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!

[Dr. Whom]

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!

Exactly the opposite. Perhaps also because I find the antics of Takeshi Kaneshiro's character annoying rather than endearing (I have the same problem with manic pixie girls)

[zombie no.one]

ANY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE (1978)

Possibly the first film I remember watching, age about 4.

'Creaky and lacking in effort' would be a kind assessment of this creaky and lacking-in-effort effort.

although it's lighthearted, Clint is just a straight up thug here. almost in the opening scene he wanders into a bar, steals a guy's peanuts, then beats him senseless for objecting. Go Clint!

apparently the phrase "any which way but loose" was uttered in SMOKEY & THE BANDIT prior to this, so no surprise it belongs in that film's oeuvre. good ol boys in shirts driving trucks and stuff

4.5/10

[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!

Exactly the opposite. Perhaps also because I find the antics of Takeshi Kaneshiro's character annoying rather than endearing (I have the same problem with manic pixie girls)

Yes, this math checks out. I love both Kaneshiro and the two MPGs in this film.