom for this and may actually win with it. He played the hangdog absolutely perfectly. I usually hate when comedians go serious, but it worked here because he always had that mischeivious gleam in his eye. The scene with the Japaese hooker that made it to his room killed me. The character was immensely varied, yet perfectly balanced.
I loved Scarlett Johanssen too. This was a real star turn for her. She countered the Britney Spears starlet character that was running around in the hotel.
Best movie of the year? No. Top 10 though. An artful character film with lots of internal depth.
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Follow Ups
- Lost in Translation - Troy 13:27:57 01/14/04 (44)
- Talk about lowered standards - Victor Khomenko 14:05:43 01/14/04 (27)
- Wrongo-Bongo - Troy 17:21:43 01/14/04 (26)
- Re: What foreign films did you see? - patrickU 01:15:48 01/15/04 (12)
- "Somewhere we lost our souls." - dennzio 07:46:59 01/15/04 (1)
- Re: "Somewhere we lost our souls." - patrickU 08:02:11 01/15/04 (0)
- Re: ten films - rico 05:44:52 01/15/04 (9)
- Re: ten films - patrickU 05:57:47 01/15/04 (8)
- Re: A masterpiece - rico 08:38:06 01/15/04 (7)
- Re: A masterpiece - patrickU 08:41:29 01/15/04 (6)
- Re: A masterpiece - rico 09:55:55 01/15/04 (5)
- Re: A masterpiece / Victor did you see this one? - patrickU 10:07:53 01/15/04 (4)
- Re: Lame? - rico 11:32:00 01/15/04 (1)
- Re: Lame? - patrickU 12:21:49 01/15/04 (0)
- Re: A masterpiece / Victor did you see this one? - Victor Khomenko 10:40:51 01/15/04 (1)
- Re: A masterpiece / Victor did you see this one? - patrickU 10:52:35 01/15/04 (0)
- I would grant you that American movie industry... - Victor Khomenko 18:24:49 01/14/04 (12)
- Wait a sec . . . - Troy 08:40:32 01/15/04 (11)
- Re: Wait a sec . . . - patrickU 11:02:35 01/15/04 (4)
- Who likes, punishes well? - Troy 13:47:26 01/15/04 (3)
- Re: Who likes, punishes well? - patrickU 02:15:23 01/16/04 (2)
- Re: Who likes, punishes well? - Troy 07:21:20 01/16/04 (1)
- Re: Who likes, punishes well? - patrickU 07:33:22 01/16/04 (0)
- Re: Wait a sec . . . - Victor Khomenko 10:56:39 01/15/04 (5)
- Re: Wait a sec . . . - Troy 13:41:18 01/15/04 (4)
- Re: Wait a sec . . . - patrickU 07:54:46 01/16/04 (0)
- Re: Wait a sec . . . - Victor Khomenko 15:04:06 01/15/04 (2)
- A bit of clarification and more aggitated gesticualtion - Troy 16:32:42 01/15/04 (1)
- I shall leave this final word to you. (nt) - Victor Khomenko 09:09:35 01/16/04 (0)
- re: Murray will get an oscar nom - rhizomatic 13:47:20 01/14/04 (13)
- Watch it again, guy. Murray's performance/character in - tinear 06:50:07 01/15/04 (2)
- Unfair? - rhizomatic 08:32:56 01/15/04 (1)
- Sorry, but...did you SEE "Lost?" - tinear 07:37:22 01/17/04 (0)
- Re: re: Murray will get an oscar nom - Troy 16:28:24 01/14/04 (9)
- Benicio del Toro, Ralph Fiennes, Sean Penn - rhizomatic 08:19:47 01/15/04 (8)
- Re: Benicio del Toro, Ralph Fiennes, Sean Penn - Troy 09:07:54 01/15/04 (7)
- Re: Benicio del Toro, Ralph Fiennes, Sean Penn - Victor Khomenko 11:33:56 01/15/04 (1)
- Re: Benicio del Toro, Ralph Fiennes, Sean Penn - patrickU 12:28:26 01/15/04 (0)
- Re: Penn can't do likeable, romantic, comedic? - rico 10:02:20 01/15/04 (2)
- Likeable in Sweet and Lowdown? - Troy 12:43:31 01/15/04 (0)
- Sweet and Lowdown - rhizomatic 11:10:13 01/15/04 (0)
- Yeah, but who isn't typecast, finally? - rhizomatic 09:50:38 01/15/04 (1)
- Yep, I agree - Troy 13:01:33 01/15/04 (0)
- Re: Lost in Translation - rico 13:34:33 01/14/04 (1)
- Agree with your agreement. nt - clarkjohnsen 01:28:50 01/15/04 (0)