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17 May 2012

A Movie About Being Bored That Bores Its Audience

This review is from: Somewhere (Amazon Instant Video) I watched this movie because I really like "The Virgin Suicides" and "Lost In Translation." "Marie Antoinette" I could appreciate on an artistic level but didn't have enough story to be a good film. Initially, I was going to skip it based on the 2.5 star rating. I saw it was the 99 cent deal of the day and actually read some of the reviews. Man they are funny. So awful in fact, I actually became curious.Its not that this movie is boring. Its that its so boring that it made me want to take off my shoe and throw it at the computer. I think its fair to say that Sofia Coppola overestimated the audience's tolerance for extremely slow zooming in and out of a person doing nothing. The only glimmers of redemption are Elle Fanning and the guy with the ponytail. The scenes with the two of them are actually interesting and funny. I think a good movie could have been made focusing on these two. Instead it focuses on the loser, Hollywood, self-pitying dad. Not only is this guy blatantly unlikable and unrelatable, but worse...he's completely uninteresting. The only joy I got out of watching this movie was thinking about other people watching it going "WTF is this?" I actually laughed out loud when that car went around for the third time in the beginning. Really??? Skip this one folks.

Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) 16 May 2012

Coppola's film is composed of many long, stationary shots in which so little is happening it's as if she's encouraging us to look closer for meaning.

J. R. Jones 12 May 2012

If you're impressed by the fact that this won the Golden Lion at the Venice film festival, go look up the price of a flight to Venice.

12 May 2012

Not quite over the rainbow...

Being the fan of Sophia Coppola that I am, `Somewhere' was my most anticipated film from last year. I literally could not wait to see it, so much so that I downloaded it to my computer months before it was released in theaters near me so that I could watch it. For me, `Somewhere' doesn't quite live up to my expectations.First things first, this is not a bad film at all. In fact, it is a very good film. Some of my friends have noted that they feel this is Coppola's most mature offering, and in many ways I totally agree. She has a beautiful knack for fleshing out the humanity in her stories with such graceful subtlety. She masters that here, allowing the fluid movement of the scenes to do most of the talking. While some would make sweeping statements that this is, `by far', we worst film, I can only half agree. While she shows definite maturity here, this is my least favorite of her films. In that same respect though, I can't say `by far' since the film is a very good film. I just found it too familiar. Coppola often regurgitates similar themes in her films, but she manages to make them feel fresh and unique to her own style. She doesn't quite manage that here. It drips with style (it is beautiful to look at and it moves with the grace and fluidity that we expect from Coppola) but it feels too rehashed to be anything monumentally moving. It felt like 'Lost in Translation' lite. I really liked it, and the performances are beautifully detailed, but the film itself reaches short of the greatness I was expecting. The idea of being lost within your own life and trying to find an outlet, anything really to save you from yourself, is a great idea, but Sophia has done that four times over now and it shows on this film that she is running out of ways to make it feel soulfully individualized. This just felt somewhat halfhearted.And yet, I can't help but admit that had `Lost in Translation' not been released on '03 I'd probably be lauding this particular film as a masterpiece and placing it at the top of my personal ballot for Best Picture last year. Like I said, it's very good, but it is also very familiar.But, one cannot overlook the glorious Elle Fanning and her marvelous contribution to this film. In fact, I would hand her a win over ANY of Oscar's nominated supporting actresses; in a heartbeat. I'm just going to post straight from a piece I wrote about her performance on my blog back in January."In Sophia Coppola's latest entry, `Somewhere', she cast the `other' Fanning girl, Elle, to play a fictional variation of herself (or I assume as much). While Coppola is one of my favorite working directors, I must say that the familiar nature of `Somewhere' was a tad underwhelming for me. That said; the naturally organic presence of Elle Fanning utterly blew me away. By merely doing nothing at all, Fanning does SO much with this character. Playing Cleo, the young daughter to Hollywood megastar Johnny Marco, Fanning isn't discomfited by her father's world. She isn't afraid to call a spade a spade (that stare at the breakfast table was superbly executed) and yet she realizes the nature of the world in which her father dwells and so she allocates herself to it with childlike ease. The construction of a Coppola film is already wildly organic in tone (it just flows in such a sublimely effortless manner) but Fanning adds so much weight to the film by relaxing right into the pace. Her character arc may seem oddly anticlimactic (also the signature ways of the director) but there is the sting of her presence that never quite goes away. You can feel her spirit moving her father to contemplate his own footsteps, and you understand why. It is less the notion that a child can reconstruct a parent and more the understanding that THIS child is something special to THAT parent. There is such intimacy presented in this performance (as well as Dorff's).In fact, dwelling on Fanning's performance is making me appreciate the film more than I initially thought I did."In the end, I like this movie and I highly recommend it. Sophia Coppola is a masterful director and I cannot wait to see what she delivers to us next. She understands the beauty of the human spirit and she weaves magic out of simplicity, which is something most directors don't bother to consider. I want her to branch out on her next project though. I want to see her step outside her comfort zone and prove to the world that she isn't one-track minded. I know she has more in her. As it is, she ranks very high for me and is probably one of my top five working directors today. With a little spice she could easily become number one.

