Our BetterMost Community > Chez Tremblay

I am a fan of Ang's movie because...

<< < (2/3) > >>

vkm91941:
I loved  the Ice Storm, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Wedding Banquet and Sense and Sensibility for the some of the same reasons I loved Brokeback Mountain.  Ang Lee is a very focused and subtle director nothing is wasted every breath, every look right down to the petals on the flowers, the clouds in the sky, the rain, wind all have meaning and add a richness to the tapistry of the stories he films  that is  not found in many others.  They draw you in to dwell with his characters to walk in their shoes. live their lives, feel their pain, celebrate their joys. We identify and are transported

ednbarby:
I love The Wedding Banquet, too.  And Sense and Sensibility.  I love how Ang Lee's films are about the unspoken moment, and how they explore the characters' internal lives.  I think most of us here, at least at Chez Tremblay, are introverts.  Remember when we all took the Myers-Briggs at the PT board?  And as such, we all live within our own minds and hearts.  I like how he looks at his characters' minds and hearts and shows us the very essence of their souls.  And he knows that characters' words alone don't adequately convey that, even when they're beautiful heartfelt words like "sometimes I miss you so much, I can hardly stand it" - that wounded eyes and quivering lips and muffled sobs and shuffling feet do that so much more effectively.

vkm91941:
To paraphrase a line from another film...I think we all need a witness to our lives. There's a billion people on the planet... I mean, what does any one life really mean?  But Ang Lee presents everything , even the mundane with care . The good things, the bad things, the terrible things, the commonplace things... all of it, all of the time, every day. He says I see you and you are not ordinary, your are special and unique in all the world.  Your life will not go unnoticed because I will notice it. Your life will not go un-witnessed because I will be your witness.

JennyC:
Viky and Barb,

Very good points!  Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Daniel:
I think one thing that Ang manages to capture in all of his films is the universal elements of humanity. He ponders the deeper meanings of relationship, society, individualism, and questions, "What does it mean to be human?" Granted, on some level all films do this, but for me, his films resonate at such a level that these things are brought to the forefront.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page