Back then (00's) i was a big fan of Kar-Wai Wong. I considered his movies as masterpieces (2046, IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, CHUNGKING EXPRESS, THE HAND segment from EROS). I liked also MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS, it was an inferior movie though. I had not watched other movies of his.
During the first part of DAYS OF BEING WILD, i was thinking that this is a good movie, even though i was not so much impressed. Wong's touch is obvious for anyone who has watched his movies. Same themes, same narrative, not much coherence, a bit dreamy, a bit sad, a bit poetic etc. However, the last 20 minutes half ruined this. The events didn't make much sense. I am not looking for verisimilitude in a KWW movie but still, those minutes seemed rushed to me. Even dumb. And even worse, i didn't care at all about those characters. Supposedly, a big tragedy happened in the ending. But i was not moved at all. A tragedy should be something devastating not boring.
So, i was totally alienated from everything here. That was not the case during the first part. But the second part felt flat. This is not a good KWW movie. Still watchable though, and directing was very good.
During the first part of DAYS OF BEING WILD, i was thinking that this is a good movie, even though i was not so much impressed. Wong's touch is obvious for anyone who has watched his movies. Same themes, same narrative, not much coherence, a bit dreamy, a bit sad, a bit poetic etc. However, the last 20 minutes half ruined this. The events didn't make much sense. I am not looking for verisimilitude in a KWW movie but still, those minutes seemed rushed to me. Even dumb. And even worse, i didn't care at all about those characters. Supposedly, a big tragedy happened in the ending. But i was not moved at all. A tragedy should be something devastating not boring.
So, i was totally alienated from everything here. That was not the case during the first part. But the second part felt flat. This is not a good KWW movie. Still watchable though, and directing was very good.