Lost in Translation

[Devanshu]

I didnt understand the point of it...someone help me out.

[Grimey]

They're very different people who find comfort in each other in a country where neither of them fit. Thats what I got out of it. I thought it was a great movie.

[tgpo]

It's a sleep aid. It works very well!

[Ripper2860]

I was very intrigued with the subtle nuances and interplay between the two primary actors. The ability of the director, screenwriter, and producer to lead the audience to the climactic end and have them all exclaim ...

"OMFG! WTF was this movie about and did I just spend the better part of my evening watching this? And Why the hell did he just not nail her !! "

I think Razor's Edge was a better Bill Murray movie as was Stripes and Ground Hog Day!!

For me it was a mega bust second only to ...

S O L A R I S

[Devanshu]

There are some scenes in the movie that are just plain useless. The movie would be only half an hour long if those were taken out. For instance, when she goes somewhere and sees a woman under an umbrella and she spends a few minutes just looking at her and then some flowers. WTF???? Another one is when she goes to the arcade and sees a bunch of people playing videogames...WHATS THE POINT!!!! The entire movie is filled with it.

[Ripper2860]

I didnt understand the point of it...someone help me out.

It's really quite simple ...

The point of it was to seperate you from your money. Jack Valenti's Payback for all the DVD Ripping !!

[Grimey]

You're all nuts, I thought lost in translation was a great movie.

[tgpo]

I thought lost in translation was a great movie.

Oh yeah. It's a great movie. A really great movie..........FOR ME TO POOP ON!!!

[indolikaa]

I didn't understand the movie. It was lost in translation.

[rallynavvie]

I thought the lensing was by far the best part of this movie. However I saw it in theaters when it first came out and noticed two instances where the boom mic was visible. I don't tolerate that from a movie that's supposed to be of such a high calibre, Coppola or not. However I did think the uneasy attraction between Scarlet and Bill was fantastic, like they wanted to "hook up" but both knew it would hurt the other so since they did love each other they decided not to get involved in that way. I also thought Murray was hilarious in this, though in a much more subtle way than even he is known for. He was only better in Wes Anderson's works. I can't wait for the upcoming one he's doing with Anderson.

I also like the lack of dialogue in a lot of those scenes, just a chance to take in the scenery and watch Lance's wonderful camera direction. Keep in mind the whole film was shot in under a month. I'd say it was otherwise pretty well for something done so quick.

Meh, I guess I only pay attention to the story the first time watching a movie. The later viewing are when I get to really enjoy it.

[Craig Tucker]

It's a sleep aid. It works very well!

Agreed, very boring.

[flaninacupboard]

For me it was a mega bust second only to ...

S O L A R I S

You didn't like solaris?

[DVD_Ripper]

I was very intrigued with the subtle nuances and interplay between the two primary actors. The ability of the director, screenwriter, and producer to lead the audience to the climactic end and have them all exclaim ...

"OMFG! WTF was this movie about and did I just spend the better part of my evening watching this? And Why the hell did he just not nail her !! "

I think Razor's Edge was a better Bill Murray movie as was Stripes and Ground Hog Day!!

For me it was a mega bust second only to ...

S O L A R I S

Agreed... what a way to waste a few hours of your life...

[Ripper2860]

For me it was a mega bust second only to ...

S O L A R I S

You didn't like solaris?

Ummm.... NO!

It was the most dis-jointed movie and had the worst ending of any movie I have ever seen. I kept waiting for all the loose ends to get wrapped up and then BAM -- Movie Over. It's like they just ran out of film -- or pulled the plug after running out of money!!! I'm pretty sure it was over -- the credits started rolling !

[flaninacupboard]

yeah, Event Horizon had a similar theme and was about a billion times better.

you can see what they were trying to do - a strange life form that's terrifying without having slavering jaws.

[888888]

I didnt understand the point of it...someone help me out.

It was a meaningless artsy style cover of a movie used to sneak in a few minutes of naked Japanese girls.

[VCDHunter]

They're very different people who find comfort in each other in a country where neither of them fit. Thats what I got out of it. I thought it was a great movie.

Me too - I thought it was great

[adam]

Ummm.... NO!

It was the most dis-jointed movie and had the worst ending of any movie I have ever seen. I kept waiting for all the loose ends to get wrapped up and then BAM -- Movie Over. It's like they just ran out of film -- or pulled the plug after running out of money!!! I'm pretty sure it was over -- the credits started rolling !

That just means you didn't understand the ending, not that it was necessarily bad. You gotta watch the end real carefully and notice what's different. I thought it all made perfect sense...I just didn't like the movie.

I didn't like Lost in Translation either. I liked the connection they had, and Bill Murry makes simple little things funny, but its just that nothing happened.

[flaninacupboard]

what was the ending of solaris again? i remember she was trying to convince him to stay, but that's it. rare for me to forget the plot of a movie!

[adam]

Spoiler.........











Its been a while so I forgot most of the details. I think basically he's on his way to the escape pod/ship and he hesitates. Then it cuts to him in his apartment with the girl and she basically says that life or death doesn't matter, that they can just be together. But its ambiguous at first. You don't know whether he is with her in Solaris or if he went back, got her, and took her to Earth. But there's something different in the apartment, I can't remember what but its supposed to be obvious. Something they focused on earlier in the movie, I'll have to check later when I get home.

The point is that you realize they are in Solaris, one way or another. Clooney went back to her and the ship got sucked into it.

Is Clooney dead and now a manifestation of Reya's memories, just like Reya is a manifestation of his? Who knows? But they are in Solaris so their whole existence is basically created from their memories. So, Clooney is choosing to remember things how he wants them to be, that's why the apartment is different. They get to skip that whole nasty suicide problem and essentially change their troubled past. Its sort of a sci fi, "happily ever after."

That was my take anyway.

[BobV]

So when I turned off SOLARIS after about 30 minutes to go to sleep turining it off was unnecessary.

[flaninacupboard]

i found it had the same kind of sleepy atmosphere of 2001, but without the pretty pictures, or the dark broodishness of blade runner, but without any action.

[Devanshu]

[quote="888888It was a meaningless artsy style cover of a movie used to sneak in a few minutes of naked Japanese girls.[/quote]

Just about the only think I liked about that movie.

[rallynavvie]

What about seeing Scarlet in her panties all the time?

[Devanshu]

In the intro...if you concentrate hard enough you can see her ass through her panties. But other than that...nothing exciting.

Also, now that I think about it...she wore the same pair throughout the movie. Was she so bored that she forgot to do laundry?