all these posts and not a single mention of the best used and funniest on screen nudity in years? for shame

Yeah I noticed that too. I guess everyone here was trying stay "high brow". But then again I did start a thread about it in the Adult Forum.

i sorta mentioned it in my quote of the movie.

Finally got to see this last night and my wife and I loved it. I did get the feeling I was watching a different movie from some of the audience. I loved all of the themes in the movie that kept recurring like the Basketball hoops, stripes on the clothes, the flowers, etc. This was just a beautiful film that focused on the visual and kept the dialog to a minimum. It was definitely a day in the life kind of film that I can definitely relate to. I have spent time wondering about what might have beens and even spent some time driving around to visit the past. The ackwardness and the way Murray shows it with those great facial expressions was by far my favorite part of the film. (Yes, the hillarious nude scene that set up a great line later was awesome as well)

Bill Murray has become my favorite actor the past few years with all of these great independent films he keeps making.

Now at the end of the film many were upset including an older couple sitting next to me. The reason is because they didn't get what the film was really about. Its been covered well in the thread already, but this film was 100% about the journey and he did reach the destination at the end it just wasn't the one many film goers wanted.

Can't wait for the DVD.

I agree with everything you said.

Finally got to see it yesterday. Wonderful. Jarmusch never disappoints.

Have you seen Coffee & Cigarettes?

No, I haven't, actually. Perhaps I should maintain the status quo on that?

That would be my suggestion.

I was just at TOWER listening to the soundtrack and man is it great. I must look into this Mulatu Astatke person.

Well, I'm sure I've avoided it for a reason. Now I know what it is.

I saw it and was more dissappointed than satisfied. I think Bill Murrey is great and still think his performance in Rushmore takes the cake. I liked the movie and the performances, but prefer a movie that answers the questions that it asks. You saying it was 100% about the journey, well then anything can be made, story or not included and that rule would make it still a movie worth watching if it was made by the right person. Well I'm sure even the greatest directors ever have stuff they've made and have never released it or wish they hadn't. Stanley Kubrick's Berry Lindon comes to mind. But it seems I'm in the minority here...

Sounds like your definition of a "story" is different from mine. A "story" doesn't have to have an ending, in my book. It's not about the person making the movie, it's about the skill used to tell the story of the journey.

I just would like to a little that the moment the screener copy hits the internet this thread gets bumped. Nice folks, nice.

The movie really needs no end. Considering how his other films have ended, I don't see why folks are depending on some pay out at the end. The whole purpose of this film was to show that the Journey is more important than the ending. What lessons did our character learn on the way from the beginning to the end. He found out about what his life could have been like if he stayed with those women.

For that, I loved it.

This is still the best new movie I watched the entire year, however, I will definitely watch it again on DVD and see if I still feel the same way.
I just rewatched the Devil's Rejects tonight on DVD and now I'm thinking I was insane for liking that one when I first saw it at the theater. Really pointless film that I guess was an interesting ride the first time, but was 109 minutes of nails on a blackboard when I watched it again tonight.

Good, but not fantastic, IMHO. I liked Lost in Translation and Life Aquatic's use of Murray better. I don't mind a slow movie, but I did feel like this one plodded a bit too much.

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I just watched this movie the other night and thought it was pretty great. I liked how at the end of the movie you were no closer to knowing the truth than at the beginning. And how it seemed like all of the women he visited could have been lying and that it could've been anyone of them. I still think it was kid he saw on the bus.

One more thing that wasn't brought up that I noticed was how Don is skeptic of the Animal Communicator woman but then wants to believe that this kid he meets his son. Which is just as ridiculous.

I'm a big Bill fan but this film was definitely one too many comatose characters for me. He was determined to be indifferent to pretty much everything around him and I was indifferent about 90% of the movie. His reaction to the nude hottie for example is the most boring one possible.

The slow pacing was - in this case - very tedious, and from someone who enjoyed the Straight Story that's gotta be real slow.

It's the funniest movie of 05 (and I agree, funniest nude scene ever). Oh and btw I loved Coffee and Ciggarettes

Recently watched this film along with Wedding Crashers and 40 year old Virgin and this movie is still my favorite comedy of 05. I really loved the film and the repeating themes of each woman from the past he met. Some may feel its too slow and many may dislike the ending, but I still think it comes together perfectly and is probably one of Bill Murray's greatest performances.

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I agree. I enjoyed the movie to an extent but the people I saw it with (myself included) felt that if you are going to put those questions out there, they should be resolved and because they weren't we left the theatre feeling unsatisfied.

Maybe then you should reevaluate what you come to the theater for; there's plenty of movies playing right now that will do what you ask. If films were all about asking questions and then giving answers it would be a very boring world.

BRIAN: Look, you don't need to follow me. You don't need to follow anybody! You've got to think for yourselves! You're all individuals!
FOLLOWERS: Yes, we're all individuals!
BRIAN: You're all different!
FOLLOWERS: Yes, we are all different!
DENNIS: I'm not.
BRIAN: You've all got to work it out for yourselves!
FOLLOWERS: Yes! We've got to work it out for ourselves!
BRIAN: Exactly!
FOLLOWERS: Tell us more!

Just watched this tonight.

Not sure if anyone else noticed, but during the scene of Murray awaiting a cab outisde one of the airports, with the exception of Murray and the boy he sees leaning against a concrete pillar, every other person in the scene/background is a woman traveler with rolling suitcase in tow. I immediately thought this bit represented Murray's character's complete lack of awareness of anything other than attractive women and, at this point in the film, his son. Just one of the many "little things" I enjoyed about the movie.

I agree that the film dragged at times (the minutes-long shot of Murray sitting on his couch was unnecessarily tedious, for example), but there were enough surprises (full-frontal!), excellent performances (Stone and Wright, for starters) and interesting bits to keep me entertained.