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Exclusive: Lost in Translation (2003) | Full Reaction (Patreon)

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2024-05-03 15:00:14
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2024-05-05 14:47:17
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I’m not sure I fully connected with this one. It was interesting, entertaining, and certainly inspired a few thoughts, but mostly I’d really love to hear your thoughts and what you connected with.

I’m not sure if I will edit it for YouTube, at the moment. I want to sit with it for a few days before I decide. Since this was a poll winner I went ahead and made the full reaction available for anyone who is interested! If I do decide not to edit this one, I’ll add an additional edited movie reaction sometime in June to make up for it :)

YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/9IvQUIHirz8

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Tom Servo

I'm honestly surprised, taken aback even, that this didn't land for you and have substantial impact. Of course, everyone has their own set of criteria and metrics on what kind of books / film / music / art in general they enjoy and prefer, and that's perfectly fine. I think it really mostly comes down to relatability, and how much of ourselves we see in these types of things, and how much "transference" we experience by being able to emotionally interject ourselves into those narratives or vibes. That sort of relatability is linked to just how strongly something resonates with us individually, I think. Personally, I consider this one of the top 10 films ever made. It's a masterclass in how you apply the filmmaking idea of "show, don't tell" to emotional statements and commentary. This is definitely, without a doubt, a movie that separates those who enjoy movies for plot and those who enjoy movies for story. Neither is "right" or "wrong" obviously. Subjectivity and all that. I think this film is the pinnacle experience for anybody who possesses a romantic (classic use of the word, not the modern application to love) mindset and has ever found themselves feeling trapped in a relationship and the life they created for themselves, and just wants to hit "reset" and start all over again, but doesn't know how to or simply can't for whatever reason, while wrestling internally with their moral and ethical compass about the implications of their desires. This film is all about putting those intimate, personal emotions into visually tangible form, without holding you by the hand and mansplaining it to you all ham fisted style. This film is meant to be art, and do the things that art does, and as a coincidence also happens to be entertaining. For a great many of us, it becomes a warm hug where we feel seen, validated, and understood because it lets us know that we're not the only people that have ever felt this way or found ourselves in a patch of life similar to our own.

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Excellent thoughts, Tom Servo! I always feel a little bad when I feel disconnected from a film. I think there’s a few things that take me out of a story and potential infidelity seems to be one of them. I think back to my feelings to Starbucks and Apollo, and recently on Torchwood. I don’t wanna think to hard about why it bumps me at the moment, but I definitely spent a lot of time during this one trying to convince myself it was just platonic that I felt disconnected. There was a lot I still enjoyed, but I wish I would have had the experience you described. On the upside I watched Dancer in the Dark…. Can’t wait to release that tomorrow!!

g g gooding

Odd trivia: Scarlett's husband is "inspired" by writer/director Coppola's then-soon-to-be divorced husband, Spike Jonze. Blondie singing Karaoke was likely based on Cameron Diaz, as Spike had recently directed Being John Malcovich co-starring Diaz. The whiskey commercial is definitely, loosley based on Orson Welles making Japanese whiskey commercials and famously being *extremely* drunk (he was in a bad space then.) The outtakes are on YouTube: they're kinda funny...and kinda sad. 😢