I have a love/hate thing with Wong Kar Wai’s films. They all have moments of brilliance, but none that I have seen have completely blown me away. The same can be said for 2046. There were sequences that were just plan amazing and others that were amazingly boring. Like all his films though, it sure did look pretty!

For people who are interested in watching this movie because a lot of the descriptions say it has to do with time travel…This couldn’t be further from the truth! The only thing that has anything to do with the future or sci fi is the main character’s written stories being shown on screen. The characters themselves never travel through time or go to alternate universes. Although, these are the best sequences in the film. I think I may have liked the movie more if I hadn’t read things like “Through time travel and parallel worlds, this lushly photographed romantic drama explores Mo-wan’s relationships with various women, including the one he truly loves, Su Lizhen (Gong Li).” I was let down when neither of those things showed up in the movie.

The cast is great though with Gong Li and Tony Leung putting in particularly nice performances.

Overall, it was okay, but I don’t think I would ever watch it again.