Steven Rea 12 May 2012

Ultimately, Somewhere may be too static, too minimalist a tale. But there's grace here, in its aching assessment of loneliness, in its examination of connections and family...

Claudia Puig 12 May 2012

Somewhere is a perceptive look at celebrity culture even if it sometimes feels more like a collection of scenes, a character piece in search of a larger, overarching story.

hopek-1 09 May 2012

Self indulgent and vacuous

This was the slowest film I have ever seen. There was certainly nomidnight oil burnt over the dialogue. All the dialogue put togetherprobably would not have made 20 minutes, in a film which last nearlytwo hours. Approximately 10 minutes into the film, not a single wordhad been spoken. Shots which would normally be allowed to last 30seconds went on for minutes. Perhaps the director had recently seensome Pinter and thought it was good. Worse than this was theimplausibility of events. It seemed like a preliminary sketch for afilm to be developed later, but which never was developed. Slight andtime-wasting like so many films nowadays.

jorozco16 09 May 2012

Painful

Some directors/writers/producers may have different perspectives oflife, and try to reflect that on the screen, however sometimes audiencedoesn't get what the final message is.... but you can see that there issomething in there, even if you are not really getting it...This time, with this super boring, long long looooong no sense scenesis painful to watch how the director tries (with a big FAILURE) tocreate something deep. This movie doesn't get you anywhere, it is acompletely waste of time.I can imagine how the actors got bored filming this "movie" at leastthey got their pay check.you will not get back the minutes you take watching this... save timeand save it.

ballall 09 May 2012

Is 'Somewhere' from the director of 'MarieAntoinette' ? !!!

I went with much anticipation to see the next creation of SophiaCoppola, after seeing MarieAntoinette on the big screen five times,travelling to different cities to see it, taking my friends along, evenone of my French classes. A friend came with me to 'Somewhere'. Shesaid that if we had not been sitting in a difficult part of the cinemashe would have walked out after the first ten minutes.She renamed themovie 'Nowhere' and then renamed it to 'Nothing'. I have seen manymovies with this friend and she has never walked out of a movie,whereas I have on occasions. I continued to watch for the fact that itwas by Sophia Coppola and expecting sometime, somewhere, to see theflash of genius which I saw in 'MarieAntoinette'. The movie ended withme still waiting for something inspiring. The contrast of the sweet,loving, virginal, intelligent daughter with every other woman in thepiece was interesting; it made me think that the director wanted toshow every grown woman as some sort of failed strumpet. Pole dancers,pushy administrators, ever-willing onenightstanders, a confusedmother.... I waited for something to happen or to develop but insteadthe film ended with me wondering what on earth it was all about...Idon't comment on the ending for fear of writing a 'spoiler'. Okay theactor saw himself in a flash of inspiration as worthless, but onlyafter he was alone. I would have expected he would go and get hisdaughter, who provided a sense of fulfillment in his life, so theending was like nothing, nowhere.

