For relaxing times, make it Suntory time

     Let's set a scene a man is in Tokyo he's a washed up actor doing a commercial for some whiskey. Now enter a woman who is younger than the man by twenty years her husband is a photographer and she came along. The man and woman met and spend about two hours talking and getting to know each other, its the first stage of every relationship basically. This in a nutshell is Sofia Coppola's masterpiece Lost in Translation. Now the plot is very basic, but the movie isn't. This may be the first movie on this list that doesn't flow like it should. In fact many of you reading this if and when you watch the movie will say I don't get it the second after it's done.

       The sets are on location and make everyone feel small even Bill Murray the tallest man in Japan. This is very important because this movie is about how small the world is and how lonely it can be. The acting is so good I was blown away I was pressed to the screen waiting to see what was going to be portrayed next.  Scarlett Johansson is top notch she is sad, detached, and alone yet when Bill comes into play she is a totally different person who is totally the same. Bill Murray was robbed of an Oscar for this role. His face is blank but not emotionless this whole film feels like he is on hold if that makes sense.

         The reason why I said most of you wont get this movie isn't because your stupid its because this movie isn't structured like a movie. It doesn't have much of a plot and it doesn't have a climax or anything else you learned about in creative writing. This movie is more of a movie about feeling. Yesterday I talked about Francis Coppola's great war epic Apocalypse Now and how it made me feel for the characters. This movie is similar but Sofia doesn't follow in her fathers footsteps she just films the characters feel stuff. If you stalked two people who started to hang out because they were lonely and just watched them you would have this movie. The writing isn't important because its about how they feel. I strongly suggest you watch this one its easy to swallow and I want someone to explain it to me.

 Ebert's score 4 stars

Tyler's score 4 stars