LOST IN TRANLSATION

LOST IN TRANSLATION

Firstly I need to warn you that this movie is slow. The movies approach is very clear,smooth and profound.The writer/director understands the script very clearly(which is a major factor), this helps her come clean without many shots going haywire or wrong. The story basically has two main characters stuck in a classic midlife crisis, One rich Hollywood actor who is stuck in what he thinks is a failing relationship other a young philosophy graduate who is having critical thoughts on her early marriage. The actor being Bill Murray and the damsel in distress played Scarlett Johansson.They both happen to be in Hongkong with different agenda. The film grows from there mutual boredom to some of the best times they spend together.

What appealed to me about this movie was how the director choose to express her idea of love,relationships and its subtle aspects with realism. I thought she choose to beat down a different path to get across her idea, message and she does this with finese. Ive mentioned this before but need to again, the importance of the director understanding the script, characters, location clearly and more closely. This widely helps her in narrowing down what information she wants to convey scene to scene in a smooth way. She has a clear view of what she needs out a every scene, discerning finer aspects which add to the potrayal of the characters realistic personality.Even the locations are choosen to add more pulse to each scene. The characters are scripted with more than a hint of realism, the conversations are very well written considering the real life ordeal the script deals with. They finely explain the situation, experience they find themselves in and how they feel about it.The conversations are very realistic, filled with inquisitiveness and details that people day to day deal with, it deals more importantly to how they would react or take care of such a situation in there respective relationships in a more self righteous way. There are few particular scenes that dont have any dialogues and end up to being the most expressive ones. I felt there was lot of effort put into crafting this movie because of how elegantly the story transcends from one page to another. The locations are shot very well,its not just the usual busy city but a lot more.

There are some funny scenes in this movie stemming from Bill Murray's display of witty sarcasm which he does ever so well. His role requires him to dwell more on the intimate aspects of the character,which he covers very well. He fits into his role perfectly. The way he wears the restless feeling or the laziness and the sarcastic replies go to show his understanding of the role. I felt that his dialogue delivery was very well balanced, he managed to keep his restless soul and that of a married man on an even keel. He delivers finely both the comic and serious part that his character demands. Scarlett Johansson requires her to be more quiet role for the starting part of her role. This aspect of her character requires more thinking,less communicating.This changes when she meets Bill Murray who she recognises to be fellow as bored as she is. This leads to many hanging outs, trips around the city and end up talking about there life etc. Conversations lead to a unique bonding which helps both of them finding themselves. The dialogues some of which are very funny help in providing the right energy to there thoughts and understandings. The movie ends beautifully with a both of them heading back to their lives with just the right energy they needed.