Please don't spend money on this.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

"In the Mood for Love" showcased a hopeless love story, that which is lost even before its inception. "2046" portrays the hopeless attempts to overcome the repression of emotions by the repression of identity. Chow's idealized love for Su, which he lost, lead him into a state in which he can't stay true to his emotions. So he moves on without looking back only to look back at those who reminds him of his lost love, which ultimately leads to the realization that he needs to let go of the past. Chow's thoughts are further explored in the sci-fi world of his novel "2046". As each of the characters in his life is portrayed as a character in the novel, his real emotions towards them are exposed, as the writing progresses, even to him.Yearning for love is a basic human emotion that has always been a consistent theme in Wong films. Even when doing action/biography films like "The Grandmaster", the film ends up more or less about love. "2046" portrays the chaos of lost souls who are looking for love from all the wrong places and their suffering when they can't let go of the love they found or get hold of. Like every Wong film, "2046" is also at its best when the visual and musical motifs lead the viewers to feel what the characters are going through.Read full review at www.asianfilmvault.com/2017/07/2046-2004-by- wong-kar-wai.html

I wish I was a good salesman but I am not and thus selling this great movie is going to be a struggle but I re-watched In the mood for love and this recently and I will give it a shot. 2046's flaws are evident early on, its bulky and a bit too complicated for its own good, it feels like a hot mess mainly set in 60's in Hong Kong, partly set in futuristic 2046, movie isn't linear jumps back and forth between the two timelines, there is some Singapore and Cambodia as well. This is not helped by the fact that the this maybe the least welcoming film of Wong Kar Wai, it expects the most out its viewer than any other WKW film if I do say so myself. 2046 follows Days of being wild and In the mood for love and is the final film in the series (at least currently). It's extremely crucial to have thoroughly watched In the mood for love before approaching this film, also though not critical it's still advisable to watch Days of being wild as the ties between this and 2046 run deep (even some music pieces from DOBW find their way in 2046), its interesting however that DOBW and ITMFL have little in common though.ITMFL is a pretty sad film as it deals with betrayal, being hurt by someone you love and falling in love again but eventually not having it at the end. Well 2046 raises the bar a lot higher it's a downhill journey from the first shot, Chow who had his heart broken and was almost devastated in ITMFL is trying to pick up the pieces but he falls over and over again all through the film. It felt profoundly sad, so much so that it may have left ITMFL a bit behind when it comes heavy emotions. Chow is now a shell of a man he used to be, and is still very much in love with Su Li Zhen from ITMFL he is looking for distractions to take his mind of her but Chow often ends up hurting a lot of women (very similar to York from DOBW). However unlike York who was shown as being young, charismatic and even ruthless, Chow is a smooth operator and is good with words and whenever he behaves what can easily be classified as 'douchy' the movie instantly jumps to his defense showing he is damaged goods and Su Li Zhen really did a number on him. Yuddy/York from DOBW was a very complicated protagonist wherein his motives and behavior was questionable, 2046 again pushes the limits here it's an extremely detailed character study about Chow who unlike York is also shown to be kind and selfless at times. Like I said it's an extremely complicated movie with a lot of layers.The actors are terrific in this film, Tony Leung has become my premiere actor to watch from Hong Kong and my respect for his abilities has only gone up after seeing his performance in this film. The supporting actors are great as well and help in immersion, but Zhang Ziyi deserves a special mention she is a complete powerhouse in the film, was very impressed by her and she even stole the spotlight from Leung in a couple of scenes. Just like other WKW films, 2046 is theme driven. ITMFL was forbidden romance and 2046 is recovery/coming back to life from the brink of destruction, this theme is supplemented by beautiful music and images (WKW's last film with long time cinematographer collaborator Christopher Doyle). If you ever had even one serious failed relationship in your life 2046 will touch you in ways few films on the same subject matter ever would.That being said, I will request you guys to sit through the film it can frustrate a lot of people to not give it a fair chance.

The film "2064" starts with a science fiction premise, but after a few minutes leaps into a 1960s drama about love. That threw me for a loop and by the end of the film I was praying for it to end. In this way it was similar (but worse than) A Beautiful Mind, which starts as a thriller and becomes a drama in a "ha ha fooled you" move mid-way through.Without giving away anything important, I feel I can say that the protagonist falls in love with a number of women, mistreats them, with predictable results, all while pining about how lonely he is. I lost count of how many times characters cried in the film after 20.I suppose 2064 could be a character study of an anti-hero who's stuck in a rut. But for me, I like to identify with the protagonist and ideally, want him or her to do something, have a change. Perhaps if the film had stayed focused on one love interest, it might have made some sense. The idea of fiction is to wrap up real life, which is messy, into a neat package that can be comprehended and serves some emotional purpose, even if it's tragedy.I didn't get even that sense from 2064. The film meandered. At one point the protagonist, a Chinese man, transforms into a Japanese man, played by a different actor, and dates a robot. Actually, more than one robot. All of them cry.I suppose 2064 is either an "art" film, which can be loved for its cinematography and score, despite its failings in entertainment, or it's just no good from start to finish. I can't tell, because I wasn't a film major in college. In fact, most people aren't film majors in college.I do enjoy intelligent dramas, such as Atonement, for example, but I was both confused and bored to pieces by this film. I'm forced to give "2064" a 4 out of 10, the lowest rating I'll give a film that is professionally made (not an amateur production or a surrealist nightmare). Avoid this film if you're not an art film buff, and maybe even if you are.

When I saw this movie some years ago, I was thinking during the film that it was the story of my life at the time. Not of my entire life but my love life only. Such as Chow Mo-wan, several women were filling my love life in those days: a woman that was my lost love, a beautiful girl with who I was spending some good time and that was just a toy for me (and she wanted something more serious with me) and a another woman that I liked but that was not interested in me.This movie is superb, the soundtrack is addicting. One of the best films ever made.