Lost In Translation (2 Viewers)

[nwatts]

have you seen any movies on sbs?
when you do, then you'll understand how crap this movie is in comparison

Come back to me when you want to have a discussion about film.

 

[mikeee]

Come back to me when you want to have a discussion about film.

In other words you havent seen any movies on sbs

 

[nwatts]

In other words you havent seen any movies on sbs

To stoop to your level: most of the DVDs I own are those that you'd only ever watch on SBS. A lot the films I consider to be the very finest ever created are foreign and/or arthouse films that I'd even be surprised to see aired on SBS.

Can you shut up now?

 

[otay]

nah go mikeee. Just coz a few of you cunts say it's great and the critics do doesn't mean we need to bend over and agree with you. It's his opinion. I also think it's a piece of shit. But I mean if you like it good for you. I'm not asking you to explain why you like it, but don't give shit to people who don't agree with you. Scarlect Johansson is way better in Match Point and Bill Murray is better in many more films.

 

[nedzelic]

man, you lot are night owls

 

[Lundy]

have you seen any movies on sbs?
when you do, then you'll understand how crap this movie is in comparison

I watch plenty of movies on SBS (and for the record, I adored Lost in Translation). That a movie is subtitled does not automatically make it quality arthouse cinema. Believe it or not, SBS airs crap films as well - all nations are capable of producing them.

 

[xeuyrawp]

I watch plenty of movies on SBS (and for the record, I adored Lost in Translation). That a movie is subtitled does not automatically make it quality arthouse cinema. Believe it or not, SBS airs crap films as well - all nations are capable of producing them.

Lol... I loved that guy's comment, it was the biggest 'I'm better than you because my art is not mainstream'

 

[Lundy]

Lost in Translation is far from mainstream fare. I'm pretty sure it's an indie film and I wouldn't be surprised if SBS picked up the rights to it.

 

[Not-That-Bright]

Yea I read this last night and got a bit of a chuckle. I enjoy hollywood crap alot more than alot of the more exotic films (no not porn... everyone loves porn). I do watch them occasionally, but I still think you often get a better job straight out of hollywood.

 

[icecreamdisco]

i always watch sbs movies to feel more intellectual, such as the weatherwomen and the flodder sequels.

 

[Not-That-Bright]

I watch the lion king and write an analysis from every single perspective...
So far I have Freud, Monarchist, Communist, Feminist, Buddhist....

 

[walrusbear]

i always watch sbs movies to feel more intellectual, such as the weatherwomen and the flodder sequels.

hahahaha
my favourite aspect of flodders is the fantasy nude scene, which get better with each movie

the way 'sbs movie' is thrown around this thread you'd think it's type of movie unto itself

 

[Benny_]

Haven't gone through this thread for a while and I have to say.. I am surprised and very happy to see all the LiT love going on here. The last time I posted it seemed as if most people here totally despised it.

Gotta love the weatherwoman returns

nah go mikeee. Just coz a few of you cunts say it's great and the critics do doesn't mean we need to bend over and agree with you. It's his opinion. I also think it's a piece of shit. But I mean if you like it good for you. I'm not asking you to explain why you like it, but don't give shit to people who don't agree with you. Scarlect Johansson is way better in Match Point and Bill Murray is better in many more films.

I think every person who loves Lost in Translation knows all about the opinions of its critics, so I doubt if one more hater really makes a difference to anyone. mikeee however isn't so much a critic so much as an insecure tryhard with very limited capacities to understand and to articulate any constructive criticism. That's probably why he has to resort to immature and frankly, foolish attempts to undermine the (for the lack of a better word) film watching 'authority' of nwatts.

 

[nwatts]

Lost in Translation is far from mainstream fare. I'm pretty sure it's an indie film and I wouldn't be surprised if SBS picked up the rights to it.

They've showed a few American indie films lately. Donnie Darko, Virgin Suicides... another I can't recall the name of.

 

[mikeee]

I think every person who loves Lost in Translation knows all about the opinions of its critics, so I doubt if one more hater really makes a difference to anyone. mikeee however isn't so much a critic so much as an insecure tryhard with very limited capacities to understand and to articulate any constructive criticism. That's probably why he has to resort to immature and frankly, foolish attempts to undermine the (for the lack of a better word) film watching 'authority' of nwatts.

Firstly, Writing for an online film/DVD reviewing publication for over 12 months does not make automatically make nwatts a "film watching authority"!

Secondly,
Anyone who doesnt like this movie is treated as intellectually inferior:

those who did not like this film did not understand it, and would therefore be better off with something on their intellectual level, such as bad boys 2, fight club, armageddon or donnie darko.

and gets replies such as

Someone's an idiot. Stick to watching porn.

and

insecure tryhard

Im just giving my opinion which i am entitled to, and some of you cant take it, however i will not stoop down to your low level and pay you out cause im not the kind of person who pays out people for having a different opinion!

 

[nwatts]

Firstly, Writing for an online film/DVD reviewing publication for over 12 months does not make automatically make nwatts a "film watching authority"!

No, but i'm certainly more of an authority than you.

Im just giving my opinion which i am entitled to, and some of you cant take it, however i will not stoop down to your low level and pay you out cause im not the kind of person who pays out people for having a different opinion!

You're not supporting your opinion. Considering this is a thread full of people who love this film, as well as thread full of this forum's authorities on film, you're seen as an absolute moron for statements such as "have you seen any movies on sbs?" and "I understood it and it is still shit!".

 

[Not-That-Bright]

mikeee, you can't simply say it was 'boring' and 'unmeaningful', you have to explain how it was boring - and how you would rectify this problem.

 

[Benny_]

Firstly, Writing for an online film/DVD reviewing publication for over 12 months does not make automatically make nwatts a "film watching authority"!

I didn't say he was. I said you were trying to undermine his authority in watching film using an extremely flimsy assumption. This is also the reason why you're getting treated as 'intellectually inferior' as you like to put it. Having an opinion is fine, but be prepared to back it up with something slightly less clueless than: 'you don't watch sbs movies'.

 

[walrusbear]

I didn't say he was. I said you were trying to undermine his authority in watching film using an extremely flimsy assumption. This is also the reason why you're getting treated as 'intellectually inferior' as you like to put it. Having an opinion is fine, but be prepared to back it up with something slightly less clueless than: 'you don't watch sbs movies'.

coupled with the fact that lost in translation was such a great film

 

[MoonlightSonata]

I personally liked it. Sometimes the feeling a film produces in the viewer can be more important than any plot or meaningful structure. I mean, if you think about it nothing much happens. But the film is stirring, and in particular placing it in Japan gave it a real absurd feel that I found both amusing and provocative.