Annoyingly bad yet strangely good

Rating: Null/10 (27 February 2004)

When I came out of the cinema after seeing this film I heard someone saying walking past that it was 'worse than 8 Mile'. That might be a little harsh but I wasn't exactly overwhelmed.
As a 16 year old boy I probably wouldn't be expected to enjoy this movie and actually I'm not sure if I did. Having read many of the reviews on this site it has been either 'terrible' or 'beautiful'. I think the film had many positives - brilliant acting from the two leads, especially Scarlett Johansson who I'm sure will have taken over Hollywood in a few years, and Bill Murray shared the camera with her superbly, the cinematography was excellent but there were also some things that I was pondering on the way home on the bus.
There were so many scenes in this film that just seemed to be pointless. I understand that Sofia Coppola was trying to show the relationship between Murray and Johansson developing, but I'm sure there are better ways than showing them out clubbing or whatever they were doing. I have to admit being intrigued though at how and when they would meet, and the build up was quite watchable but when they did although the relationship formed between the two was quite affectionate, they didn't seem to do anything thing interesting. I realise that Sofia Coppola probably wanted to stay clear of the traditional American romance, but it just wasn't interesting enough to grip me, and a good film is one that grips me.
Despite being relatively bored throughout this film, I wanted to know how their relationship would conclude, and actually was quite satisfied with the happy yet very sad ending which I won't give away.
I can see why people would love this film, I could also see why people would hate this film. Me - I'm still not sure. My friends hated it, and I wasn't surprised to be honest. I didn't love it but I definitely think something was there.