Ten good reasons

Rating: 4/10 (11 January 2005)

I bought this DVD for a friend, as a present after reading various reviews. " Phenomenal." "Funny" "Magnificent". Thought I'd better watch it first. Glad I did. I'll take it to a charity shop. Perhaps I lost something in the translation, (there was an awful lot of Japanese language in the film.) A better title might be, "Ten good reasons not to visit Japan". The two main characters seemed bored with everyone around them. Actually they seemed bored with themselves. Charlotte, the girl, had a degree in Philosophy, but Bob, the guy, seemed to do all the philosophising. I kept thinking that I might be missing a subliminal message in this film. Perhaps a lot of lonely people might watch the DVD. Or, better still go to the movie, meet another lonely person and bore each other to death. Reading the reviews, it seems that the intellectuals have enjoyed, but "the man in the seat" wasn't too keen. One reviewer suggested we watch it for a second time, so I did. I watched it in "double time" and yes it did seem better. It only took 20 minutes to show how bored the two lonely characters were. Sorry, as Lennon might have said, "No more lonely people", for me anyway. 3 for the acting and story, and 8 for the cinematography. Bill Murray looked taller in this film.