My review of lost in translation

Rating: 10/10 (21 March 2006)

Lost in translation captures the essence of every lengthened breath and penetrating stare. It mixes pure innocence with problems of life and shows how something so simple is so much more grand than anything else. The confusion and questions that we all have deep inside regarding our identity, our soul, our purpose, our happiness, so quickly resolved by that one person who may not be quite the same as you, but fits you perfectly. It allows so much emotion without the loss of it's innocence. Their fear, alienation, loneliness and build up of hidden feelings and wonders, attach us greatly to the characters in a way that melts us as the movie develops. A series of sounds, stares, thoughts read by the viewer, an unexplainable yet obviously true, natural, and loving relationship that leads us to believe true love could actually be. The fear of marriage or commitment and what it may cause to the relationship (by past experience) lead us to believe that is why both characters are doubtful of where to take this wonderful encounter without ruining a second of it. There are a wide variety of scenes in which (because of great direction and perception of viewer) many hints can be caught on, explaining us the movie, drawing us a picture, allowing us to figure out and feel what they experience. The general mood itself is so relaxing, loose, natural, as love should be. The fact they are in a land where they can almost only understand each other shows how beautiful it is, how it can happen anywhere, how in a place and time where both felt lost, they found the path to happiness, this path was each other, and nothing else mattered. In times of doubt and fear, both gave in, preferring to preserve an already beautiful experience than to risk damaging it, nevertheless, inevitably, as if by force of destiny, soon they are drawn once again to each other in a compelling scene where, if not spoken, then created by the viewer, each creates his own interpretation. A great production by a great director, truly a master piece.