Sophia Coppola’s “Lost in Translation” V.S Spike Jonze’s “Her”

Sophia Coppola’s “Lost in Translation”
V.S
Spike Jonze’s “Her”

 *I recommend watching both movies before reading this article.* 

 Yesterday, I had the pleasure watching Lost In Translation for the first time. I think it’s more than a movie; It’s an experience. Bill Murray’s relationship with Scarlett Johansson was beautiful. It's wasn't ordinary and I liked that.
As I was saying, Lost in Translation is about a lot of things; It’s about being lost. It’s about feeling lonely. It’s about having a relationship without consummation. Sofia Coppola expressed herself with Lost in Translation. It had passion.
 
  This gets me to another point; it reminded me of Spike Jonze’s “Her”. I do realize that Lost in Translation is 10 years older than Her, but I can’t neglect the fact that they’re somewhat interestingly look alike. First of all, the overall all moods were similar. Both cities looked a lot like each other. Funny thing, Lost in Translation was shot in Tokyo, Japan and Her was shot in Shanghai, China. Another common thing is –obviously- Scarlet Johansson. She played Charlotte in Lost in Translation and voiced Samantha in Her.
 
  It gets more interesting; Did you know that  back in 1999, Spike Jonze and Sophia Coppola were married? They got divorced in 2003; That’s right; the same year that Lost in Translation came out. Sophia Coppola said that Lost in Translation was based on her life. The character of John (Giovanni Ribisi) was loosely based on her then husband Spike Jonze. In the movie, John was always busy and didn’t give Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) that much attention. Sophia is trying to tell us something.


  But wait, I remember something!
“Her” had a character that was interesting too, Catherine (Rooney Mara). Catherine loved Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix) and then things didn’t go that well between them. They got divorced eventually and there were scenes that she was shown as a douche-bag. I’m not exactly sure that he based Catherine on Sophia, but I’m just assuming this fact, with reasons of course.

  Wait a second, it’s like it’s one story being told from two points of view:
From Sophia’s point of view, she saw Spike Jonze as someone who’s not there for her and how she felt lost with him. She felt that nothing makes sense at all.
From Jonze’s point of view, He regrets what happened, but he’s learning to move on.*SPOLIER ALERT* Actually, at the end of Her, when Theodore is writing the letter to Catherine, if feels like he’s writing it to Sophia.

The letter goes:

Dear Catherine,
  
 I've been sitting here thinking about all the things I wanted to apologize to you for. All the pain we caused each other. Everything I put on you. Everything I needed you to be or needed you to say. I'm sorry for that. I'll always love you 'cause we grew up together and you helped make me who I am. I just wanted you to know there will be a piece of you in me always, and I'm grateful for that. Whatever someone you become, and wherever you are in the world, I'm sending you love. You're my friend to the end.

Love, Theodore.

 This right here my friends, Is the beauty of filmmaking.