Tim Evans 08 May 2012

The movie unfolds at the same pace as Johnny's languorous life, a slow, seemingly pointless blurring of the days, but one that arrives at a touching moment of self-realisation.

meeza 08 May 2012

Somewhere in time this will be a classic too many! It's already one to me!

Sofia Coppola's "Somewhere" is very serene and lackluster; it does notcontain a major conflict, and it is pretty much quasi-silent. Butsomehow the impact of "Somewhere" is resoundingly strong to make it oneof the best movies of 2010. The movie stars Steven Dorff as JohnnyMarco, a movie star who spends much of his time between film shoots inWest Hollywood's infamous Château Marmont Hotel. Marco is a low-key butfamous actor who keeps an even keel throughout his daily "movie starfame" experiences, is extremely courteous to others, prioritiesattention to his daughter Cleo, and personifies what we would hopeevery popular movie star should act like; talk about your "Be Good,Johnny". Marco does have the ladies after him and is more than just amodern day Don Juan de Marco actor gigolo. Nothing really excites him,probably due to the fact that he has lived his wild oats in theHollywood fiesta life and has left his Hollywood bad-boy movie stardays behind him. "Somewhere" primarily focuses on the time that Cleospends with dad Johnny at the Château Marmont. Johnny is not a fulltime dad to Cleo, but not because of being guilty of daughterdesertion; He is no longer involved with Cleo's mother and being amovie star with its rigorous travel shooting schedule makes itdifficult for them to spend more time together. When Cleo's momannounces that she is going to be away for a while and leaves Cleo withMarco Papi at the Château Marmont, it gives them an opportunity tocheck-in to more quality time together in the whole father-daughterbonding amenity. Coppola's masterful direction presents theirconnection and the rest of the film's features in such a subtle,sincere perspective that it's very hard to get lost in narrationwatching "Somewhere" even though there is not much dialogue. But whenthere is dialogue, it is not wasted; credit again to Sofia who scribedthe picture. Without a doubt this was Dorff's best performance of hiscareer, and somewhere I think his name got lost in the shuffle of2010's Best Actor Oscar nominees. Elle is for talent, because youngElle Fanning's endearing work as Cleo is another mark to this childactress' so-far impressive young thespian resume. Even though Elle issouth to her sister Dakota in age, she is a bit north to Dakota alreadyin stellar acting. Somewhere I can see close-minded moviegoers walkingout on a "Somewhere" showing because of its simpleton tone. But in manysomewheres, this film has been rightfully celebrated by those who valuea genuine movie brilliantly orchestrated by its auteur. Sofia so far ismaking the Coppola name very proud, and I will wine taste to that!***** Excellent

Ron Wilkinson 07 May 2012

Much needed social commentary hamstrung by minimalism taken to the point of boredom.

Matt Brunson 03 May 2012

Sofia Coppola's 2003 Lost in Translation was such an unblinking masterpiece -- one of the two or three best films of its entire decade -- that it's a shock to witness the near-worthlessness of Somewhere.

tigerfish50 02 May 2012

Lost in Nowhere

Anyone who feels Sofia Coppola's films are vacuous exercises inpretension will find little in 'Somewhere' to persuade them otherwise.The film's long opening shot observes a black Ferrari drivingrepetitively around an oval track in the desert. When the car finallycomes to a halt, the driver gets out and stands beside it in a mannerthat reminds one of Jack Nicholson's aimless, jaded protagonist inAntonioni's 'The Passenger'. The Ferrari's driver is Johnny Marco, asuccessful young actor who lives a dissipated life while residing atLA's Château Marmont Hotel, passing his time smoking, drinking,oversleeping and arriving late for various engagements. Sometimes heputs on the charm when he wants sex from pushover starlets, or elsehires pole-dancing strippers, but often falls asleep before he's ableto consummate these casual hook-ups.Johnny also has an eleven-year-old daughter Cleo, about whose life heappears to know very little. When her mother has some unspecifiedmelt-down, Cleo comes to stay with her father for a brief period beforeshe goes off to camp - and the greater part of 'Somewhere' focuses onher visit. Cleo is intelligent, sensitive, beautiful and charming, butJohnny seems incapable of connecting with her in a meaningful way. Heremains stubbornly self-absorbed, until one begins to despise him forhis narcissism, even as one's heart bleeds for the damage inflictedupon the girl by his lethargy. When Cleo's insecurities bubble to thesurface just before Johnny delivers her to camp, he responds withpathetic inadequacy to her distress, and hurries back to his cheerlesspleasure palace in the metallic cocoon of his Ferrari. Towards the endof the film Johnny drives his car along a straight road before pullingover to the shoulder. He gets out of the ludicrous vehicle and stridesoff into the distance with a doggedness born of desperation. Oneimagines that the two contrasting symbolic clichés at each end of thefilm are supposed to represent a radical change in our hero'spsychological state - but unfortunately nothing much has occurred inthe duration that would make any transformation believable.

