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Originally posted by maximusveritas
I usually like "artsy movies" if they have something to say and are not artsy just for the sake of being artsy. I did not like Lost in Translation.
The movie was completely emotionless and I found it impossible to connect with any of the main characters. The "humor" mostly consisted of making fun of Japanese people in dumb ways like mocking their short stature. Murray was good, but not deserving of all the praise he's been getting and I didn't like Scarlett Johansen at all. I agree with monkeydriven that Ribisi was underused because he really stole ever scene he was in.
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I agree with every word you said
I'm even going to be defensive here and say that all the people praising the movie really did look too deep for connection in my mind. Either that or I am too shallow to bite the bait. I found it completely impossible to build an emotional connection between Bill and Scarlet. No love jumped out at me. I went through the whole movie as if I was viewing a preview, waiting to feel the emotion between the two of them. Maybe someone would say that this is the whole point; simple, un-hollywood love that is just 'there for what it's worth', but I don't buy it.