Lost in Translation

[Magicme]

I thought it was toss....you would have had to tie me to the bed to make me watch it again the other nite.....ummmmm

[jebus]

Some brillant movies that I've seen in the last year or so but wouldn't really be mainstream and I'd rank way above Lost in Translation are:

Junebug
Trans America
Motorcycle Diaries
The Station Manager
The Squid and the Whale
Little Miss Sunshine

While I agree with you on the art house movies being better part I have to say I thought TransAmerica was over-hyped, as was Motorcycle Diaries and Junebug. Haven't been to see Little Miss Sunshine yet, but the Squid and the Whale is top notch alright. Good indies I'd recommend this year are

Shooting Dogs (harsher tale of the Rwandan genocide than Hotel Rwanda)
Little Fish (good but not great movie, worth the watch just for Cate Blanchett)
Three Burials (great story)
Brick (again its worth a watch but don't believe the hype around it)
The Proposition (Ray Winstone always performs)

[Aberdonian Stu]

Little Fish is gruelling but great. Three excellent performances. Blanchett and Sam Neill are both great while Hugo Weaving is in a league of his own, absolutely brilliant.

Brick is up there as possibly the film of the past year for me.

[ccfcman]

I thought it was excellent, didnt realise the hype it had, very enjoyable, and I had a top cup of kenco with it [ads prevailed for top ups] constantly.

[bennocelt]

It wasnt about life in an Asian city.



Exactly. Any city big enough and foreign enough to alienate and isolate you completely.

The moments in the movie where the focus is on the translation from Japanese to English are funny, but in no way the main point of the film.

Lost in Translation does not refer to the language as much as how we show or translate our feelings and emotions to others. Fears of commitment or rejection stop us from showing our real feelings.. Bill Murray's character is 'lost' at this stage of his life.

The movie could have been set in any city, although if set in an English speaking city, the title would have been different I grant you.

yeah actually thats a good point, but still the fact it was japan and the fact that they are well known for bad english levels, and also the ultra modern asian lifestlye that one can exist in without actually living and been noticied
!

still american trash

see that Clerks 2 will be out soon, now that was a good movie i could understand, not pretentious

[Pat O' Banton]

Only saw half of it last night. I think it is a brilliant film. It is, as Adam said, oddly fascinating, and although nothing much seems to happen it pulls you in. Plus there's some great music on the sound track.

My Bloody Valentine, and the Jesus and Mary Chain a film with that sound track can be knocked. Also didn't Kevin Shields produce the music for the film.?