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by Beery
Tue May 09, 2006 9:12 am
Forum: Lost In Translation
Topic: The 420 reference and Japanese Surfers
Replies: 19
Views: 24463

No, 420 is very very strongly established as meaning pot. And if I can spot something as a pot reference, everyone else should be able to! If you should, then everyone should? Are you suggesting that you have a sort of telepathic link to the rest of humanity? If I've never heard of it, how could I ...
by Beery
Tue May 09, 2006 8:55 am
Forum: Related Films
Topic: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Replies: 26
Views: 32032

johnmonkey wrote:Given the awards and nominations reaped by LIT, I think "getting none" is overstating it a bit.
When did I ever say that LIT got no awards? I said too many truly great films like LIT got none. I was only saying that LIT was a truly great film.
by Beery
Tue May 09, 2006 3:47 am
Forum: Lost In Translation
Topic: The 420 reference and Japanese Surfers
Replies: 19
Views: 24463

420 = weed isn't really that obscure though... I'd never even heard of it before I spotted this thread. Anyway, the relationships between 420 and weed mentioned here seem a bit far-fetched. They all seem a bit vague as a basis for a pop culture reference. I mean students getting together at 4:20 - ...
by Beery
Tue May 09, 2006 3:38 am
Forum: Lost In Translation
Topic: How Many Times Have You Seen LiT?
Replies: 34
Views: 35925

I've only seen it three times. I own it on DVD, but I feel that like anything fine, it's best experienced rarely, to conserve its full effect. I also find it hard to find the time for it, because it demands a certain mood and a certain restfulness from me to enable me to appreciate it properly. Plus...
by Beery
Tue May 09, 2006 3:26 am
Forum: Lost In Translation
Topic: One of the more interesting things I've read about "LIT
Replies: 12
Views: 9230

after a boring party Marcello and his friends hang around on the beach where Paola suddenly reappears on the other shore of a river, trying to tell something. But a noisy wind makes it impossible for Marcello to understand anything. After an attempt to establish contact, he finally gives up and ret...
by Beery
Tue May 09, 2006 3:23 am
Forum: Lost In Translation
Topic: One of the more interesting things I've read about "LIT
Replies: 12
Views: 9230

Double post.
by Beery
Tue May 09, 2006 2:58 am
Forum: Lost In Translation
Topic: The 420 reference and Japanese Surfers
Replies: 19
Views: 24463

Congruous wrote:At one of the websites I frequent, several of the guys use "420" or "42" to signify something timely or lucky.
42 is the answer to the ultimate question in "The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy". :D
by Beery
Tue May 09, 2006 2:37 am
Forum: Lost In Translation
Topic: Which LiT Character are you?
Replies: 21
Views: 19629

Apparently I'm Charlotte. I always thought I was a Bob, LOL. On the M.A.S.H. test I'm Hawkeye Pierce though, which I always kinda figured. I'll have to take the Sci-Fi one - I figure Obi Wan or maybe Scotty. Let's see... Ewwww! Jean-Luc Picard. Ugh! :shock: But on the Star Wars quiz I'm Yoda. :D
by Beery
Tue May 09, 2006 1:57 am
Forum: Lost In Translation
Topic: Suntory whiskey
Replies: 19
Views: 21457

Does anyone know if Suntory whiskey is actually regarded as being any good by the cognoscenti?
by Beery
Tue May 09, 2006 1:44 am
Forum: Lost In Translation
Topic: Can someone please justify the butt shot at the start?
Replies: 26
Views: 33816

I'm not sure why that shot needs 'justification'. What's so controversial about it? There are certainly more controversial shots in the film - e.g. the 'violence is fun' sequence where the two main characters are running from a spoof 'hitman' could be seen in a disturbing light; the nudie bar sequen...
by Beery
Tue May 09, 2006 1:29 am
Forum: Related Films
Topic: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Replies: 26
Views: 32032

I bought the DVD for 'Eternal Sunshine' purely on the basis of its reviews, and was more than a little disappointed. I didn't like the characters and it seemed to me that they went out of their way to make the worst possible choices in every situation. I dragged myself through 2/3rds of the film and...
by Beery
Thu Apr 21, 2005 3:45 pm
Forum: Lost In Translation
Topic: is Charlotte cheating on her Husbend?
Replies: 59
Views: 44855

The whole Bob/Lydia thing was poorly constructed by Sofia Coppola in my opinion. Bob is probably in his 50's and has been married for 25 years, but that one kid on the phone sounds awfully young. So unless Lydia was 15 when they got married Coppola was clumsy there. We just recently had our first k...
by Beery
Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:17 pm
Forum: Lost In Translation
Topic: Strip club scene
Replies: 59
Views: 42136

I don't think John and Lydia would totally be convinced that nothing (sexual) happened, no matter how many times Bob and Charlotte would say it. It just wouldn't work. Well, if they already have relationships based on that level of mistrust, then your assertion that they both have happy marriages m...
by Beery
Thu Dec 30, 2004 10:57 am
Forum: Lost In Translation
Topic: is Charlotte cheating on her Husbend?
Replies: 59
Views: 44855

I can only assume that this would produce a crack in your united family, so was it needed? It would surely hurt your other half and we don't know if you'll ever be able to trust her as fully as before. If I reacted poorly to her confession, then it's not like I trusted her to begin with. If she say...
by Beery
Wed Dec 29, 2004 2:45 pm
Forum: Lost In Translation
Topic: is Charlotte cheating on her Husbend?
Replies: 59
Views: 44855

For me, she did cheat on John. There is a simple test to find it out: it will not be easy for her to tell him the story with Bob, to describe it honestly as it was more than a companionship or even more than friendship. The same is with Bob. Do you imagine Bob telling his wife of the whole thing? I...
by Beery
Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:38 am
Forum: Lost In Translation
Topic: Bob's phone!
Replies: 41
Views: 32784

I agree with you totally, but I really can't picture Steve Martin in LiT no matter how hard I try. He's just too funny as it is for me to imagine him in that context. I think Steve Martin is a serious actor to an even greater extent than Bill Murray. He has done far more serious roles than Bill Mur...
by Beery
Tue Dec 28, 2004 9:34 pm
Forum: Lost In Translation
Topic: Bob's phone!
Replies: 41
Views: 32784

Sorry, but my whole personality reneges against the idea that things cannot be improved upon, or that what exists is by definition the best it can be. If Sofia was gonna dump this movie if Bill wasn't available I fear she would have been making a big mistake, because I'm sure she could have found so...
by Beery
Tue Dec 28, 2004 6:50 pm
Forum: Lost In Translation
Topic: Bob's phone!
Replies: 41
Views: 32784

Well the fact that any other place and any other actors than those used are unimaginable for you doesn't necessarily prove that other locations and other actors could not be used as effectively. What exists is infinitely more imaginable than something that doesn't exist, but it doesn't prove that wh...
by Beery
Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:45 pm
Forum: Lost In Translation
Topic: Bob's phone!
Replies: 41
Views: 32784

I simply said it could have taken place in those cities. I made no argument about how effective the isolation would have been in either of those places versus Tokyo. That wasn't the point I was making, and the comparative isolation that an English-speaking person might feel in one foreign city versu...
by Beery
Tue Dec 28, 2004 10:37 am
Forum: Lost In Translation
Topic: Bob's phone!
Replies: 41
Views: 32784

Perhaps to visit this place in reality for some would mean the destruction of a fantasy that has inspired them so much. Who's to say? What you say might be true for some, but on the other hand it could easily give added weight, realism and emotional impact to the story. After all, everyone knows it...