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Bungion Boy And BoboVision Review Wong Kar Wai’s MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS!

Jude Law by FILMFUNK	Jun 20th, 2007 05:58:06 AM
Lude Jaw
so you're gay? by FILMFUNK	Jun 20th, 2007 06:01:02 AM
Sounds really rather crap!
bored. . . by FILMFUNK	Jun 20th, 2007 06:01:34 AM
Where be more batman photos?
This sounds a bit poor by Quintus_Arrius	Jun 20th, 2007 06:34:39 AM

I'd do Jones though.... by Quintus_Arrius	Jun 20th, 2007 06:45:31 AM
and Portman... and Weisz...
That's dissapointing to hear, but I'll still give it my by kikuchiyoboy	Jun 20th, 2007 07:20:06 AM
cash. I'd rather throw down for a bad Wong Kar Wai film than a the usual shitty big blockbuster film. I'd rather keep these kind of directors working rather than say... Paul WS Anderson.
JUDE LAW IS A FUCKING CGI... by Greigy Just Wanted To Say	Jun 20th, 2007 08:00:57 AM
Flat, souless and killing cinema.
Lady From Shaghai not a remake and stars Nicole Kidman. by Lutz	Jun 20th, 2007 08:25:19 AM
WKW says that if Nicole Kidman is not in the movie it will not get made. Weisz is in the movie but is not the lead. Also contrary to belief it is not a remake of the Welles movie or an adaptation from the original book but an original movie. Probably about a lady from Shanghai (so shoot him he is Asian).
plants.... by brassai2003	Jun 20th, 2007 08:49:17 AM
the lot of 'em. Hung Kung Fooey should direct the next DH.
Aww Too Bad Krystle. by talkbackgeek	Jun 20th, 2007 09:05:44 AM
This movie will suck cos theres no hot asian women.
english by mr. brownstone	Jun 20th, 2007 09:17:05 AM
"might have loved this film if it had all been shot in Hong Kong and had English subtitles"... funny that's what went through my mind when watching the trailer (which is on youtube)... perhaps that cultural divide gives his films that extra magic they need to work.... i was getting a bit of a John Woo in america vive from this.
but... by mr. brownstone	Jun 20th, 2007 09:17:51 AM
it sure did look pretty.
Lost in translations.... by blindambition238	Jun 20th, 2007 11:47:29 AM
Its funny how much better foreign language films seem by virtue of subtitles. I mean for one thing we miss out entirely on line delivery, so if its stilted we'll never be able to tell. Not to mention if a line does read badly, it is usually chalked up to poor translation, which is one thing that happened a lot when I watched Wai's other films. Unfortunatly it seems like this movie might reveal some chinks in his armor now.
hmm... by blindambition238	Jun 20th, 2007 11:50:10 AM
that was some poor choice of words in that last sentences. Whoops.
Damn... by darshn22	Jun 20th, 2007 12:31:22 PM
I hate that reviews are so mediocre on this one. I've been looking forward to it for such a long time.
Blueberry.... oh wrong film by Kizeesh	Jun 20th, 2007 12:57:23 PM
Damn I thought this was about the Vincent Cassel movie... Now there's a fucking movie.
MY Blueberry Nights... by MetaFreePhorAll	Jun 20th, 2007 12:59:30 PM
Wow, that sounds really crap. I'm upset - I was really hoping this would be something special. If I get a chance, I'm still seeing it - with lowered expectations, though.
WKW in English = Michael Bay without explosions by polyh3dron	Jun 20th, 2007 01:38:06 PM
haha
Waste of a great cast? by I Hope You Die	Jun 20th, 2007 06:15:52 PM
That's not a great cast. I've been worried about this film because it has a truly terrible cast. Norah Jones: a musician in her first acting role. Jude Law: an absolutely horrendous actor. Natalie Portman: an actress capable of some really awful and stilted acting. Rachel Weisz: an actress who seems to be happy phoning it in 90% of the time. None of these people can carry a film. Hopefully Wong Kar-wai will go back to Hong Kong.
hey Bobo_Vision, FUCK YOU by Strabo	Jun 20th, 2007 07:25:54 PM
Wong Kar Wai does not make "chick flicks". Eat shit and die, cuntface. Now that that's out of the way...W.K.W. is famous for directing his films without a script. He figures out the story in his head, communicates his ideas to the cast, and then they basically invent the dialogue on the spot just before filming. Usually he's working with a cast the caliber of Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung, Li Gong, and Ziyi Zhang. Perhaps the problem with the script/dialogue in this film is a combination of two factors: perhaps the producers forced him to work with a real script with no room for his usual improvisation, and a possible language barrier due to working in English. Of course, the real problem may be these reviews and the people who wrote them. I mean, really, is Wong Kar Wait even capable of making a bad film?
WTH? by Strabo	Jun 20th, 2007 07:26:46 PM
Where did that "T" come from?
Strabo, congratulations... by Bobo_Vision	Jun 20th, 2007 08:44:49 PM
