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Thanks to TorrentBits, ideally I'd never have to step inside the movie theatre again, unless somebody drags me to watch wonderful films like Underworld. A few nights ago HY and I watched the much praised Lost In Translation on this very 14 inch screen. This movie, in my opinion, is best watched in the length of its trailer, for besides the interesting portrayal of cultural shock and lonely companionship you'd have to deal with the minutes of tedium in between. HY said he doesn't give a toss of people singing karaoke for 20 minutes, while I almost fell asleep with Murray and Johansson when they were lying on the bed exchanging sporadic dialogues. Don't get me wrong, I have a high tolerance for slow-paced movies, but this work seems to me that it has ran out of things to say. On the other hand, besides giving blow-by-blow accounts of the characters' inner psyche, HY kept on wondering if Murray and Johansson are ever going to have sex. It would be such a let-down if they did though--sometimes visiting a foreign place is not really about searching for the exotic, but merely about finding the familiar.