#211.Chungking Express (Wong Kar-Wai, 1994) -
I was taken aback by the opening sequence. It was blurry, racing, and confusing. Then for the next 30 minutes we are shown two different characters that do meet, though spend limited time together. I say shown because there is not much dialogue, an idea I am not against, but at that point I didn't understand why I cared for these characters. There was some good stuff in this part, but overall I think it disinterested me. Then we are shown two new characters and we follow them for pretty much the remainder of the film. I don't know what happened to the first two people, maybe I missed that, I was starting to nod off a little bit at the end of that segment, so maybe it's not the problem I think it is. Anyway, so these two new characters. One fancies the other and tries to literally change things around in his life while the other one is trying to get over his air hostess ex-girlfriend. This part is all a bit strange to me, the rearranging thing I mean. But then the end springs on you like a brick, in a good way. Loved the ending of the film. In fact, it made rethink my entire thoughts on the film. Until the end I had thought it was kind of average with some good visuals (I really liked the visual style of the film...after the opening sequence anyway), but then after the ending I was able to wrap my thoughts together and realize what it was the film was going for. The end of the day I think I need another viewing to truly settle on a concrete opinion, but first run through I thought it was good, with some great in it.
Rating: 3/4