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Highly Overrated But Still Good

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Writer/director Sofia Coppola tries to paint a picture of a man suffering ennui, but her idea of suffering misses the target. Start with the opening scene, where the Brad Dorff lays in bed, appearing half asleep, while hired twin strippers perform on poles in front of him. The nightstand is littered with alcoholic/pharmaceutical props. It's an inauthentic attempt to paint a picture of substance abuse and misery. The character is a movie star who lives in a fancy Beverly Hills residential hotel, and has beautiful, naked women throwing themselves his way. He has a very nice relationship with his teenage daughter, and by chance when his ex-wife suddenly checks out, has to take his daughter with him on a trip to Milan, where he's appearing on a TV show. That works out great. While in Milan, he has a mature and non-problematic encounter with a woman. From my point of view, there is nothing about the events on screen that would make me think that there's anything wrong, but Coppola has the character brooding about it anyway. I am not convinced. I think that Coppola is the one brooding here -- about men she has known and been disappointed in. This is a great movie for deconstruction and finding out what's bothering the writer, but it's not the least bit entertaining or believable.

Sofia Coppola is basically Hollywood royalty. The daughter of directing legend Francis Ford Coppola, has proved to be an excellent filmmaker in her own right. Lost in Translation is a rather phenomenal film about two lonely people bonding in a hotel in Tokyo. There is also a theme of loneliness in this film and the exploration of the character who experiences it. I'll get to that in a bit. Sofia's films are definitely not for everybody but I think if you love film you can really appreciate what she sets to accomplish with her pictures. Her films are not always plot heavy but we are usually guaranteed a riveting look into the life of a pained character.To put it simply, the film is about an actor named Johnny Marco and how lonely he is in a world where he seems to have it all. He seems to be a newly famed Hollywood actor who feels a deprived sense of emotion and pleasure even though he has money, cars, a nice house, attractive women etc. He has a bond with his 10 year old daughter (played by Elle Fanning) which grows as he spends more and more time with her. First off, Dorff and Elle are great. I'm a big fan of Elle Fanning and know that she is in the now and will become huge. Even 6 years ago you can see how she has a natural knack for the screen. The film is shown in a way where the viewer just kind of sits back and experiences whats going on, almost as if you are taking a cut and seeing a real life as it unfolds (see seen with Johnny and the mask makeup).Coppola's film has a story to tell, however its unconventional. The film isn't always dialogue heavy and you will experience a repetitive nature to some of the activities the protagonist grows through. Themes of a well off person experiencing loneliness are present once again in her film. Johnny seems to experience real happiness the more he sees his daughter. He finally seems to have a real emotional breakdown when she goes off to camp and he makes a call to his ex wife. I think that even though many of us are not in the wealthy situation of the protagonist, we can identify with how isolated he feels with everything going on around him.The magic of Coppola's films is their ability to just speak to you on an existential level.The film is littered with gorgeous shots of hotels, people, location and such to mimic the glamorous life of Hollywood royalty. The soundtrack is chill and in the moment with what you see on screen. Seeing the pole dancers synchronizing to "My Hero" and Elle Fanning ice skate to Gwen Stefani's "Cool" help put you in the atmosphere of the world of the film. You are Johnny as he watches things happen on a day to day basis. Long story short, Coppola brings forth yet another enjoyable effort. I'm very excited about her pairing with Elle Fanning again in 2017.7.5/10 .

