Some agree with me that "Amelie is" a chick flick. It's beautiful, but too cute for me, and I didn't get it. My girlfriend had to explain to me what was going on. "Couching Tiger" is a chick flick too in another way, and people liked it much more if they hadn't seen many martial arts movies before--there's lots more just as good but more macho ones. "Ice Storm" is great, but maybe Ang Lee is too Merchant/Ivory for me. Wong Kar-Wai is my favorite new director and I love all his movies, including "Ashes of Time." Wong has incredible style but every movie he makes is a new beginning.