I quite liked Mysterious Skin. I also have a hugely strong emotional reaction to Lost in Translation, as I've discussed here many times.

I rather liked Lost In Translation, but I didn't think it was better than, say, The Virgin Suicides.

Oh, The Virgin Suicides makes me cry. When I first saw it, I didn't know what was going to happen, and the fact that it had the inevitable, rather than the happy, ending was a gut-punch.

I rather liked Lost In Translation, but I didn't think it was better than, say, The Virgin Suicides.

I haven't seen The Virgin Suicides in so long, so I can't really talk about why Lost in Translation hit me so much harder. I think they're both amazingly well-directed movies (and their combined strength is why I'm looking forward to Marie Antoinette with hope instead of dread).

Is on my list.(considers removing, but hell, if I could take it when Wallace died... I'm Simon fan "We never have good news for anyone. Ever.") Or Frank Sobatka...(sniff) Will play it by ear, I suppose. my queue is long as Wu's I think. If Bubbles dies, I think I'll have to be rehydrated professionally though. Don't know...something about that man, junkie or not, just kills me every time I see him. He's kind of...sweetnatured or something. Even though he steals and probably, being a hard-core fiend, has lied to every friend or family member, there's something still good in there, damn it.

I loved The Virgin Suicides as well, but Lost in Translation makes me think of old friends long lost. I think it built from a stronger base - I thought the book of the Virgin Suicides was meh at best - but both are excellent films.

I also look forward to Marie Antoinette, based on the director alone.

The Virgin Suicides was a very pretty movie, but ultimately I was left with, "What of it?"

I was underimpressed by The Virgin Suicides, both book and movie. The themes and setting worked well for me at the beginning, but there wasn't much of a payoff and ultimately both the story and the characters were too flimsy to really captivate me; whereas Lost in Translation suckerpunched me with a feeling of recognition and intense longing.

So Cashmere and I saw Five Children and It, aka "Why Haven't We Heard of This Movie?!?" Jim Henson's Creature Shop work, produced by Lisa Henson... Freddy Highmore as one of four cute kids, Kenneth Branagh as the crazy uncle, and Eddie Izzard as the voice of It, along with a couple other recognizable faces. A touching little story, cute one-liners, especially by Eddie. I'm so glad we saw it, and I recommend it to everyone.

That was one of my favorite books when I was a kid.