...you win the dumbest talkbacker award. There's always at least one. Are you WKW's son or gay lover or something? How do people defend movies they haven't seen? You can look forward to spending many lonely nights writing angry letter campaigns to all the future reviewers of this movie calling them names and throwing hissy fits...honestly I think you're just pissed at my insinuation that guys will need a girlfriend to go see this movie which means you're plum out of luck.
It happens to every director eventually. by Harry Weinstein	Jun 20th, 2007 09:18:22 PM
To quote MC Paul Barman, paraphrasing Michael Stipe, "Everybody sucks... sometimes." Wong's been smacking 'em out of the park pretty consistently since the late eighties/early nineties. Especially considering his unorthodox methods, I'm surprised it's taken him this long to, it seems, completely fuck one up. It could also be the English - I've seen language issues trip up the best of directors, American and otherwise. You can understand a language, while not really UNDERSTANDING a language. Bring on ASHES OF TIME REDUX.
Bobo_Vision by Strabo	Jun 20th, 2007 09:42:39 PM
Apparently your reading comprehension is as bad as your film comprehension. I think it's pretty blatantly obvious that I have issues with your description of W.K.W.'s films as being "chick flicks." In fact, I think the sentence "Wong Kar Wai does not make 'chick flicks'" probably illustrates that point pretty succinctly. The rather pathetic nature of the rest of your retort further confirms my assumption that you are, in fact, a moron.
In defense of Bobo_Vision by Bungion Boy	Jun 21st, 2007 12:08:04 AM
I considered mentioning in my review that I might have been too hard on the film because after all I wasn't the key demographic. But then I realized that though I was seeing a romance starring Norah Jones, that this wasn't neccesarily going to be a shmaltzy chick flick. There have been so called "chick flicks" that I love. So long as they're good, I don't care. Wong Kar Wai's films are often about love, but I wouldn't call them chick flicks. They're lush, beautiful love stories. However, "My Blueberry Nights" didn't feel the same as films like "In the Mood For Love" or "2046." There seemed to be very little in it geared for men to relate to. When Jude Law kisses Norah Jones, it doesn't really play like a romantic development in the story, but more like something that women in the audience are supposed to get excited about because the girl is landing a wonderful man like Jude Law. The end of this movie seemed too much like the arty equivalent to a man running to the airport to catch a woman right before she leaves the country. I also don't know how much Wong is to blame for this. I cite that he co-wrote and did direct and produce, but people have responded that he doesn't go in with a script and such. It might be more Jones' fault, or the studio might be cutting this thing down to a sellable romance. It did feel heavily edited from something larger. All I know is that there are things in this film that really don't work. Maybe Wong didn't go in with a script from the start, but eventually someone wrote the awful narration and dialogue. I don't mind a good chick flick, and chick flick is still too strong a word for this film, but it still just didn't work, and as a WKW fan, that upsets me greatly.
Chick flicks by Bobo_Vision	Jun 21st, 2007 01:41:43 AM
I never mentioned any of WKW's other films nor did I describe his films (in plural) as chick flicks as you are accusing me of doing so, Strabo. I only discussed the film I watched, and as far as I'm concerned, its a chick flick. If this upsets you and makes you feel effeminate for being such an admirer of his films, thats your problem, not mine. It seems to have touched a nerve since its causing so much anger and resentment within you. Perhaps some therapy would help. When Natalie Portman and Norah Jones go on the road in Nevada, its like Thelma and Louise lite. Its gay. As Norah Jones spends the entire movie struggling to feel self worth because she got out of a bad relationship, its like a dramatization of an Oprah Winfrey show episode. Thats my take on it, and if you don't like it, go fuck yourself. Haha, hey man, I'm used to talkbackers talking shit for no reason, so I don't give a fuck either way. Peace. Thanks for the back-up, Bungionboy. By the way, I agree about the lame narration. Like when she goes on the road with Portman, she says something like, "..we were gone longer than I expected, minutes turned into hours, and hours turned into days..." A lot of the dialogue was pretty bad. And yeah, those bizarre inserts of ice cream melting into blueberry pie; creepy and weird.

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