Mong Kok Story

Garret 2022-10-14 17:29:30

Wong Kar-wai likes his own movies, especially the early "Evil in the East" and "Chongqing Forest".
His work, which has never been seen, is Mongkok Carmen.
I stumbled across it that day, and I was a little surprised at the beginning, because I couldn't predict what kind of situation it would bring.
After watching it, I was quite disappointed.
The only work that personally feels the least like his style.
It was obviously a gangster movie, but it made me see it as a comedy.
Seeing Jacky Cheung playing Wu Fei, his winking expression was quite interesting.
Seeing that he suddenly turned into a fish ball seller from a young gangster, and was mocked by Wan Ziliang for being a fish ball man, he couldn't help laughing.
And Andy Lau's image of the rivers and lakes and the love bridge between him and Maggie Cheung also made me feel dull.
However, in the melody of "TOP GUN" sung by Lin Yilian, I stumbled upon some old-fashioned flavors.
I just spoiled Wong Kar-wai's debut novel. laugh.
However, there is still a small detail that can be seen as a prototype of the future style.
I believe that people who have seen it should have the same plot as I think.
About that hidden glass.
In fact, if the plot of the story was put many years ago, I would still be addicted to it.
At least the gangster films in the 1990s and the mournful love of Jianghu characters are quite moving.
And that was, after all, a period of film years that grew up with me.
There are a lot of comments about this movie on the Internet, because it is a Wong Kar Wai movie, like a sign.
Everyone likes it.
Claims such as master style still abound.
But I really don't like it.
Maybe it's not that it's bad. It's just that my fascination with him still stays on Peach Blossom Island and Chungking Mansions.

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  • Wah: People like us don't have tomorrows

  • Wah: I did a lot of things for our godfather too. By the age of 14, I was already getting paid to kill. I've got more guts than most guys, right? But look at me now. I'm just an ordinary guy!

    Fly: At least you were a hotshot for a while! But what about me? What about me? Everyone looks down on me. Does that make you happy? People think I'm nothing, like some stray dog just following you around! Did you know that? I'd rather be a hero for one day than go on being a fly all my life!