Well, i have definitely lost my words...great great movie

Rating: 8/10 (27 January 2008)

After seeing this movie, i still can't snap myself out of this state of profound meditation it gives. There are just so many metaphores in the movie, you have to take 5 minutes and get back to the bitter reality.
It took me 5 years to watch this movie, and only because it slipped my movie addict overcharged mind. But apart from the junk I happen to see everyday ,"Lost in translation" is by far the most beautiful and meaningful movie I've seen lately.
The story line is simple, a neglected wife and a middle-aged actor meet, from all the places possible, in Japan, in a classy, standard hotel. What do they have in common? Insomnia and a feeling of always being in the wrong place with the wrong people. Did you ever get the feeling you're the only normal , sane, human being on a 5 miles's area ? This feeling of being inaproppriate creates quite an unique bond between them. There is a very vague sexual tension, because their connection is more a spiritual one, a mutual understanding.
They are both married, both unhappy, and somewhat disappointed of what life turned out for them. But they find answers and strength and most important hope , in each other . From Bill Murray's cute and innocent little jokes to the final scenes of the long awaited kiss that was bound to happen,the movie just leaves you breathless. In the ending, I could almost feel the tension, the moment that was bound to come, the departure, the returning home to the usual routine. I finally understood that those special people we meet in life,that mean something,those moments won't last, and that makes it all so beautiful and worth remembering.
I can't imagine anyone else but Bill Murray playing Bob Harris, the role fits him perfectly, and as for Scarlett J., I have always thought that all her acting is done with so much passion, and she's so natural.
In the end, it's a movie about loneliness that brings people together, and that changes into something greater than love, greater than friendship..watch the movie and you'll get it...