I really enjoyed the parts I watched of the Chungking Express. Although, it was in Chinese, I still managed with the subtitles and was able to understand the Mandarin. I found the language barrier did not phase me in terms of enjoying the movie. I thought it was a nice balance between action, romance, and sometimes even a bit of mystery. Either way, it kept my attention and would have loved to see some more of it.
The aspects of the film which I liked the most would have to be the music, setting and the characters. I must admit I am slightly biased when I talk about liking the music because before watching the film, I was told the director is famous for his choice in music. I particularly liked the way he used it in situations that didn't always seem like that would be the right choice in music. I found it interesting how the music completely changed the mood of the scene despite an opposing dialogue. I also liked how the themes of the movie were local to Hong Kong and therefore partly to me. Living in Hong Kong, it's not often I watch movies filmed here so I really enjoyed looking out for places I recognized or general scenes of Hong Kong. I also liked how he used variation in his cinematography, for example sometimes it would be really sunny, or really dark or sometimes the camera would be in motion and very blurry.
However, I found it really confusing how the plot completely jumped to a new story halfway through the film. Unfortunately, I never managed to finish it so never found out what really happened. I may get a copy of it and finish it in the future, but for now I'm finding it really mysterious and it is edging me to want to finish the movie. So in a sense, the director has made it not only a romantic movie its also a suspenseful, mysterious film, making it all the more interesting.
Regarding the characters, there were some I liked and some I did not. I liked the first male actor in the first story of the film, I preferred his character over the second police man character because he seemed like of a real person people could relate to. The other character seemed quite superficial and boring. Another character I found quite annoying, yet interesting was the girl in the second story of the film. She was quirky, and made you want to find out more about her, but her overall character was slightly rude and strange.
Overall, from what I watched of the Chung King Express, I really enjoyed it and am keen to finish it. It's a well made film that gives insight to its viewers of the real Hong Kong , away from its famous, and very un-Hong Kong districts like Central.
However, I found it really confusing how the plot completely jumped to a new story halfway through the film. Unfortunately, I never managed to finish it so never found out what really happened. I may get a copy of it and finish it in the future, but for now I'm finding it really mysterious and it is edging me to want to finish the movie. So in a sense, the director has made it not only a romantic movie its also a suspenseful, mysterious film, making it all the more interesting.
Regarding the characters, there were some I liked and some I did not. I liked the first male actor in the first story of the film, I preferred his character over the second police man character because he seemed like of a real person people could relate to. The other character seemed quite superficial and boring. Another character I found quite annoying, yet interesting was the girl in the second story of the film. She was quirky, and made you want to find out more about her, but her overall character was slightly rude and strange.
Overall, from what I watched of the Chung King Express, I really enjoyed it and am keen to finish it. It's a well made film that gives insight to its viewers of the real Hong Kong , away from its famous, and very un-Hong Kong districts like Central.
Movie Poster
Here's a trailer of the movie, you can instantly hear the interesting music:
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