Evelyn Waugh
Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:29 pm
Hello! I'm new here so I'm sorry if this has been said before or if i bore you (If I do, I apologise in advance.) Lost In Translation is my favourite film...ever. The first time I watched it was a lonely Sunday night last June. Since then I've seen it six more times (five at night and four on Sundays - the viewings that fall into the 'late sunday night' category are always the most affecting) Now it's more like a friend than a film, which I suppose sounds a bit dumb to some people but I don't care.
Anyway, I'm off topic, sorry. What I came here to say was... I don't quite know what so I'll basically explain it. My cousin, who is the same age as me (seventeen) is also a big fan of the movie (not quite as obsessive as me though ) and when we see each other we watch various favourite highlights from the film and every so often we'll stumble across the scene where Charlotte meets Kelly and then Charlotte says "Evelyn Waugh? Evelyn waugh was a man." Around this time my cousin always says "What a b*tch!" Now, this upsets me because I think highly of Charlotte and I would have probably said the same thing but he doesn't understand why I don't like him saying it. Do I side with Charlotte just because she's beautiful or is it because I'm something of a snob myself? Do you think it shows what kind of person you are when reacting to that comment and also what kind of person you would like to start a relationship with? Because I think - and this struck me as I was typing - that my cousin reacted in very much the same way as John did whereas I chuckled, showing a more Bob like attitude (Like when they see her singing.) I just...I don't know, the whole films just a riddle of a dream.
Phew! Sorry about that, needed to get it off my chest, it bugs me every time! Thanks.
Anyway, I'm off topic, sorry. What I came here to say was... I don't quite know what so I'll basically explain it. My cousin, who is the same age as me (seventeen) is also a big fan of the movie (not quite as obsessive as me though ) and when we see each other we watch various favourite highlights from the film and every so often we'll stumble across the scene where Charlotte meets Kelly and then Charlotte says "Evelyn Waugh? Evelyn waugh was a man." Around this time my cousin always says "What a b*tch!" Now, this upsets me because I think highly of Charlotte and I would have probably said the same thing but he doesn't understand why I don't like him saying it. Do I side with Charlotte just because she's beautiful or is it because I'm something of a snob myself? Do you think it shows what kind of person you are when reacting to that comment and also what kind of person you would like to start a relationship with? Because I think - and this struck me as I was typing - that my cousin reacted in very much the same way as John did whereas I chuckled, showing a more Bob like attitude (Like when they see her singing.) I just...I don't know, the whole films just a riddle of a dream.
Phew! Sorry about that, needed to get it off my chest, it bugs me every time! Thanks.