First Post!

Mood: Disappointed/Melancholy
Currently Listening To: The Vapors - I think I'm turning Japanese.

Lost in Translation is a 2003 comedy-drama film starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johanssen. It takes place in Tokyo... blah blah blah..... yawn.

So - Lost in Translation. Released to critical acclaim in all its box offices around the world. Can't say I agree with them. The movie centers around the two failed romances of the two main actors, and shows that it happens around the world. I suppose this fact is supposed to be comforting - that even love can be "Lost in Translation" as well as the directors instructions - which the interpreter brutally slaughters, but being a traditionalist guy - I did the traditionalist guy thing and was disgusted by the sappy love story. The worst part? I normally enjoy romantic comedies, but to be fair, this lies more under the 'dramatic romance' category.

Even the sardonic humor didn't help raise the movie in my sights - even with the 'culture shock' aspect.

In so far about what I liked about the movie - It had Bill Murray, who I'm always glad to see in a movie - but (having gone to Japan myself) there seemed to just be a level of artificiality to the whole Japan itself - even though it was filmed in Japan... *shrug*

The acting itself was great - no complaints there, but in the overall feeling of the movie - they lost me. I admit I liked the directors choice of not including Japanese subtitles.

I may not have been fair enough in this review, but I could not get into it.
Maybe next movie.

Until Next time.