kinda like brief encounter i thought

Rating: Null/10 (23 February 2004)

**SPOILER**
I don't know anyone who thought LiT was 'okay'. They either loved it, or hated it. ME, I'm in the former camp. A story about two people meeting an in alien environment and discovering the kind of connection they always dreamed about. What's not to like? This is a real gem of a movie, beautifully shot and populated. I particularly liked the way that Murray had been shot to accentuate his age - looking really craggy, and pretty rough, next to the translucently beautiful Scarlett. It really did feel like they were in an alien world as well - i've never been to Tokyo, but have worked with pretty closely with Japanese people and I never dreamed it was quite like that. The contrast with the Shinto shrine was particularly poignant. For those who don't know what the film is about, here's a summary - two people, in Tokyo for vastly different reasons, have something missing from their lives which they find in each other in an intense platonic relationship. By the end of the film, i couldn't decide if i wanted them to get together or not. maybe it was enough for them just to know that they could have done if they wanted to. Maybe they took what they learned from each other back into their regular lives and improved their relationships. That's what i liked about this film. It made me think about what would happen to the characters after it ended - a very rare thing. The final scene had me crying all the way home, but I really can't be sure what it was that made me cry! Go and see LiT. You won't be sorry, because you will either love it, or you can then tell everyone how much you hated it.