"Lost In Translation": Did You Love It or Hate It?

[Placebo]

I really liked it. I'm not saying it's a great movie, or one of my favourites, but it's definitely a good movie, in my opinion. Some people like to bash it for being 'pointless', but I think it's a good film. :)

[KitchenWitch]

1. Did not like it

I found the film depressing and hopeless. But that is just me.

[jjmalonejr]

2. Love it

Great performances by both Bill Murray and Scarlett Johannsen. Both a funny and touching story.

[mwdem]

3. It captured the whole "stranger in a strange land" type of mood...

also the "ugly American" reared it's head a few times, but I thought it was a very interesting movie.

[WindRavenX]

8. I loved it too

It wasn't supposed to be an event movie- it was just the capturing of a very odd, very lovely moment between two alienated people.

[mwdem]

12. You've got it right...

too many have tried to read too much into this movie. It was for the moment. Lovely movie.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

4. Meh...

Totally disappointed, way too much hype. Didn't HATE or LOVE it. Meh...

[Cadence]

5. I didn't like it. n/t

[eleonora]

6. I bought it for $2.99 and watched it once. n/t

[Miami Liberal]

7. I loved it

It didn't go the traditional Hollywood way where the 2 leads end up in bed together. It had a sweetness about it that I haven't seen in other movies in a while and I'm dying to know what he whispered in her ear at the end.

[tridim]

9. Loved it

just like I love great paintings. It was stunningly beautiful.

[MuseRider]

10. It kept my interest

and at the end I didn't really think anything but a few hours later I realized that I did in fact like it.

[mwdem]

16. It was a slice of life movie,

cleverly written, and beautifully done. I always like these kind of movies, just capturing how it feels in these situations that we don't deal with day to day.

[laheina]

11. It was OK.

It made the audience work a bit harder, though.

[fluffernutter]

13. i'm with you, i really liked it too.

[Pale Blue Dot]

14. Loved it.

I love the scene in which Murray is talking to his wife on the phone, and she asks him, "Do I need to worry about you?". His response is "Only if you want to."

What an incredibly perceptive piece of writing from someone so young. The movie is filled with little gems like that.

[fluffernutter]

15. i agree :)

[Placebo]

17. That was a great line.

And dammit I wish I could have heard what he whispered into her ear at the end.

[BlueJazz]

18. I liked it a lot, although the Car Chase scene was rather boring.

:)

[mondo joe]

19. Thought it was fantastic, and impressed by Coppola's maturity

I was very impressed by Coppola's mature take - so many easy routes not taken, so much subtlety.

A really wonderful movie.

[yardwork]

20. Loved it.

But then, I also loved My Dinner with Andre. I like introspective movies.

[last_texas_dem]

21. I found it to be overrated

It wasn't offensively bad or anything like that, but I stopped paying attention to it about halfway through 'cause I did find it pointless. My sister and I were watching it together and we both just started talking instead of watching the movie 'cause we found our conversation more entertaining than the movie! So yeah, I was disappointed but largely because of the hype. I would have found it to be an average, nothing special sort of movie had I not been told it was one of the year's best and blah blah blah.

Just my take, though...

ON EDIT: I should note that we weren't watching the movie at the theatre when we decided to stop paying attention and start talking halfway through it, just so y'all don't think I have incredibly bad manners or anything like that. My brother-in-laws owns the DVD and really liked it, so we decided to give it a shot.

[elsiesummers]

22. Liked it very much but like others as much or more, for example:

Before Sunset, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Frida, The Dreamers, AKA.

These are all think oriented films about life that I liked as much or more than Lost in Translation - But only Eternal Sunshine and Frida received the sort of hype that went to Lost in Translation.

If you like films for visual appeal (which Lost in Translation has in spades) then you have to see Frida and The Dreamers.

[progmom]

23. I loved it

But I like pointless movies.

I don't know that it was supposed to have a point.

Whatever.

[mairceridwen]

24. I thought it was nicely done, for what it was

But it bored the hell out of me and I thought Scarlett Johansson's character was really annoying.


And really EXCELLENT soundtrack

[Flying Dream Blues]

25. That sums it up...

Nicely done, had its moments, but a little pointless and boring.