Lists, people.

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Good thread idea.

In no particular order

Movies:
Lost in translation
Wall-E
The Pianist
The Dark Knight

(Can't think of any more)

Albums:
Jason Lytle - Yours truly, the commuter
Manic Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers
Arcade Fire - Funeral
British Sea Power - The Decline of...
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
The Libertines - Up the bracket
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Muse - Absolution
Scott Walker - The Drift
Primal Scream - Exterminator

Books:
None that I can think of, it's all been linguistics stuff for my studies over the past few years.

Mate, what possible redeeming feature did you see in 'Lost in Translation'?

That film was awful!!

I think it's a really good film. It has Japan and it has Bill Murray, and with those two together and some quality cinematography and music thrown in you are already on the way to creating something interesting. There are some funny Murray moments, but it also captures the disconnection and ennui you can feel living in a strange place where you don't really speak the language and where the culture is somewhat alien. It's a film with moments in it that I really relate to. I think the Scarlett Johannson character was a little too cliche for my liking, but I think Murray puts in a really brilliant performance. It's a film where nothing much really happens, but that's kind of the point.

I quite liked it as well, and I loved how it did depict the boredom of couple"s life after a few years if you can't renew nothing in your relation. The carpet samplers were just a statement about it hehe. As for Scarlett, in that movie,, I kind of saw a young Murray in it, like she's starting on a very bad note her relation with her newly fiance and feels the same boredom as Murray except way earlier in her life.