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Tian bian yi duo yun (2005)
the work of Director Tsai which I sorta understand more
I saw other 3 films of Ming-liang Tsai for academic reasons (God, in a way that's why I didn't like his movies), This time I encourage myself to watch this film, even his work is not my type, but its promotion campaign in Taiwan is phenomenal, very different form traditional Taiwan"SAD" cinema. I confess, I go to this film for the sexual approach that its campaign emphasized.
However, I found that it is not so uncomfortable to watch this film, OK, the pace is still quite and slow, but it show more understandable creative element for popular audience like me, in the theater, many audience laughed in some points, and the musical design is special (but i don't like these classic Chinese songs, actually, but i like the musical parts, in a way...). I like the interactive process between the Leading Actor and Leading Actress, I found how "LOVE" means for and was interpreted by Tsai in this relationship, the Ending is not as astonishing as I imaged, but it indeed leave a lot for the audience to IMAGE...To sum up, Ming-liang Tsai's film is to read, not watch, therefore we can have our own meaning to his films(but again, must through READING...), this time, this movie is easier for me to read, even it's still not a pop approach after all. I am happy for Ming-liang Tsai this time
A more worth watching Film from Ming-liang Tsai. 7/10
Mou gaan dou II (2003)
powerful, but not that original
This film is a good example for the fact that good and fertile story is the key of film making. "Infernal Affair II" shows how to inherit an original story and expend its scope in a reasonable, even creative way. It is a very good experience watching this film, the actors are good, the directing is skilled and the sequences are intensive, and the climax is stunning, but meanwhile, it always makes you have some ideas connecting to the Godfather series. No matter its epic scale and clues of scenes, you can feel their respect to(or, borrowing from?) the Coppola's legendary film(maybe only the first two...) that's a good try, but not an original one.
a very important work of Hong Kong Cinema in the 90s
Worth watching, especially with the original "Infernal Affairs" 7/10
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
surprisingly disappointed
i had no really high expectation for this finale, but when i went to this movie, its poorness still made me speechless. It's not boring, it's just meaningless, it's just a disappointment for most of us. i think all the last two of the trilogy about is to show how the Wachowski brothers make themselves' statement consistent. Why didn't they combine those two episodes in one? at least it would not make me feel treated. In the end of the finale, i even felt shamed of them! why do they want to create Reloaded and conclude with SUCH a Revolution? Now i see the money, nothing more but anyway, the battle spectacle in Zion is still worth watching, after all, it spends lots of money.
An ending you would wish that they didn't create(5/10)
Road to Perdition (2002)
another good connection between the crime and family value
this is one of the finest movies I've saw these years.
The story is very simple actually, but Mendes tells it in a way very touching. the acting is also great, Hanks is on his level, and Newman is the key actor of this movie(i think), i don't know why the story set the character of Law as a bald-headed weird man, but he does a good job too. As to the artwork part, even it is very different film, but i still enjoy the similarity from Mandes, as in "American beauty": stylish(kind of combination of coldness and emotion), great mise-en-scene and score, even though "Road to Perdition" is more realistic.
I also love one of the themes of this movie: the connection between the crime and family value. Some compare this film with the classic Godfather trilogy, of course, Road to Perdition can not be the better one(at least on the story side), but they have the same spirit and idea: the so-called bad guys, the gangsters, are still human, they love, they hate, but actually, they live more harder then the others. they can do most things they want, but they still can do nothing to the fate. You can realize this subject very well through a good movie this this and the Godfather series. i enjoy this when it comes to the ending.
8/10 one finest work of Mendes