it's like i'm looking for some answer

[evergleam]

So today got better. I drove down to College Park and spent the evening with my Stewbert. We went to Noodles (of course) and then rented a movie.

So, I need someone to tell me why exactly Lost in Translation is a good movie. Cause I really didn't like it, at all. I kept feeling like I was supposed to like it, but it was so boring. There was no real plot or any on-going thread to make me like the characters, and way too many pointless scenes of someone eating cereal or walking down the street. I get that it was supposed to be about this relationship between two misfits in a strange land, but it just didn't work for me. So if you liked it, please tell me why. Also, let me know how exactly it managed to keep your attention for the full two hours. :P

Since I didn't like that movie much, and neither did Stew, we saw fit to watch the South Park movie after it. Much much better. :P

I should go to bed. I have to give a tour at 1030 tomorrow. But before I do, here are my favorite lyrics of the day:


The Push Stars - Wild Irish Rose

They're closing down the farmer's market
And traffic's building down the lane
I'm an angry taxi driver's target
But that's okay
It's just the way he shakes his pain

Somedays my lover can't complete me
Sometimes my work cannot be done
Somedays I see my sun as setting
And I don't know, I don't know which way to run

And everytime I see you dance my Wild Irish Rose
I want to jump up on stage with you
I want to give you my clothes
And let the devil take my soul

The sign said "Live Exotic Dancers"
Not surprised I find my self inside
It's like I'm looking for some answer
For why my spirit's dead inside

And everytime I see you dance my Wild Irish Rose
I want to jump up on stage with you
I want to give you my clothes
And let the devil take my soul

And I never met my great grandfather
But I swear I saw his ghost last night
He looked just like he looked in pictures
Except he was not black and white

And everytime I see you dance my Wild Irish Rose
I want to jump up on stage with you
I want to give you my clothes
And let the devil take my soul

Comments

[cerulgalactus.livejournal.com]

Because it wasnt the traditional "romance" film. It was simply two people who were shoved into an unfamiliar territory - who met one another, and glommed on to each other for safety and familiarity. They knew they had a limited time, and so used the bond they had to keep themselves as grounded as they could given the circumstances.

Plus Bill Murray rules.

[heatherosa.livejournal.com]

I wasn't overly thrilled with it either. And it seemed especially slow near the beginning. Though I will admit that I liked it much, much more than another "everyone's favorite," Punch Drunk Love. Hated that one. Hated.

[alisatank.livejournal.com]

you know... i'm not sure either. there were some parts i liked about it, like when they first met and the conversation was all awkward, because it was how something would happen in real life - because hollywood conversation is usually so scripted.
but yes..... i didn't really get it either lol (oh and i fell asleep for about the last half hour hehe)

[egosomnio.livejournal.com]

I've been hearing a lot about the Push Stars recently, on the radio up here. They had a show at a club in Reading last night...
Okay, I've never heard of them before, and the radio didn't actually play any of their music while the DJs were talking about them...but are they Elvis, Jim Morrison, and Jimi Hendrix reincarnated? Because the radio stations up here certainly seem to think they're on that level...

[dramacomic.livejournal.com]

Lost in Translation... I dunno... I thought it was a little boring when I saw it, but then when I talked about it, I realized I had a lot to say about it. That may be why it's a good movie - cause when you see it you don't realize how much you actually get out of it until you think about it a little deeper. Most movies that have been released in the past... ummm 5 or so years don't look like any thought was put into them at all.

I'm not sure if that made sense

Plus, everyone raves about Bill Murray, and he was good, but I thought Scarlet Johansen was dead on, and she's younger than me!