People who do not love Hollywood crap and still didn't like it
Whenever someone criticizes a very artsy-fartsy film like this one, the first answer they get is "go watch some Hollywood crap".
Well, I do hate silly people who watch this kind of films and then come to the board only to say "booooring" "nothing happened in it", etc.
But still, it is perfectly possible to be somewhere in between those positions.
I do not hate slow movies. I have seen all of Wong Kar Wai's movies and loved them. I have seen Kim Ki-Duk's "Spring, Fall, Winter... and Spring" and loved it.
But Millenium Mambo... To be honest, I did find it very boring. I would be a snub if I pretended otherwise.
I can see that there's some artistic and visual ambition there. And I'm sure that to people who know a lot about camera angles, etc, some of the shots must be of great interest.
But generally, it's just not an enjoyable film to watch. I get it, he wants to show the boring life of boring people. So basically, you know, we can't complain that it's boring, because it's supposed to be boring.
OK but still, it is dreadfully boring to watch, if you see what I mean? ^^
The thing is, if it were really a groundbreaking idea to show the lives of ordinary, unremarable people, then it would be different.
But a great number of artsy movies choose to show us the dull, boring, depressing sides of society and of people's lives. It's almost a cliché.
In Wong Kar Wai's Fallen Angels, for instance, the characters are definitely lost, aimless, lonely, and yet there is something else than this.
This is more realistic, to be sure. But I never thought realism was such an interesting aim... I like to be surprised, to see original ideas, perspectives on life that I never would have thought of... This movie just didn't have that, in my opinion.