Lost in Translation
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exactly!
The movie moves in such a different way than the average American movie. It isn't about getting from one contrived plot point to the next.Their relationship also felt very real in the sense that they (and the viewer) never learned certin things about one another - they were taking what they needed from one another. You don't know if the events really shifted the course of their lives or not. It wasn't all neat and tidy - just like life.
Also - having been in the position of a gaijin going to Japan for the first time, I felt it totally captured that sense of being in a sea of millions of people and being totally isolated, and of having the communication barrier be so apparent alll the time.
Scarlett Johannson never struck me as too young (jeez is she only 18? Never would have guessed it but it sounds about right). i think i just found her hot as hell - loved how they showed her - cellulite and alll.
I wasn't a big fan of the Virgin Suicides - it seemed pretty empty and pointless to me - Lost in Translation still has some of that empty feeling lingering (but it certainly wasn't pointless), but since it was about people who just met, it worked for me. The movie really got to me.
Looking forward to Sofia's next movie - baby steps baby steps....