Has anyone watched them? I'm so conflicted...I hated them last month when I first saw a couple, but now they keep coming back to haunt me. I keep getting images of them stuck in my head. Now I think I can appreciate it more. It's one of those movies where you can barely sit through, but if you make the effort, you do grasp something from them.

And god, this guy is depressing. He doesn't even have an interesting script like WKW, and is 10x slower than WKW (yeah I know....)...Yet there's something special about him.

I think he depicts bitter reality very well...esp the mundane parts. If you want a look at how boring and pointless life can be, go for his movies. I know that's not what they are about, but often that's what it boils down to. And in the end, everyone moves on. Non-exciting things happen, a person's pathetic love/life story is told, and then they all eventually do move on. None of them die heroic deaths, get reunited with lovers, live glorious/particularly tragic lives.

And I think that's the most depressing part. That people like us, normal people are living their lives without meaning, they have to face/resolve problems, and eventually move on. Because there really isn't a true resolution for most things. You deal with it in the way that's most appropriate at the moment, and move on. And when you look back, you can't help but gasp at how much time has past. Was it just a dream?


I give props to anyone who actually sits through his movies full on....I think I need to be more mature to do that without wanting to rip my hair out. But some of his scenes I do like.

And now, Millennium Mambo:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ILtQIQzfzDM

P.S. And his movies really give me insight to Taiwanese culture, the non-idol side of it, which I kind of find interesting. I wish more of Taiwanese culture in this light could be popularized rather than the idol hype.