Lost in translation

[theapportioner]

Good film, not great as many have claimed. The accolades you can read about elsewhere. I think the flaws lie with the direction and editing, which impede its flow and make it less captivating than it should have been. Also, a theme of the movie is finding someone who 'speaks your language' (in other words, understands where you're coming from) in a detached and absurdly alienating world. Problem is, the rapport between the two leads doesn't resonate well on screen and itself feels detached when it should feel intense. The movie's cinematography is so much about evoking moods, and it does the cold, alienating, overload-to-the-point-of-comedy thing well, but not their friendship. By themselves, Bob and Charlotte are captivating but together, they are boring.