what is going on?

Rating: Null/10 (3 October 2004)

This highly-acclaimed film makes me wonder why I don't have a clue about what is going on. There is no story, no dialogue, no rhythm, no good music, no interesting characters, no visual beauty... there is nothing worth to watch or feel or remember! Why make a film like this? The only thing caught my attention is the last scene of a car going toward airport on an almost empty highway. I thought that it must have been shot really early in the morning to find a quiet highway like this. And that is it. The movie left me no surprise or excitement. The plot is boring to start with: two boring Americans met in Tokyo and spent some quite boring time together in some really boring places like hotel rooms, bars, restaurants and karaoke-boxes. They don't know what to say to each other, how to reach out and how not to complain. How could a subject like this result a non-boring movie? However, if this is the point, I get it. But still, I think I am going to watch the French Connection again to get my senses back!