Lost In Translation

Getting this DVD was a no brainer, heck it won awards, what more reasons to get it? Hehe..

Anyway I have postponed watching this flick for quite some time, cos I know it probably isn't a feel-gooder, its probably something artsy and with deep philosophical meanings behind.. something I'd only watch on certain days when I don't mind spending some brain juice digesting whatever message the movie wishes to deliver lol.

Previous to watching this movie, I did already have some good impression of the movie. First of all is it's very catchy music theme, first caught my attention during the many 'scoring' moments in some awards presentation event. Then its also the wonderful actor Bill Murray and the fact that the movie is based in Japan, one of the places that I have a lot of interests in.

Watching the movie, it gave me the impression that I'm watching some Asian movies like those from Wong Kar Wai, every scene seems carefully laid out and the pace although slow at times, never did go to the point of boredom, there's always something interesting to see on screen. And I can't mention this film without mentioning the person primarily responsible for creating it - Sofia Coppola. A promising young director indeed.

After finishing the movie, the only feeling lingering on my mind was intense poignant, but also kinda like a fantasy ride. In fact I think its like a story of two people meeting and finding love in a fantasy world only to realise in the end that they would eventually have to return to their own reality.

I guess having to cope with the harshness of reality, sometimes even just a fantasy is good enough for some of us :-)

Down With Love

Wasn't really interested in this Ewan McGregor and Renee Zellweger movie at first, cos the over-retouched half-naked DVD cover of Ewan McGregor didn't really manage to pique my interest much. I bought the DVD solely based on the fact that it is a romantic/comedy (and I'm a sucker for them, ahaa..) and some good reviews for the film.

And it just happened that there was one day where I was almost running out of feel-good movies, nothing better to do at night, so I finally decided to pop in this DVD and see for myself what the good reviews are based on.

The beginning of the movie wasn't really exciting, but as it went on, I found it to have a few striking similiarities to the Doris Day/Rock Hudson movie 'Pillow Talk', then only it occured to me that this movie is actually a homage to the 50s Doris/Hudson movie era.

Anyhow the fact is that the movie does become more interesting towards the end, and I personally think that the 'end' saved this movie from being just a mediocore.