Comments on: Fiorentina (フィオレンティーナ＠六本木ヒルズ) http://www.potatomato.com/seat/2005/03/30/1241/ tokyo food blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:31:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: seat http://www.potatomato.com/seat/2005/03/30/1241/#comment-4267 seat Fri, 01 Apr 2005 18:08:36 +0000 http://www.potatomato.com/seat/?p=1241#comment-4267 Guess people who can appreciate the mood will like it - maybe I am too insensitive/been in Japan for too long. ^^;;; Guess people who can appreciate the mood will like it - maybe I am too insensitive/been in Japan for too long. ^^;;;

]]> By: Joan http://www.potatomato.com/seat/2005/03/30/1241/#comment-4266 Joan Fri, 01 Apr 2005 14:13:07 +0000 http://www.potatomato.com/seat/?p=1241#comment-4266 But I still like the film though. It captures the mood of loneliness and isolation pretty well. But I still like the film though. It captures the mood of loneliness and isolation pretty well.

]]> By: Joan http://www.potatomato.com/seat/2005/03/30/1241/#comment-4265 Joan Fri, 01 Apr 2005 14:11:55 +0000 http://www.potatomato.com/seat/?p=1241#comment-4265 I didn't find the movie offensive at all, in fact I even feel a bit related (^^;;;;). But yeah, the part that bugs me more is that I had a hard time sympathizing them since they live in that NIIIICCE hotel in Tokyo and had all the time of their life to do ANYTHING they want...go travel! go shopping!! go read! go watch whatever, go EAT and drink!! man~~hello~~~ I know relationship is troubling them blah blah, then go do those fun things to enjoy yourself then. I didn’t find the movie offensive at all, in fact I even feel a bit related (^^;;;;). But yeah, the part that bugs me more is that I had a hard time sympathizing them since they live in that NIIIICCE hotel in Tokyo and had all the time of their life to do ANYTHING they want…go travel! go shopping!! go read! go watch whatever, go EAT and drink!! man~~hello~~~ I know relationship is troubling them blah blah, then go do those fun things to enjoy yourself then.

]]> By: seat http://www.potatomato.com/seat/2005/03/30/1241/#comment-4264 seat Thu, 31 Mar 2005 23:27:26 +0000 http://www.potatomato.com/seat/?p=1241#comment-4264 Wahahahaha~~~~~makes so much more sense after knowing the "background" information. ^^;;;;; When the main girl was hiding inside the hotel and feeling all melancholic or whatever, I just thought "Go read a book!", "Go shopping!". ^^;;;;; Wahahahaha~~~~~makes so much more sense after knowing the “background” information. ^^;;;;; When the main girl was hiding inside the hotel and feeling all melancholic or whatever, I just thought “Go read a book!”, “Go shopping!”. ^^;;;;;

]]> By: Freda http://www.potatomato.com/seat/2005/03/30/1241/#comment-4263 Freda Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:52:19 +0000 http://www.potatomato.com/seat/?p=1241#comment-4263 Haha and they're totally ungrateful and umsympathetic for getting to live in nice hotels *for FREE* in Tokyo, dammit! I think the main girl is abit of a self-insertion of Sofia Coppola (who always work in Japan). So many speculated the husband is meant to be her own ex-husband Spike Jones, and the dumb blonde girl is Cameron Diaz who tried to flirt with Spike Jones (when making Being John Malkovich) so she mocked her in the film. ^^;; Haha and they’re totally ungrateful and umsympathetic for getting to live in nice hotels *for FREE* in Tokyo, dammit!

I think the main girl is abit of a self-insertion of Sofia Coppola (who always work in Japan). So many speculated the husband is meant to be her own ex-husband Spike Jones, and the dumb blonde girl is Cameron Diaz who tried to flirt with Spike Jones (when making Being John Malkovich) so she mocked her in the film. ^^;;

]]> By: seat http://www.potatomato.com/seat/2005/03/30/1241/#comment-4262 seat Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:45:03 +0000 http://www.potatomato.com/seat/?p=1241#comment-4262 Yeah and the main girl character is so snobby, looking down on the model talking stupid and everything, but her own "having fun" isn't exactly that intellectual either ma. Yeah and the main girl character is so snobby, looking down on the model talking stupid and everything, but her own “having fun” isn’t exactly that intellectual either ma.

]]> By: tina http://www.potatomato.com/seat/2005/03/30/1241/#comment-4261 tina Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:00:56 +0000 http://www.potatomato.com/seat/?p=1241#comment-4261 thank god i am not the only one who feel this way!!! i didn't even finsh the movie. thank god i am not the only one who feel this way!!! i didn’t even finsh the movie.

]]> By: seat http://www.potatomato.com/seat/2005/03/30/1241/#comment-4260 seat Wed, 30 Mar 2005 19:52:49 +0000 http://www.potatomato.com/seat/?p=1241#comment-4260 Saw Lost in Translation on DVD finally. I thought it was a bit slow and some scenes quite offensive to Japanese, e.g. that old prostitute scene(come on, it is ridiculous!) and the strip show(there are such places anywhere in the world). The culture shock and language barrier are all very true but aren't they a bit cliche/over-used in the past? I simply don't see any novel and incisive view points as a foreigner in Japan and the main relationship isn't that interesting to me either lor. Saw Lost in Translation on DVD finally. I thought it was a bit slow and some scenes quite offensive to Japanese, e.g. that old prostitute scene(come on, it is ridiculous!) and the strip show(there are such places anywhere in the world). The culture shock and language barrier are all very true but aren’t they a bit cliche/over-used in the past? I simply don’t see any novel and incisive view points as a foreigner in Japan and the main relationship isn’t that interesting to me either lor.

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