MissMonika wrote:

Quote: Although they're pretty similar, 2046 and In The Mood For Love aren't related. Tony Leung, however, is like the same character in two different movies, so I guess you could say that 2046 is the sequel in spirit. I don't think you'll find out more of the story by watching In The Mood For Love, though. oh, ok. i see. oh well.

Check it out anyway though, Wong Kar Wai films are great! Speaking of which, I need to watch 2046 again. I wasn't aware that Kimura Takuya was in the movie.

not sure if will get around to watch Underworld in the movie theatres this time around....

i might just have to get it on dvd, since i got the first and Kate is so damn hot....

DougFunnieee wrote:

Although they're pretty similar, 2046 and In The Mood For Love aren't related. Tony Leung, however, is like the same character in two different movies, so I guess you could say that 2046 is the sequel in spirit. I don't think you'll find out more of the story by watching In The Mood For Love, though.

Actually it's impossible to understand 2046 if you haven't seen In the Mood for Love first. Everything that happens in 2046 is based or referring to things that happened in ITMFL.

Shurayuki-hime wrote:

Actually it's impossible to understand 2046 if you haven't seen In the Mood for Love first. Everything that happens in 2046 is based or referring to things that happened in ITMFL.

I don't think it's totally impossible. I see 2046 as the sequel to an alternate universe of ITMFL, as it can probably stand alone. While some of the characters seem to return, I personally don't think it's the continuation of the same story.

Anyway I read this: http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/2046.htm

What's the buzz on Firewall with Harrison Ford? Good? Bad? Awful?

In my opinion the whole idea of 2046 is to show how the events of ITMFL changed Chow's (Tony Leung's character) personality. The whole film is about how Chow is trying to get over the "romance" he had with Su Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung's character) in ITMFL. That's the film's plot in my opinion. So, if you haven't seen ITMFL, you don't know what the plot is. All you see is random events (scenes) without a meaning. That's why I said it's impossible to understand 2046 if you haven't seen ITMFL.

bmwracer wrote:

What's the buzz on Firewall with Harrison Ford? Good? Bad? Awful?

that new one...when did that one come out?

qilver wrote:

that new one...when did that one come out?

This Friday, Feb. 10.

bmwracer wrote:

What's the buzz on Firewall with Harrison Ford? Good? Bad? Awful?

Hmm, naming a movie after a computer terminology....

dochira wrote:

Hmm, naming a movie after a computer terminology....

It is a computer-related movie.

bmwracer wrote:

It is a computer-related movie.

I read the synopsis. Sounds interesting, at least to me. I suspect good ol' nmap will make an appearance.

dochira wrote:

I read the synopsis. Sounds interesting, at least to me. I suspect good ol' nmap will make an appearance.

nmap??

bmwracer wrote:

nmap??

It's a network security program. It's a port scanner.

dochira wrote:

It's a network security program. It's a port scanner.

So desu.

Good to know.

bmwracer wrote:

So desu. Good to know.

I'm almost certain that Harrison Ford will use it in the first 5-10 minutes of the film.

Shurayuki-hime wrote:

In my opinion the whole idea of 2046 is to show how the events of ITMFL changed Chow's (Tony Leung's character) personality. The whole film is about how Chow is trying to get over the "romance" he had with Su Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung's character) in ITMFL. That's the film's plot in my opinion. So, if you haven't seen ITMFL, you don't know what the plot is. All you see is random events (scenes) without a meaning. That's why I said it's impossible to understand 2046 if you haven't seen ITMFL.

Isn't this explained in 2046 though? I haven't seen the movie in kind of a long time, but I remember scenes of Chow reminiscing about his lost first love. I have to watch the movie again.

did anybody saw The Grudge its scary but opinions Im going to watch it on Saturday sooo opinions

hi...hi....newbie in this thread
watched the sassy girl too....the very very funny movie but also sad in the middle but with the happy ending (the story just complete with lough, cry and love)

jtrader wrote:

Did you watch the bonus dvd with the interviews and extras? Pretty interesting.

I also watch that....makes me

midori-chan wrote:

did anybody saw The Grudge its scary but opinions Im going to watch it on Saturday sooo opinions

It's alright. I didn't really like Ju-on or The Grudge, but I thought The Grudge was better. Speaking of which, I still need to watch the second one. It's just sitting in one of my drawers itching to be watched... I hear it's better than the first one.

FYI: There's a thread to discuss Japanese movies here: http://www.jdorama.com/viewtopic.1753.htm