RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie Thread!)

[Dr. Whom]

Fallen Angels (1995)

As a Wong Kar Wai fan, I had my doubts about putting it in this category, but my main criterium for putting in the bad vs good movies is the question: is it worth your time? And I don't think this is.

This is just weird people behaving erratically in nighttime Hong Kong. Of course, you have the various Wong Kar Way tropes, and the whole thing is very well made, but it is almost as if he decided to make a pastiche of his style and turned up all his trademark quirks to eleven. I'd be less harsh on it if it was the only thing Wong Kar Wai had made, but compared to the rest, this is just lazy.

[M.10rda]

I like FALLEN ANGELS more than CHUNGKING EXPRESS and significantly more than IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE or 2048 or HAPPY TOGETHER... which probably just demonstrates my poor taste and judgment. Outstanding performances, though!