And yes, I realize I may be the only person on the planet who doesn't.

That actually made it even better.

Loved the film, but picture Dame Judi Dench in the Bill Murray role opposite Zac Efron and you realize the weirdness about the age difference.

Society can just be so sexist.

ddv

Sorry.

Additionally, the age difference was intergral to the unease of the budding relationship (marriage being the other major factor). So, weirdness was inherent, but overlooked by these star-crossed lovers. I don't think it was sexism as the audience was supposed to feel that unease.

Thank you.

None of you get that? That's what life is about. I had that adventure travelling, and it's the best. Too bad for you.

"I have to be leaving, but I won't let that come between us. Ok?" Bill Murray

"出発行かなければならない今、お前けど'ましょう私たちの間にして来ました。大丈夫でしょうか？" Translated into Japanese by Google.

"You must go now, without, but, I do not come between us, the sea urchin it has done. It probably is all right?"
Translated from Japanese by Babelfish

I spent a lot of time hanging out listening to guys sing Floyd tunes in broken English in Asian bars, and I wouldn't consider it wasted. Watching ping pong balls and darts be shot around in Patpong was more interesting, but every night out is fun. Running around the streets of Dublin @ 4am is fun too. The movie apparently isn't understood by people who don't get that energy travelling.

@20: there are reasons for their sulking- he is there on business, making stupid commercials, she is left alone due to her husband's job. You've never been in a foreign country and felt utterly alone due to the language barrier? it's fun to explore but sometimes that feeling doesn't last.

http://imomus.com/lutheranletter.html

Sometimes, that's what travelling is. It's not being yourself and experiencing things you've never experienced before (older man, younger woman, ping pong balls shot out a vagina in Patpong). That's the excitement, and the movie kind of captures people not being themselves and betraying others and the surroundings; instead focusing on exploring each other.

i had a similar experience when i went to live in budapest (that's in hungary, which is in europe) for a year. i met an american man, and i think the circumstances of us being foreigners in a land with a very odd language brought us together (after my fantasy of having an affair with a sexy hungarian man dissipated into reality).

The last part of his line, which is more than audible even without the magic of digital processing, is "...and tell him that you love him, okay?"

Some of get energy from traveling that doesn't consist of spending our evenings getting drunk in bars with a bunch of other tourists.

Let's see, spend the evening at the Patpong Night Market or at a bar on Khoa San road with American/Australian/British backpackers. Some choice.