priyantha-bandara 02 May 2012

Life as it is. Must watch

If you are already a fan of Sophia Copolla's work 'Somewhere' will notcome to you as a surprise. It's just slow as the real life itself butstrongly emotional with that much natural acting and storytelling.Hardly any dramatic lines or untrue to life hyper events, 'Somewhere'is just a mere reflection of dull reality of living.Johnny Marco (Played by Stephen Dorff- Public Enemies) is a Hollywoodactor. Though his fame surrounds him to the brim, in side he is just abeaten up lonely soul. His wife is not with him anymore and he ismissing not spending quality time with his daughter. Just spendinglonely nights while hooking up with random over night girls his lifeseems to be out of place and has no meaning. But once his daughterreturns to her and he gets to spend some time with her he realize thathis life needs a change. And that change seems complicated.'Somehwere' is a painfully slow movie. If you can live the first fewminutes you will realize how slow and boring it can be. But it screamsof the life of the main character and let you live his insides. As afan if you do not open up your mind and heart to the story and placeyourself right in the middle of it there is a fair chance that you willwalk out after the 20 mts. But if you hang on the story it starts tomake a little sense but don't expect it to be a 007 ride.Johnny Marco is a lonely soul. With the random acts of his day it justpurely rectifies his mistakes. At times he just fall asleep watchingpole dancers in his bedroom and at time he randomly follow a blond in aMercedes until she disappear. At times he is amongst his fans andgiving interviews to the TV and attending international movie awardsbut all of those does not bring him peace and fill his cup. Maybe thereality is not that pretty after all for the famous.'Somehwere' is a drama. And in the pure meaning of drama it is. It hasa simple story line yet powerful performance and delivery. At the endof it you might feel something different than me. Maybe you will scoldme if you watch it after reading this review. Or maybe you willrecommend it to someone else. Either way you will be a part of a goodmovie experience and you will not be blamed for living the SophiaCopolla magic.read more reviews at flickshout.blogspot.com

dcv-958-782363 01 May 2012

A rare kind of film

This is an excellent film that gives us the time to reflect on ourcomfortable yet fast track and often senseless lives. Cappola's plot issimple yet filled with meaning. The viewer gets a chance to connect tothe rhythm of his/her feelings. No artifice, no music to manipulate theemotions or dialogue that is superfluous. From the very first scene ofa car driving in circles to the last scene, Somewhere is filled withimages (many of symbolic significance) that say a thousand words.Cappola's films propose different perspectives on the young feminine.In Lost in Translation and Somewhere the transformation that results inthe man that relates in a real way to the young feminine, is that hegets a chance to be in touch with the "treasure hard to find" a meaningto one's life. There is much depth to Somewhere yet, just like JohnnyMarco at the beginning of the film, most viewers will miss it.

30 April 2012

What??

After reading the reviews here,I thought I'd give this a try and watch it. After watching it,I had to come back here to make sure I watched the same "movie" as the one reviewed on here. I did. I honestly can not believe people rated this a good "movie" If you're into a silent type movie then this is for you. There was barely any talking the first 35 minutes...then even after that,it was just here and there. Honestly,I don't even know why I finished it...guess I was just hoping it would get better,but it just kept going downhill...which I didn't even think was possible.

mike richards 30 April 2012

Boring!

