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2046 * 3-Iron * 36
Wow. Wowwowwow. I have four words for you all. Go. See. This. Movie.
Cause ... damn. Wong Kar Wai made this film as a sequel of sorts to
In the Mood for Love (actually, it's kind of a trilogy, starting
with Days of Being Wild), though I don't think you'd have to see
that to enjoy this.
2046 definitely wants to be seen on a big screen. It is SO
BEAUTIFUL. Cinematographer Christopher Doyle (In the Mood for
Love andHero) once again joins forces with Director Wong Kar
Wai to make a decadently delicious movie that is a feast for the
eyes! If you're expecting something along the lines of Mood,
you may find yourself disappointed. 2046 is more accessible and
busy than its predecessor, with an inner monologue giving the viewer
insight into the mind of our author and his views upon his life and
the world and women around him. This film is provocative, VERY SEXY,
stylish, intriguing, entertaining, very funny and witty, at times
frustrating (in that way where you want to bonk characters over the head
for doing stupid/mean things kind of way), and I might go so far as to
say innovative. It's a curious andplayful blend of Tony Leung's
character (Oh my god, that man is way too handsome for his own good!),
his interactions with five different women who come into his life, and
the science fiction novel that he is writing, in which these women
reappear to play roles. I cannot say enough good things about this
movie.
The only flaw for me is that it's too long. There's a point in the movie
that literally screams, "THE END!!!" and then much to my bemusement it
just kept on going for another 30 minutes or so. I think it could
easily have been cut, or re-edited to make the film tighter and better
and it wouldn't have lost anything essential in the process.
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Wow. This is one REALLY good and REALLY interesting movie. What is most
remarkable about it is that the two main characters in it don't speak
pretty much at all throughout the whole movie. Only one of them speaks,
right at the end, and the expressiveness of their faces and their bodies
is magical. It's definitely one of those movies that has a very grim
real-world situation which is approached with a strangely surreal,
spiritual, and mythic/magical approach.
A young man lives on his own,
owning nothing more than his motorcycle, and he makes his way through
life breaking into homes and apartments of people who are away. But he
is not a thief. He stays in their homes, but takes nothing save for some
food and in return he does whatever laundry he finds and repairs
anything he finds broken. His life, however, is utterly changed when he
breaks into the home of a wealthy man whose prize bride is hiding
within, her face bruised and beaten. The two of them become inextricably
linked, never speaking a word to each other and yet speaking volumes.
It's beautiful, sad, tragic, frustrating, magical, strange, and
wonderfully spiritual. In a way they are two people who are in the
world, but not of the world, and despite all the obstacles that stand
between them they manage through perseverance and deep conviction to
move forward in their own intangible mysterious world. I highly
recommend this film.
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This is one seriously intense movie. Hard to really describe it without
giving anything away. The basic set up is that there is a group of
armored car robbers who have gotten away with two many heists and killed
too many people. The Chief of Police is retiring and tells the two men
who are best suited for his position that whichever of them cracks the
case and gets the bad guys will get his job. From that point it becomes
of film where honor and ambition come head to head with less than
cheerful results. Let's just say that the film is about how the
authorities and the cops are often just as bad, if not worse, as the
criminals they try to jail.
Daniel Auteil and Gerard Depardieu are both
excellent as the man you respect and care about and the competitor you
just want to beat to a pulp. I was so pissed off during this movie that
I often muttered darkly under my breath, "You BASTARD!" I don't
generally talk during films unless they really get to me, and man did
this get to me. I have a strong sense of justice and when you see it so
flagrantly abused and to such terrible extents, it really makes you want
to just step into the film yourself and start dealing some richly
deserved justice. I enjoyed it all the way through and it certainly had
my attention and interest, though in retrospect I'm not such sure I like
how it all wraps up. Some of it seems a bit abrupt and disjointed. But a
good movie nonetheless.
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