Comments on: Best of the Decade #4: Lost in Translation (2003) http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/12/24/best-of-the-decade-4-lost-in-translation-2003/ Blog and Podcast Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:46:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: walgrover http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/12/24/best-of-the-decade-4-lost-in-translation-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-1073716 walgrover Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:20:45 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=31021#comment-1073716 Nobody's more pretentious than he who denies being pretentious and saying a movie sucks is kinda a cheap move for someone who doesn't have cheap taste. Nobody’s more pretentious than he who denies being pretentious and saying a movie sucks is kinda a cheap move for someone who doesn’t have cheap taste.

]]> By: Niklas http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/12/24/best-of-the-decade-4-lost-in-translation-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-682677 Niklas Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:40:12 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=31021#comment-682677 "I believe it is one of the best films ever. Those who hate it are those who are either really pretentious people or have very cheap taste in films so fuck them." - why dont you take this movie and shove it up your fucking ass. Im not pretentious AND I dont have a cheap taste, but still think this movie sucks. “I believe it is one of the best films ever. Those who hate it are those who are either really pretentious people or have very cheap taste in films so fuck them.” – why dont you take this movie and shove it up your fucking ass. Im not pretentious AND I dont have a cheap taste, but still think this movie sucks.

]]> By: Billy Boyd Cape http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/12/24/best-of-the-decade-4-lost-in-translation-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-682030 Billy Boyd Cape Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:48:37 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=31021#comment-682030 This film was good, but nothing more. This film was good, but nothing more.

]]> By: Paul Andrews http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/12/24/best-of-the-decade-4-lost-in-translation-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-680701 Paul Andrews Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:09:30 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=31021#comment-680701 I love this film. Top ten of the decade for me too. I love this film. Top ten of the decade for me too.

]]> By: Marc http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/12/24/best-of-the-decade-4-lost-in-translation-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-680484 Marc Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:09:31 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=31021#comment-680484 I'm not surprised to see that this was on the tops list but I am surprised that it came in so high. That said this is a great film, especially for people who've visited Tokyo Japan. The film captured the city perfectly and was worth seeing on the big screen. By the way the opening shot of Scarlett's undies is priceless. ^_^ I’m not surprised to see that this was on the tops list but I am surprised that it came in so high. That said this is a great film, especially for people who’ve visited Tokyo Japan. The film captured the city perfectly and was worth seeing on the big screen.

By the way the opening shot of Scarlett’s undies is priceless. ^_^

]]> By: Steven Flores http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/12/24/best-of-the-decade-4-lost-in-translation-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-680299 Steven Flores Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:10:51 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=31021#comment-680299 This isn't my favorite film of the decade but it's my favorite film of all-time. It's the one film that has stuck with more than any other film to have come out in my lifetime. I was 22 when I saw back in 9/21/03 and ended up seeing it two more times for the remainder of the year. I believe it is one of the best films ever. Those who hate it are those who are either really pretentious people or have very cheap taste in films so fuck them. This film spoke to me more than anything that I've seen. There's shots that is still breathtaking in its images. I watch it once every 9/21 not just because it was the day that I first saw it but it's also Bill Murray's birthday. He should've won the Oscar that year. Not Sean Penn, though great performance but he was better in "21 Grams". Scarlett though, never topped this film or the performance after that in "Girl with a Pearl Earring" as I think she is just coasting by and such never fulfilling the promise she had early in her career. Something that has disappointed me over the years. It's a film that I will always watch and it will never be topped for me at all. This deserves to be in the list and for me, it is the best film of the decade and I will definitely anticipate what Sofia Coppola will do next with "Somewhere". I'll be there opening night. This isn’t my favorite film of the decade but it’s my favorite film of all-time. It’s the one film that has stuck with more than any other film to have come out in my lifetime. I was 22 when I saw back in 9/21/03 and ended up seeing it two more times for the remainder of the year.

