and a funny thing about Rachel Getting Married

If I had to pick one film it reminded me of, it would almost certainly be Lost in Translation. They both had a small and almost forced intimate feel, and both were funny but achingly melancholy overall. However, as I gave Rachel Getting Married a C+ and Lost in Translation something along the lines of an A++++++++++++, clearly there's a difference.

I think Lost in Translation achieved its goals much better. It was funnier, and it was certainly more heart-wrenching. I recognized that the two main characters had an assload of flaws, but at the same time I palpably felt for them. Sure, there were a lot of scenes where you might have wondered "well, where is this going?" but they always ended up proving a point, whether it was to demonstrate something about the Japanese society or simply to be funny. Rachel Getting Married, I think the editor was in love with every second of film shot and could not let go of any of it. Like, if RGM's editing standard was applied to LiT, they would have shown the non-Bob and Charlotte characters singing for twenty minutes, not ten seconds.

Speaking of the karaoke scene... have you worshipped this movie enough lately?

Perfection. Rachel Getting Married, um, not so much, but not a total waste of your time either.