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“Station Agent” that came out the same year and is very similar in theme, tone and plot is, in my opinion, a vastly better movie.

Fabulous movie.

The ending is so bittersweet.

Two souls made a connection they’ll never see again.

But Bob’s whispered words at the end turns it into “sad sigh, it’s okay, life goes on” instead of “rip your heart out to leave you an empty shell”.

Excellent blog you’ve got here btw.

Just had to add my comment on Lost in Translation, I loved it, can’t explain why, but your review sums it up very well.

I’d just love to know what was whispered at the end of the film!!

I agree with you that the Lost in Translation is a good movie. And I didn’t get a chance to see it on the big screen, so I bought it one the chance that I would like it, and I love it. Though I do think the characters of Charlotte and Bob have been changed, just by the simple human contact that went on between them. Their problems are still unresolved, but they know they’ve got a friend out there somewhere. Or I could just be crazy.

Great blog you have I thought this film was impressive. It really made me want to experience Tokyo and Japan myself. I find the movie very simple yet very moving in parts.I think i need to watch it again to see weither i can get anything more from it. thankyou, from adam. Check out my blog if you get chance. http://cooladd.blogspot.com/

Hey Paul,
Nice to see ur blog. I find it really intersting. Being a movie freak m gona turn up to it every now and then. By the way its a surprise for me that we two share the same template. May be u should check it out. As for the movie i loved it too. I dont even remember how many times i have seen it. I love the way bill murray keeps the funny bone tickled with his expressions even when there is not much to do in the movie. And another reason i like the movie is that i see myself in the character of charlotte as i lived in japan for quite a while as a foreigner.

Sorry, but I have to say that I didn’t like it. IT seemed to have no real plot, no depth, no climax, and lacking in other ways too. If you saw more to it, then that’s good. I wish I could see it your way. Oh, well.

Hey Paul, I made similar experiences with Lost in Translation. I watched it on the big screen when I was in Warsaw (Poland) for several weeks (actually I live in Germany). I was so enthusiastic about the movie. Later I talked with a friend of mine who had just watched it on DVD. He is a real cineaste as I am. He told me that he couldn’t understand why everybody went crazy. What’s that all about? he asked.
I talked with other guys and many who hasn’t watched it on the screen were kind of disappointed.

Hi, I loved this film because for me it evokes quite effectively that feeling of being a foreigner in Japan. Bill Murray’s facial expression of bemused resignation says a lot of what needs to be said – and what can be said in the face of cultural difference. And it’s a pretty film, cinematographically. I first saw it on DVD with my Japanese mother and British step-father. We laughed.

I am one who loved this movie. I was awed by Bill Murray’s very subtle performance. I remember best what a good man he was. He touched her but didn’t attempt to go any further. I respected him. You never see this in movies. Men always do the “expected thing” which is to hit on the girl, no matter how much older they are. Hurray for the unexpected in this quiet movie.