My Backside had more fun enduring 'The Blair Witch Project' than thisself indulgent and highly boring pointless exercise in filming. It'slike the film has been absorbed by the Directors own hype, and in thatfails to deliver anything of note or substance. You can imagine theDirector never having someone say to her. 'What on earth are youdoing?' Dorff probably thought If I turn up half drunk everyday or s.oned no one would ever realise.His character really didn't have to doanything. Save your cash and watch something like 'Down Terrace' nowthat's film making! This isn't Lost in Translation 2 More like lost infilmaking!

kelloggfan 29 April 2012

Somewhere...what the?

The story is slow and dragged out. The opening scene went on far toolong, almost like the director is in a beginning film class and has noidea when to edit the scene. Watching a car go around a race track 5times?...with every lap, I was saying...OK, cut to inside view...nope,it just stayed with the same shot...This was evident in many of thescenes throughout the movie. I sat there watching saying, "CUT!" as ifthe director was out taking a dump or something. This film hadpotential but unfortunately, the director seemed to have no idea wherethis movie was going...hence the name.This movie had glimmers of interest and the acting was good but poordirecting drops the rating to a 4. Miss Copola...get more training!

Punktius_Pilate 28 April 2012

How crazy is it that a film as subtle and quiet as this can be such a deeply emotional experience? Perfect.

Johnny Marco stands on a balcony watching the people below. It's asimple but effective metaphor for Johnny's detachment from life. Somewould call Somewhere insubstantial or lacking in story, but to me,Sofia Coppola has zeroed in on something incredibly interesting andimportant. The feeling that you don't amount to much of anything isportrayed beautifully in the film, culminating in the heartbreaking"I'm f***ing nothing" scene. What's so wonderful about the film,though, is that it really isn't one-note. Ultimately, it's not adepressing movie or a very happy one. It's filled with moments that area mix of both, just like real life. The naturalism attained in thisfilm is astounding. Sofia lets the camera really see and as a result,we get these great little moments that help develop the characters,bring them down to earth, and again, inject more naturalism into thefilm. Consider the scene where Johnny sits smoking on the couch. It'san extended shot, but seeing his little movements, like picking up thepear, helped me to get that much deeper into the film. It helps tobreak the barrier between film and reality, letting me feel moreconnected to the characters, like I am seeing them and not just theminimum version of them presented to further the action of the story.The relationship between Johnny and Cleo played out beautifully. Noforced moment to be found here, only a sometimes sad, sometimes funny,ultimately hopeful portrait of a man on the verge of either abreakthrough or a breakdown.Stephen Dorff is incredible in the film. When the camera is focused onan actor for an extended period of time, he's really got to kick it upa notch so that the viewer never catches a glimpse of him "acting".That Dorff is able to handle this repeatedly and make it look like theeasiest thing is a testament to the considerable talent Dorffpossesses. He made Johnny, for me, one of the characters in cinema Irelate to most. Elle Fanning is also wonderful as Cleo, portraying anintelligent, observant girl without ever making her seem precocious.Her chemistry with Dorff was spot on, perfectly displaying both thelove and the distance between them.And of course I can't talk about a Sofia Coppola film withoutmentioning the film's technical merits. Harris Savides' cinematographyis quietly, simply beautiful. Los Angeles has never seemed sorestrained and lovely before. The costumes aren't showy at all, butthey all seemed perfectly chosen to help illustrate the characters. Thescore, by Phoenix, gives new meaning to the word "minimal". I loved thehints of music, perfectly matching the purring engine of Johnny's (forme, instantly iconic) Ferrari. The film beginning and ending with LoveLike a Sunset was a wonderful touch, too, especially considering theother links between the two parts of the film. The other songs in thefilm, particularly "I'll try anything once" by The Strokes, were usedperfectly.So yes, another masterpiece from Sofia Coppola. There is no film-makerquite like Sofia. It's so brazen of her to make films the way she does.Her films are all about the moments, the mood, the internal feelingmiraculously conveyed to the viewer. Her previous three films moved mein ways most films can't even dream of and this one is no different.How crazy is it that a film as subtle and quiet as this can be such adeeply emotional experience? Perfect.