Why do we pretend to like these movies.

Rating: 4/10 (27 November 2006)

Whilst lost in translation, like Sofia Coppalas others pieces of film making, is not a bad movie - it is no way worth the kudos that it receives. Don't get me wrong I am not one of those people who know nothing about film and simply state "i hate this" I don't hate it. I just don't know why people get so excited about a film where nothing happens. Sure it captures the innocence of yet importance of friendship but it lacks being...interesting.
It is easy enough for us to get excited about films that we THINK will make us look more "film-wise" so that people think we know what we are talking about. To like an art house film or a "experimental" type film simply because you think that someone knows what they are talking would say they liked it is absurd.
I suppose you could say it is mildly worth the watch if you managed to sit through SC's painful Virgin Suicides - which again you have to like if you want to be see to know what you are talking about....
Ash