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Not Completely Lost in Translation

Jan. 6th, 2005 at 6:33 PM

"Are you crying?" the Muse asked me.

"No." Sniff.

"Yes, you are," she said.

"Am not." Snuffle.

She leaned over on the sofa and gave me a tight hug. "It's nice to know you've got some fuzziness in there someplace, bonehead."

On the TV screen in front of us, Bill Murray continued to karaoke along to More Than This, half drunk, in the middle of an epiphany, and singing for me.

Music:Bill Murray as Bob Harris - More Than This

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giggleloop wrote:

Jan. 6th, 2005 04:03 pm (UTC)

you know, someday i need to finish watching that movie. :(

-B

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pethead07 wrote:

Jan. 6th, 2005 04:58 pm (UTC)

Yer not alone-- I usually get sniffly over a movie like Taxi Driver-- that's what a sick individual I am-- but Lost in Translation destroys me.

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king_cool_paul wrote:

Jan. 6th, 2005 06:00 pm (UTC)

Wow. Taxi Driver. Umm. Wow.

Sometimes, you worry me ;)

Nah, just kidding. I dig ya!

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pethead07 wrote:

Jan. 6th, 2005 06:45 pm (UTC)

In reference to the comments below:
I don't want to know what he says, either. My opinion on what it might be changes each time I see it.

Yeah, well, Taxi Driver because Travis is so lonely and directionless for most of the movie-- I kind of know how he feels. Esp. that part when he's watching American Bandstand-- the kids are dancing to 'Late For the Sky', and Scorsese does a great pan over his face..... aw, I don't know-- it's an odd example, I know, but it's true-- it does choke me up.

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king_cool_paul wrote:

Jan. 6th, 2005 09:58 pm (UTC)

No, no, I can totally see where you're coming from. It's just my inability to stop from making a joke that gets me beaten up ;)

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pethead07 wrote:

Jan. 7th, 2005 04:35 pm (UTC)

Nah, it's cool. I can dig it.

It's the beginning of another Savage day..... *sigh*

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king_cool_paul wrote:

Jan. 7th, 2005 05:25 pm (UTC)

Head down, keep moving. Get through without getting anything in your eyes, and all is well.

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(no subject) - (Anonymous) - Jan. 6th, 2005 05:10 pm (UTC)

king_cool_paul wrote:

Jan. 6th, 2005 05:27 pm (UTC)

This is one of my current favorite movies... it always gets me choked up, and dammit, that Scarlett Johannson is really, really yummy.

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nebulous_blue wrote:

Jan. 6th, 2005 05:33 pm (UTC)

She's a very very cute girl.

Choked up? Try BAWLING. I was crying Niagra Falls at the end of it.

So Paul...what do you think he says?

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king_cool_paul wrote:

Jan. 6th, 2005 05:50 pm (UTC)

Know what? I don't want to know what he says. It's got a great '70s film-feel to it, which is how I described it to my friends who hadn't seen it at that point. It doesn't matter what he says. It matters about the feeling of what he says, which isn't something I think that anyone outside of the film's characters can truly know.

However: if I had to venture my own opinion anyway, I'd say it was something along the lines of, "You are the angel of my world. Thank you for saving me."

Something like that, anyway. Only more poetic.

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nebulous_blue wrote:

Jan. 6th, 2005 05:11 pm (UTC)

giggleloop, it's yours to borrow if ya wanna.

That movie kills me. In so many ways it kills me.

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giggleloop wrote:

Jan. 6th, 2005 06:44 pm (UTC)

I own it. I just never finished watching it. And I can't even remember why now, which is awful, I know.

Most likely because I was watching it with D and he fell asleep, as so often happens when the movie is not a $200 million action-packed blockbuster. Bleh.

-B

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king_cool_paul wrote:

Jan. 6th, 2005 09:55 pm (UTC)

Hey, the world needs $200 million blockbusters too, but the smaller movies are the ones that tend to stick with me the longest. The Lost in Translations, or the Igby Goes Downses, or the Sidewayses or Garden Stateses... gimme those any day. I'm a film whore!

*sob*

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giggleloop wrote:

Jan. 6th, 2005 10:56 pm (UTC)

i like your pluralization. :)

i like people who pluralize things in a cute way. :)

-B

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king_cool_paul wrote:

Jan. 6th, 2005 10:59 pm (UTC)

It's my gift and my curse.

Okay, it's not really. I'm just cute.

Deal with it :)

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giggleloop wrote:

Jan. 7th, 2005 02:49 pm (UTC)

Oh, I've dealt with it. :)

-B

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king_cool_paul wrote:

Jan. 7th, 2005 05:19 pm (UTC)

Wow! I hope it wasn't too much of an inconvenience! ;)

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giggleloop wrote:

Jan. 7th, 2005 05:49 pm (UTC)

:P

nah, it was cool. :)

-B

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king_cool_paul wrote:

Jan. 8th, 2005 02:09 am (UTC)

Rock on. I hate thinking I'm being a bother ;)

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giggleloop wrote:

Jan. 8th, 2005 06:02 am (UTC)

a bother? never. :)

or at least, not yet. if you ever became one, i'd let you know. :)

-B

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king_cool_paul wrote:

Jan. 8th, 2005 06:14 am (UTC)

I should hope so!

Not that it's going to happen ;)

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giggleloop wrote:

Jan. 8th, 2005 06:21 am (UTC)

nah, never... :)

not as long as i can help it :)

-B

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king_cool_paul wrote:

Jan. 8th, 2005 06:21 am (UTC)

Rock on!

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