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| Name: Ryan Roe Email: prawnrr-rmv@this.com-yahoo.com Position: Movie / Television / Comic Book / Trivia Geek View Ryan's Personal Profile |
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| Lost in Translation Bill Murray is Bob Harris, an American actor who’s not at the top of his game. He goes to Tokyo to do an ad campaign for a Japanese whiskey, and meets Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), a young woman who’s there with her husband, a photographer. They’re both lonely, and they become good friends as they take in Tokyo together. I once said that I’d like to go to all the English-speaking foreign countries before any whole-other-language locales, but now I’m thinking I might like to go to Japan. From what I understand, they have vending machines that sell pet cockroaches, insane game shows, and a pop group called Yatta. As Lost in Translation shows, downtown Tokyo looks like the city from Blade Runner, or Coruscant from Star Wars. Do they really project giant animated dinosaurs onto the sides of buildings in Tokyo? The city really is one of the characters in the film, and considering that there are no scenes that don’t take place in Japan, it’s like another world. Director of photography Lance Acord and writer/director Sofia Coppola make the film drip with atmosphere. Speaking of Sofia Coppola, I don’t think I have to say much about her one stab at acting back in The Godfather Part III, so I’ll just say it’s great that she turned to directing. The Virgin Suicides was a fine movie, even if the title sort of gives away what happens, and Lost in Translation is a well-written movie about characters that seem like they could be real people. If I were an American in Japan looking for a friendly fellow Yankee, I wouldn’t mind running into Charlotte, or Bob for that matter, but Scarlett Johannson’s cuter than Bill Murray. Critics are talking a lot about Murray’s dramatic work in Lost in Translation, but the movie’s not all dramatic. Several scenes had the audience laughing out loud when I saw it, although I think that caused a few people to get confused. They proceeded to laugh at later scenes that really weren’t supposed to be funny. The same thing happened when I saw Punch-Drunk Love… I guess it’s inevitable when you have a funny actor doing drama that some people will really, really want it to be funny. The movie is romantic as well. In fact, I think it would please fans of mainstream romantic comedies, but the script rises way above those creatively, making the movie accessible but not formulaic. We get to know Bob and Charlotte before they meet each other, and their friendship develops in a well-paced way. Say… Charlotte rhymes with Scarlett! How about that? Lost in Translation is the kind of movie that I’d like to go to again, taking somebody who hasn’t seen it yet. On my scale of Yay!/Yeah…/Yecch!, it gets an emphatic Yay!. I have just two questions: 1)Why does the film begin with a shot of Johannson’s back? Is Coppola just making sure we’re paying attention? and 2)Where can I watch that crazy Japanese talk show? Comments on this post are closed. |
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| Nebraska sets the age at 19 and Mississippi at 21 at the time of this writing (May 2003). Fashion! See the female in hers own suite, attitude, and ..yeah tenderness or even calamity in good kind of thought way. Soha Ali Khan is none other than the sister of Saif Ali Khan and the daughter of Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore.This love between both the stars raised like their careers and now reached till engagement and mariage. If you are between 16-18 years of age, one of your parents or guardian must be with you and provide written consent. Minors must wait three days before the marriage license is valid. |
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