"Lets never come here again because it will never be as much fun."

A quote from 'Lost in Translation' a favourite movie of mine.

Like a good dream, Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation envelopes you with an aura of fantastic light, moody sound, head-turning love, and a feeling of déjà vu, even though you've probably never been to this neon-fused version of Tokyo. Certainly Bob Harris has not. The 50-ish actor has signed-on for big money shooting whiskey ads instead of doing something good for his career or his long-distance family. Jetlagged, helplessly lost with his Japanese-speaking director and out of sync with the metropolis, Harris (Bill Murray, never better) befriends the married but lovelorn 25-year-old Charlotte (played with heaps of poise by 18-year-old Scarlett Johansson). Even before her photographer husband all but abandons her, she is adrift like Harris but in a total entrapment of youth. How Charlotte and Bill discover their soul mates will be cherished for years to come.
Written and directed by Coppola (The Virgin Suicides), the film is far more atmospheric than plot-driven: we whiz through Tokyo parties, karaoke bars and odd nightlife, always ending up in the impossibly posh hotel where the two are staying. The wisps of bittersweet loneliness of Bill and Charlotte are handled smartly and romantically, but unlike modern studio films, this isn't a May to December fling film. Surely and steadily, the film ends on a much-talked-about grace note, which may burn some, yet awards film lovers who "always had Paris" with another cinematic destination of the heart. --Doug Thomas

For a story that never really went anywhere and was depressing, I really enjoyed the movie.
If you really feel a need to take something positive from this, why not remember that these two people really connected, if only for a short time. Connecting with another person like they did...isn't that one of the best parts of life?

Thats something I would say about my time in Lake George. That summer was so beautiful that trying to repeat it would be little short of a sin. Ha. Maybe I'm going a bit far with that. But it was amazing. I met many good people, interesting people and people I will never forget. That experience is preserved in time, a definete period when we had no worries and plenty of fun. It was paradise, if only for that moment in time. It couldn't go on forever. I felt that it was kind of similar to the book, 'The Beach'.
We all lived together, worked together, drank together in that small country town close to the Canadian border.
It's been 2 years since that summer. I still see Muppet man and Gareth, now living in London. Freddy went to Scotland, shortly after he came back. Thinking about it, I feel so lucky to have lived that summer even if the saying goodbye is hard.

I wouldn't want those precious memories erased by returning.
"Lets never come here again because it will never be as much fun."