Fallen Angels

holy i have so many thoughts. the final boss of no plot have no cluewhat i just watched AHAH ok so i walked into this knowing nothing andbased on the first scene i just though it would just be some obsessive sensual love affair between the two partners and then takeshi kaneshiro shows up riding a pig this was a very bipolar film but jesus did i enjoy it like genuinely could not look away ok one the cinematography goes insane what a beautifully shot film, the gritty neon hong kong nightlife and all the up close and personal angles like damn. it was uncomfortable and personal and cramped and busy and i looved it ok bullet point thoughts - kaneshiro and braids girl cracked me up so bad - i think the female partner might b the most gorg girl oat and i really rated the odd shots of her aura farming with her cigarette - i didnt think anyone wouldbe able to match kaneshiros freak as much as braid girl but bro in the final couple scenes when i saw aura farm girl and kaneshiro together i was like OHHHHH this adds up so well and was such a great way to tie the two plots together like yes ofc theyre js two super weird people and thats great and like there reallt is love for everyone man including aura farm girl, blondie, kaneshiro and charlie. and for assassin guy erm well - i guess wong kar wai likes doing this two plot thjing but i feel like it was handled better in chungking express whilst here thefact that they were intertwined kinda annoyed me - this annoyance was relieved somewhat coz of the ending. i think the layout was js very surprising. - the relevance of the plots also comes to question coz like even though i saw assassin guy several times over teh course of thefilm i kidna have little to say about him. i feel like lots of this film was quite romantic actually and like all these weirdos of the night coming together and falling apart whilst he was js kinda emotionally unavailable and then died. he was kinda more of a device now that i think about it, and was almost like this chain holding back characters like blondie and aura farm girl.the part when she was like i wish it would rain forever really hit me like please there is mroe outside of this emotionally unavailable man. i think i kinds need time to reflect on this film and will probably be coming back to this review over the course of the next couple days.  it was visceral, passionate, chaotic, cramped and dreamlike and the movie builds on these feelings over the course of almost two hours, to finally let you breathe on that last shot of the early morning sky, so cathartic. the night really is filled with weird people man.