somewhere

through out the whole movie i just kept waiting for something to happen.  it didnt.  this is the latest from sophia coppala, the director of lost in translation.  the movie follows johnny, played by steven dorff, an up and coming actor who lives at the chatau marmont, a famous hotel/apartment building in hollywood.  dorff hangs out in his apartment, then goes for a drive, then hangs out some more.  then some people show up and there is a party.  then he hangs out again.  at one point his daughter is dropped off by her mom who wants johnny to take her for a while and bring her to a camp in a week.  the mom is leaving town with no word on when she will return.  johnny and his daughter hang out.  they play guitar hero.  they swim.  it may not sound that bad, but here's the thing: there's probably only about 50-60 lines of dialog in the whole movie!  we watch johnny sit on his couch in silence for about three minutes, and this is what the whole movie is like.  i guess the movie is accurate to live, because in life not much happens, but i dont really want to watch a movie like that!  at the end we get some token moment of emotion from the daughter and a slight glimmer of change in johnny, but thats about it.  there is a moment or two that was fun, at one point johnny takes his daughter with him on a press junket in europe and they order one of each dessert from the room service menu.  but really?  thats about a two minute scene.   we spent more time watching dorff sit on the couch and stare at the wall!  i dont know where the movie gets its name because it goes nowhere.