Right off the bat, I'll admit that I'm probably the wrong guy to be talking 'In the Mood for Love'. The only other Wong Kar-Wai film I've seen is The Chungking Express (which I liked), but beyond that I'm clueless when it comes to Wong's filmography. More importantly, I haven't seen the two films that bookend the apparent trilogy 'In the Mood for Love' belongs to. I'm sure the film is designed to stand on its own but something tells me a pre-existing familiarity with these characters and Wong's themes might have been helpful. In short, I'm coming into this film 12 years late and new to Wong's work, so bear with me. Set in 1962 (in Hong Kong), the film begins as two couples move into the same apartment complex next door to each other on the same day. Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) and Su Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung Man-yuk) are...