I believe it is one of the best films ever. Those who hate it are those who are either really pretentious people or have very cheap taste in films so fuck them.

This film spoke to me more than anything that I’ve seen. There’s shots that is still breathtaking in its images. I watch it once every 9/21 not just because it was the day that I first saw it but it’s also Bill Murray’s birthday. He should’ve won the Oscar that year. Not Sean Penn, though great performance but he was better in “21 Grams”.

Scarlett though, never topped this film or the performance after that in “Girl with a Pearl Earring” as I think she is just coasting by and such never fulfilling the promise she had early in her career. Something that has disappointed me over the years.

It’s a film that I will always watch and it will never be topped for me at all. This deserves to be in the list and for me, it is the best film of the decade and I will definitely anticipate what Sofia Coppola will do next with “Somewhere”. I’ll be there opening night.

]]> By: Henrik http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/12/24/best-of-the-decade-4-lost-in-translation-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-680271 Henrik Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:51:22 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=31021#comment-680271 Though I just looked it up, and maybe that was after this movie came out? Though I just looked it up, and maybe that was after this movie came out?

]]> By: Henrik http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/12/24/best-of-the-decade-4-lost-in-translation-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-680269 Henrik Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:49:54 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=31021#comment-680269 "Lost in Translation also sheds light on the trend of Hollywood actors doing wacky Japanese commercials for a quick buck, something that had been a bit of a secret up until that point." Depends on your point of view, I mean it was spoofed on Friends. “Lost in Translation also sheds light on the trend of Hollywood actors doing wacky Japanese commercials for a quick buck, something that had been a bit of a secret up until that point.”

Depends on your point of view, I mean it was spoofed on Friends.

]]> By: mrbenning http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/12/24/best-of-the-decade-4-lost-in-translation-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-680204 mrbenning Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:24:41 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=31021#comment-680204 I love this movie, though think seeing it by myself definitely contributed to its effect. I imagine seeing it for the first time and having a group of friends in tow would dampen the story, even if they were all cinema lovers that appreciated the cinematography, soundtrack & score, editing, casting, etc. I love this movie, though think seeing it by myself definitely contributed to its effect. I imagine seeing it for the first time and having a group of friends in tow would dampen the story, even if they were all cinema lovers that appreciated the cinematography, soundtrack & score, editing, casting, etc.

]]> By: DavidM http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/12/24/best-of-the-decade-4-lost-in-translation-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-680182 DavidM Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:12:16 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=31021#comment-680182 #4? Too low. This film was always a lock for top two imo. Sure, the humour is sometimes overdone, and culturally clumsy (the "lip my stocking" scene should have hit the cutting room floor), but as a woozy tone poem of (unearned?) ennui and a sense of dislocation it is spot on. Marie Antoinette in the top three then? (Sofia Coppolla stan over here) #4? Too low. This film was always a lock for top two imo.

Sure, the humour is sometimes overdone, and culturally clumsy (the “lip my stocking” scene should have hit the cutting room floor), but as a woozy tone poem of (unearned?) ennui and a sense of dislocation it is spot on.

Marie Antoinette in the top three then? (Sofia Coppolla stan over here)

]]> By: Nick Robertson http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/12/24/best-of-the-decade-4-lost-in-translation-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-680149 Nick Robertson Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:44:27 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=31021#comment-680149 I've never seen this film but after this recommendation I'll check it out. I think I own it... I'll let you fellas know. I’ve never seen this film but after this recommendation I’ll check it out. I think I own it…
I’ll let you fellas know.

]]> By: Sean http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/12/24/best-of-the-decade-4-lost-in-translation-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-680081 Sean Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:02:16 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=31021#comment-680081 Very surprised about all the hate for this movie. I had no idea. Sorry to hear you all can't get into this amazing flick. Very surprised about all the hate for this movie. I had no idea. Sorry to hear you all can’t get into this amazing flick.

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