'Somewhere' directed by Sofia Coppola is a film about a Hollywood actor named Johnny Marco played by Stephen Dorff who leads a lonely existence in L.A. He is asked to keep his daughter Cleo (Elle Fanning) with him by his ex-wife while she goes away for some work and is asked to drop her off at the camp where she is supposed to spend her vacation. The time that Johnny spends with Cleo leads him to have certain self-realisations and also forces him to set his life priorities straight.'Lost in Translation' is the only other Sofia Coppola film that I have seen and I could see some similar themes at work in both films like alienation and loneliness, the emptiness beneath the shiny and glossy exterior surface of the life of a Hollywood actor or celebrity,etc. Like "Lost in Translation', 'Somewhere' is also a theme-centric film and is a character study instead of being heavy with plot elements. This film is also heavy with visual symbolism, but they are subtle. The first scene itself of Johnny driving a Ferrari round and round in circles going nowhere tells you everything you need to know about the character without any exposition or the use of dialogue. There are small symbolic elements sprinkled throughout the film involving make-up masks, phone messages, songs playing in the background,etc. which are extremely descriptive and they enrich the storyline. Coppola goes to great lengths to put us in Johnny's shoes and experience his loneliness. We get these long static shots and single take scenes where nothing much happens except Johnny sitting and smoking. We see him repeating the same pointless routine of experiencing casual sexual encounters with strangers, hiring pole dancers to watch them perform(although he dozes off during one of the performances which says something),etc. Then he has to attend photoshoots and answer random questions in press conferences and has to maintain this phony star image in the eyes of the media. So the arrival of Cleo, Johnny's daughter played by Elle Fanning is a breath of fresh air not only for Johnny, but also for the viewers. She spends time with him and goes with him to Italy due to some unavoidable circumstances. Slowly and gradually we see the change that Cleo brings about in Johnny's character, but it happens without any larger than life clichéd, melodramatic scenes. I think the message that Coppola wants to convey with this film is that you can feel enriched and fulfilled when you are with a loved one and with a person you care about and who cares about you no matter where you are, be it your home or be it abroad in completely unfamiliar locations. Loneliness will wreck you and eat you out gradually even if you have all the materialistic possessions that the world has to offer. I know that sounds a bit too preachy, but Coppola manages to succeed in conveying this message without being in the least bit didactic. The performances from both Dorff and Fanning are impressive. I completely bought them as a father and daughter duo. Dorff successfully sells the misery and the depression that his character goes through in the film. His acting is appropriately understated and reserved. Fanning beautifully portrays the naivety and the innocence of youth juxtaposed with the maturity that you would expect from a kid growing up with divorced parents. Sofia Coppola's style of filmmaking is very European. She uses silence and lack of action in a very artistic way. Her style of prolonged static takes and the quiet,deadpan nature of the film reminded me of Jim Jarmusch's 'Stranger than Paradise'. However the style of storytelling and the fact that the film is not too plot-centric will divide audiences. I have seen a lot of harshly negative reviews on IMDb message boards some of which border on being abusive. Even some critics whose opinions I respect have come up with negative reviews for the film which says a lot about the divisive nature of the film. If you want a film to have a lot of plot and where things keep on happening from one scene to the next, then 'Somewhere' is certainly not for you. But if you are a viewer who likes to go deep inside a film and look for symbolism and character arcs and subtlety and if you are willing to be patient which this film requires you to be, then 'Somewhere' will be a rewarding watch for you. 'Somewhere' works both as a study of the character of Johnny and the change that his character goes through, as well as an exploration on a broader level of the brutal truths of the life of a celebrity.

There'd been a lot of poor reviews for this movie on Rotten Tomatoes. I don't consider this a movie, it's a film, and quite frankly one of the truest depiction of what it really is like, if you stay in the industry in this town too long.This will speak to people who've had a small sense of success within celebrity and working in Hollywood (I would say, after at least a decade). I think the ones who don't "get it" are on the outside looking in. Asking themselves why they should care about some rich, bored famous actor. This may be news to you, but they ask themselves that more than you do. In fact, a lot has to do with "what now?" You wonder why Philip Seymour Hoffman went off the wagon. You wonder how fame can corrupt. It's because normalcy isn't the same for celebrity. Normalcy is upping the anty sometimes. He finds NO joy in owning a Ferrari. None in watching hot twins gyrate on a pole for him. ZERO in his neighbors who happen to be models. And a dullness in a trip to Rome. Witness the bland, confused look when he accepts an award, he doesn't even know what it's for.Yes, do not feel sorry for this. But, it's an amazing achievement when you can hold a mirror to this pathos and still allow viewers to paint whatever picture you have of him.That trip out to the rolling hills. I've been there. I take frequent trips to Newhall. To get out of this town. To realize anonymity and solitude is what gives you peace within yourself. The trappings don't mean much if you don't care what your purpose in life is.