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what a nice movie. i love how the relationship is replicated through the years. i like how the movie is not so overt as to thrust the relationship onto you, but only seems to be showing you natural happenings.
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If you look at this movie, make sure you do while you are very awake. It is slow and very boring. There's no storyline, the camera shows no notable movement for long periods of time, it is a movie for critics, not for regular folk. Unless you are a film critic, stay away from this. It is NO MASTERPIECE, forgive my saying it.
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"Three Times" is much more than it appears on first viewing (as I also find to be the case with "Millenium Mambo"). While little appears to transpire on screen in any of the film's three stories, each segment worms its into your subconscious where they do their work over days, even weeks. There is a haunting quality, especially in the performance of Shu Qi, where she alternately enchants and seduces before, in the end, breaking your heart. In this film she is simply enthralling. What a long way she has come since her Category III days in Hong Kong; in "Three Times" she shows herself to be one of Asia's great actresses.
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I expected so much more from this film. We are supposed to see three unrelated love stories from 1911, 1966 and 2005. These stories are not presented in the same order and 1911 is pretention of old, no sound movie, where the music composition is the only way of following the plot. All three plots are incredibly slow and boring. I liked 1911 story pnly for the reason that costumes were great. It has been a while that I felt that movie is a drag. This one definitely falls into that category. I have never been glad that film is over until I saw this one.
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This is a beautiful film to watch despite the emphasis on stark reality. But it's a movie that's only going to interest a small percentage of the moviegoing population.
Even tho conflicts are vital ones like love and death, the stories are barely there. They strive for everyday naturalism -- without any of the dramatic peaks and valleys we've grown accustomed to in fiction. Most viewers will wonder when the story's gonna start.
The first of the three love stories (with same two lead actors in each, the female being the sexy, full-lipped Shu Qi) has VERY sparse dialog. But it's about characters unable to express themselves. The last story has a little more dialog but, like the first, it's all indirect. The drama comes from the behavior of the characters and from the things they don't say aloud. If the viewer is tuned into those sorts of things, considerable tension builds up which carries him along.
The second story is the most talkative -- but it's almost all silent! Title cards are used like in the silent film days. A gutsy trick, but I didn't find it entirely successful. Plus, it's also the most difficult to understand for those unfamiliar with Taiwan's culture or history. However, it's visually stunning since it is set in 1911 in a traditional Chinese home.
Another warning: the chronologies of the first and last episode are confusing at times thanks to the filmmaker's choice to avoid conventional means of identifying flashbacks. It's kinda funny that he chose to clearly label the chronology in the second episode which hardly needed it.
Here's a movie for those people seeking something new. Something daring. Something edging closer to reality. This could be the future of cinema.
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