''The kiss between Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson at the end of the movie was not in the script, but was an "in the moment" ad-lib between the performers. ''
Damn, i just watched movie again and i thought i would be much better without that kiss at the end and then i saw this, it makes me a little bit mad. do you guys agree? btw, pretty good movie, 8/10. maybe if there wasn't that kiss, it would be 9/10...........
Don't know why it would make you mad. Imagine yourself with a actress spending several weeks together, someone you had not worked with before, getting to know each other so well, in real life when you spend that much time with someone wouldn't it be natural to hug and kiss when it was over? Seems to me like a nice touch that they did it as an unplanned act. Makes it more real.
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Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes not. With Scarlett Johannson I could never be alone.
NO WAY. The kiss is 100% utterly essential. It almost bothers me that it WASNT in the original script. You cant have all those scenes of sexual tension between them and not release it at the end. The entire movie was leading up to that moment. They didnt need to "hook up" or anything, but they needed to have one moment where their ubspoken feelings are at least acknowledged. It would have been an awful shame if they had only shared those two awkward cheek kisses. The kiss at the end resolved the awkwardness in the elevator, Bob was giving her the proper goodbye she wanted (both times in the elevator she was trying to go for lip)
shareThe kiss at the end resolved the awkwardness in the elevator, [...]
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Completely agree with every word you wrote here.
shareThe kiss was just perfect. To quote LA Story:
A kiss may not be the truth, but it is what we wish were true.
It turns out that much of the entire last scene was ad-libbed, from the kiss, to the moment when Bob whispered in Charlotte's ear. I credit Bill and Scarlett for letting the inertia of the film create a wholly convincing, and deeply satisfying denouement. And I give Sofia a lot of credit for not only seeing just how powerful their spontaneity played out, but for leaving their improvisation in the film. It shows a real lack of ego on her part.
Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions-Dag Hammarskjold
Ah! Thank you. This film has resonance for me - a tone poem of a film.
shareIt's perfect in every way.
share"I have to be leaving but I won't let that come between us, OK?"
That's what Bill Murray actually whispered to Scarlett Johannson at the end if the film. It wasn't in the script. Probably doesn't mean anything but it sounds just right to me.
That wonderful kiss at the end was a logical conclusion of that magical week in Japan between an unfulfilled woman dealing with an immature husband and a world-weary man/star dealing with long-hibernating feelings of romantic fulfillment. I only wish that last whispered message had told Charlotte how to contact Bob once they had both returned to the states if she ever felt the need to renew the magic of their "friendship."
This entire movie was a tribute to the possibilities of deeper relationships between strangers to which we are ALL susceptible.
Whisper: "I imagined the lounge singer was you!" She walks away with a smile on her face after the kiss. Could two ships passing in the night have had a more memorable parting?
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She knows how to contact him.
He's a famous film star and she has Hollywood connections through her husband.
But they both know they'll never renew the magic of their relationship back home, so it's likely she never will.
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good kiss, good timing
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