Lost in Translation

I'm watching Lost in Translation, which I haven't seen since before I came to Japan. Before, at least there was some sense of 'wow, Japan looks so interesting' so I could kind of look past the non-story, and enjoy some parts of the movie. Now that Tokyo has become a familiar place, I'm having a lot of trouble concentrating on watching the film, which is why I'm on here blogging...

One cool thing is that I can now understand the film director when he gives that barrage to Bill Murray (you know, the 'more intensity!' scene). He is, in fact, not saying much worth translating ('the whisky is on the table, turn to the camera, do it slowly, with feeling, like you're greeting an old friend, make a toast, man we don't have much time, hurry it up', etc).