Puaba! Puaba! Puaba!

Rating: 10/10 (14 October 2005)

**** out of ****
I wasn't even going to write reviews anymore. Reviews are written in order for us to register our thoughts, and for those who haven't seen the movie or have, to read our reviews and make conclusions to whether they agree or not. Lost In Translation is a movie that must have a review written for it.
I can't deny that I rented this only because of Scarlett Johansson. I already knew that Sophia Coppola won the Oscar award for writing directly for the screen, already knew this was a good movie, but got it just because of her. And I must say... she's gorgeous in this movie. I disagree 100% with those who say that her rusty voice sucks and that she's a horse faced with big lips. I find nothing wrong with all of that at all. She's the most cute girl I have ever seen! Those Japanese girls next to her for me were the same as men. But I have been very delighted at the end of this movie, because it was great.
The story is about a girl named Charlotte, played by Scarlett, who travels to Tokyo, Japan, with her husband John (Giovanni Risbi), because he's a photographer and he's traveling on business and since she doesn't have anything important to do without him, she goes with him. But loneliness announce itself with doubts and sadness as she gazes at the buildings of Tokyo, alone at her room... lost in translation. Scarlett is exactly in this movie as I always imagined her to be. A delicate person, with a rusty, but beautiful voice, simple and beautiful, only wearing her underwear lying on her bed, decorating the room and hurting her foot. Even when Anna Faris (Kelly) introduces herself on a scene where she meets the John and Charlotte couple, there's a huge difference on personality, beauty and presence between herself and Scarlett. By the time Kelly goes away and Charlotte starts talking, rusty voice and all, the boring and stubborn girl has just gone and the angel started speaking.
Well, if I'm about to just talk about Scarlett throughout this entire review, I won't get to the movie itself. So, here it is. Charlotte meets a man, an actor, Bob Harris, played by Bill Murray. (I personally prefer much more the dramatic and serious Bill rather than the comedian one of the past). Both of the characters are alone in Tokyo, meet themselves and then begins a relationship between the two like no other you could imagine. The locations of the shootings are beautiful. The soundtrack is perfect! Sophia Coppola in the behind the scenes section of the DVD, Lost On Location, is also gorgeous, beautiful, talented and fun. Lost In Translation is a movie like very few others. A unique masterpiece. Quite difficult to put all the words here. Looks like I'm lost too....
PS.: I cried the two times I saw this movie. The ending is very sad, as we know that the goodbyes can be very hard. Specially when you're saying goodbye to a wonderful person you met... and also, someone you might never meet again...