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I just really can't recall of any male performances that have hit me as much as some performances from actresses have. The Hours was just the best example of how far actresses have come. Kind of a boring movie, but god, those actresses are good.
And i freaking LOVED Julia Roberts in Erin Brokovich, that one is one of my all-time fav movies.
Nicole Kidman keeps impressing me.
All the "older" ones too.
I just can't think of that many actors right now that have impressed me lately...
 
Hm, I dunno what he's doing these days, but the little kid with the southern twang in that American Gothic series (shame it only ever lasted one measily season), he is a goddamn natural at acting. Also, I think both Noah Hathaway and Wil Wheaton were good too. Of course, they're over 30 both of them by now hehe, and I don't know if they still act either so they're bad examples... :) Heck, even Tom Cruise's an old fart these days! :D
 
london-boy said:
I just really can't recall of any male performances that have hit me as much as some performances from actresses have. The Hours was just the best example of how far actresses have come. Kind of a boring movie, but god, those actresses are good.
And i freaking LOVED Julia Roberts in Erin Brokovich, that one is one of my all-time fav movies.
Nicole Kidman keeps impressing me.
All the "older" ones too.
I just can't think of that many actors right now that have impressed me lately...
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How about jim carrey in eternal sunshine of the spotless mind ?

Bill murry in lost in translation ?

zach braff in garden state ?



oh and besides julia roberts ? she has never been a good actress let alone great .
 
jvd said:
How about jim carrey in eternal sunshine of the spotless mind ?

Bill murry in lost in translation ?

zach braff in garden state ?



oh and besides julia roberts ? she has never been a good actress let alone great .
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Lost in Translation was the most boring movie i have ever seen in my life. BM might have been good, but his performance was vastly overshadowed by the fact that the film was so fucking boring you never really cared if he lived or died.
That's my opinion anyway.
About Julia Roberts, yeah i agree, that's why i was so impressed with her in Erin Brokovich.
 
london-boy said:
Lost in Translation was the most boring movie i have ever seen in my life. BM might have been good, but his performance was vastly overshadowed by the fact that the film was so fucking boring you never really cared if he lived or died.
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I really liked it especially the ending. I think they went wrong in allowing everyone to assume it was a comedy because Bill Murray was in it. It was really an observational drama/love story.
 
Definately, the advertising campaign was centered on the 2 funny moments in the movie, and everyone expected a comedy.
Seen as what it is, it's a great movie, but jesus it was boring, especially when u're expecting a comedy and go to the movies in a good mood, only to come out totally depressed! The loooooooooong moments of silence were torture.
 
Yes, but it's difference from usual films was what made it so good. It has a well considered, slow dance around these two characters adrift and alone in a foreign country that gradually circle in toward each other. I can see how people would be disappointed if they thought they were getting a comedy, but that doesn't lessen how artful the film and performances are when you consider what it is supposed to be.
 
Definately, good movie and all, but when one is going to the movies expecting When Harry Met Sally and gets Kramer VS Kramer, you're going to get complaints.
And spoiling my good mood is never a good idea... :LOL:
 
Downbeat? Misunderstang of the century!!
Two people who are so depressed for their own reasons that feel claustrophobic in a city that has as much life as New York.
I mean, not finding anything to do at night in Tokyo is like not finding a whore at King's Cross!!
Instead of having fun, enjoy their stay as best as they can, they just keep each other depressed!
And let's not get started on the usual Japanese stereotypes....

Sorry for being rather clinical, i just didn't like the movie... :D
 
But they do spend nights out enjoying themselves out in Tokyo. It's in the film. It's about more than just two people being depressed in Japan.

The two characters were adrift not only in a different society, different country, different language, but also from their own lives. That's why they gravitate towards each other.

In the end they don't just go out and have some fun to stop themselves being depressed, they change their lives for the better, and this is what draws them together - they don't just find new directions for their lives, they find each other and a soulmate in each other.
 
Bouncing Zabaglione Bros. said:
But they do spend nights out enjoying themselves out in Tokyo. It's in the film. It's about more than just two people being depressed in Japan.

The two characters were adrift not only in a different society, different country, different language, but also from their own lives. That's why they gravitate towards each other.

In the end they don't just go out and have some fun to stop themselves being depressed, they change their lives for the better, and this is what draws them together - they don't just find new directions for their lives, they find each other and a soulmate in each other.
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Yeah, AND THEY DON'T GET TO GO HOME TOGETHER!!!! :devilish:
 
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london-boy said:
Yeah, AND THEY DON'T GET TO GO HOME TOGETHER!!!! :devilish:
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I interpret that ending completely differently. As far as I am concerned they split up and leave to go back to their old, unsatisfying lives. They are both upset and they realise they are at a crossroads in their lives, and something special is slipping though their fingers.

When they find each other in the street and talk to each other, there is a resolution there. They both become settled and happier - they've made a decision. Although you never hear what they say, I like to think that they've decided they will get together when both of them are back in America. They will not drift back to their old unhappy lives, they will go forward towards a new life, together.

One of the things I liked about LIT is that everything was not spelled out and explained as in the ususal Hollywood movie. A lot was left for the viewer to interpret. You had to watch the performances and pick up on all the nuances of what was going on - and what you thought *might* have been going on. That's why I call it "observational".
 
Guy Pearce is a great young actor. Of the young 'uns on the female side, Christina Ricci and Reese Witherspoone are surely amongst the best. IMO, of course.
 
london-boy said:
jvd said:
How about jim carrey in eternal sunshine of the spotless mind ?

Bill murry in lost in translation ?

zach braff in garden state ?



oh and besides julia roberts ? she has never been a good actress let alone great .
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Lost in Translation was the most boring movie i have ever seen in my life. BM might have been good, but his performance was vastly overshadowed by the fact that the film was so fucking boring you never really cared if he lived or died.
That's my opinion anyway.
About Julia Roberts, yeah i agree, that's why i was so impressed with her in Erin Brokovich.
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So a boring movie means the actors weren't good ?

I enjoyed the movie and i found alot of it to be funny . Julia roberts was horrible in erin brokovich. All she was was julia roberts . That isn't acting . Its like kevin spacy , he was great in american beauty but after that he was just kevin spacy in other movies.
 
Sean Penn and Daniel Day Lewis deliver pretty amazing performances in just about everything. Although neither of them are whippersnappers.
 
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