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not super great
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Wong Kar Wai is one of those directors who you can look at a shot from any of his movies and know that he's the creator. He's very specific about camera, lighting, set and costume design, using these elements to wrap his very human dramas in very heightened surroundings. His most common subject is love, particularly love that fails. In a sense, 2046 is his Magnum Opus.
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On a sheer emotional level, this is the Wong Kar-wai film that left the biggest impression on me. The juxtaposition between the science fiction elements and and the continuation of Chow Mo-wan's story gives 2046 a unique quality that sets it apart from the rest of Wong's filmography.
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The much weaker half of the double feature. Sprawling and messy.
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Wong Kar-Wai's beautiful follow-up to the lush, resplendent In The Mood For Love is a little disappointing, but forgivably so as In The Mood is a near impossible film to top and Kar-Wai's choice of changing the theme, setting and style of the film is admirable and ensures this will never be confused with its quieter counterpart.
That said, there was a certain elegance and dreamy romanticism to the former film that is almost completely gone here. Sure, 2046 looks…
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a sequel of sorts to kar-wai's previous effort. it leaves the viewer wanting something different, if not more. a worthwhile trip for someone who loved the first.
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A surreal, dreamlike movie about characters unable to fall in love with people that love them back, unable to love at the right time and place.
Amazing soundtrack and captivating actors. Wong Kar-Wai is definitely a genius. -
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Not the best wongkarwai out there, trying too hard to combine all of his styles and previous plots into one.
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Well darn, evidently if you hit escape in this box, all your wonderful typing goes away poof, never to return. So let's try again.
2046 is Kar-Wai Wong's followup to his film "In the Mood for Love." As with others of his films, this one defies my ability to describe in words why it's so wonderful. While it might be short on plot, it's long on lush images, evocative music, brilliant visual technique, and pointed and obscure observations.
This movie…
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2046 follows Chow from "In The Mood For Love" after his move to Singapore. We see a more substantial period from his life showing us all his lost loves and him during the writing of his own novel. He meets a variety of different women and he learns something from each. None of the relationships end happily out of his undying love for Su, his inability to commit or even a power struggle within the couple. The story is ambiguous,…