Hahaha，actually，this movie got a high praise in douban which is Chinese movie rating web.

The first one is really good but the others are awful.

Eros is an anthology film that is ostensibly focused on the themes of love and sex. It’s debatable how successful each of the short films was at conveying those themes, or even telling a decent story. In many ways this fell prey to the law of diminishing returns as each moment you watch it got worse and worse. But let me discuss each short film individually because trying to talk about the film as one complete story is impossible. There is no connective tissue between each segment, and they all feel totally different from one another. 1. “The Hand” – This is the only section of this movie that is worth watching. It is slow-paced and methodical, but it tells a compelling story of love and lust. Wong Kar-Wai is able to attain this without being exploitative at all. There is almost no nudity shown and yet it feels raw and real. There is beauty, emotion, and subtlety to this short film. You can feel that this is handled by the same director as In the Mood for Love, because it has a similar feel to it. If you can find this short film isolated from the rest of Eros I would highly recommend it, because The Hand on its own is a superb work of art. It’s too bad it is dragged down by the other components of the movie. 2. “Equilibrium” – Everything seems right for this to be a great chapter in this anthology. I mean it has Steven Soderbergh as writer/director, and it has Robert Downey, Jr. and Alan Arkin starring in it. But there is no story here. It is RDJ rambling about a sexual dream for way too long, and Alan Arkin acting distracted. I think I get the point of the short, because it seems to be focusing on the fact that the things which seem erotic and exciting to one person can be boring to someone listening to them. But that means most of this segment is also boring to those watching it. I was as distracted as Alan Arkin while watching this sequence, and could not care less about how it was resolved. 3. “The Dangerous Thread of Things” – Even if there was some redeeming quality left in Eros after the disaster of the second short, it was stomped out of existence when this one started. Michelangelo Antonioni should be ashamed of what he put into this short film. It is pure exploitation taken to a disgraceful level. This is like sitting through soft-core porn, and I won’t be embarrassed to admit I fast-forwarded through large chunks of it. There was no story, there was no purpose, there was just nudity for the sake of nudity. It’s the kind of thing I would like to unsee if that was possible.

I have no strong feelings either way.

Eros part d'une très bonne idée, un film à sketches par Michelangelo Antonioni, Wong Kar Wai et Steven Soderbergh autour de l'amour et du sexe. Malheureusement, les trois segments sont très inégaux et si ceux de Soderbergh & Wong Kar Wai sont plutôt bons (même s'ils sont très loin de leurs standards, malgré des thèmes récurrents dans leurs oeuvres), celui d'Antonioni est une catastrophe extrêmement gênante. Pire encore, les trois segments ne forment aucune unité et on peine à comprendre ce que le film raconte.

The Hand was perhaps the only thing I liked about this movie, and I respect Wong Kar-wai for that. Equilibrium was okay, and I believe Soderbergh is decent, but I was very disappointed with Michelangelo Antonioni's addition, though I have deep respect for Antonioni as a filmmaker.

An anthology film which explore the themes of love and sex, in three parts, the first directed by Wong Kar-wai (Chungking Express (1994) and 2046 (2004)), Steven Soderbergh and Michelangelo Antonioni. While it's a good idea for a film, and you have 3 arty directors on board, it ends up being a pretentious mess. Slow, confused and not particular erotic when it should be, which a great shame, as it LOOKS good, but that's it. Wong Kar-wai's segment, The Hand, has prostitute Miss Hua (Gong Li) planning to replace her old dressmaker Master Jin (Feng Tien) with a younger man Zhang (Chen Chang). In Soderbergh's Equilibrium, set in the 1950's, it has Nick Penrose (Robert Downey Jr.) relaying a recurring dream he has about an unknown woman (Ele Keats) to psychiatrist Dr. Pearl (Alan Arkin), who seems to take pleasure in flying paper planes out of his office window. In Antonioni's segement, The Dangerous Thread of Things, couple Christopher (Christopher Buchholz) and Cloe (Regina Nemni) have an arguement and briefly separate, and Cloe has a sensual encounter on the beach with Linda (Luisa Ranieri). It's got a very weird tone, and it's Wong Kar-Wai and Soderbergh's segments come out best, while Antonioni's feels like a parody of his own work, considering Pedro Almodóvar was originally slated to do a segment, it makes you wonder what could have been.

If you only watch one of the short films here, do yourself a favor and just watch The Hand. These arbitrary 5 stars are for that one alone.

The Hand & The Equilibrium were good, But I didn't like Antonioni's The Dangerous Thread Of Things

Kar Wai Wong's was the best. Soderbergh's was ok. And the other one,,, don't worth watching.

Wong kar-Wai's piece is the best out of the three in this rather hit and miss collaboration.

Typical uneven anthology film. Loved the first one, was intrigued with the second (Downey Jr and Steven Soderberg, yes!) the last was a bore.

Existem várias frustrações associadas aos filmes pensados como um tríptico: muitos dos capítulos incluídos não ultrapassam a configuração do esboço e, quando conseguem ser mais que isso, à (C) frustrante não terem uma duração maior. "Eros" reúne três mini-filmes sobre o erotismo e a imaginação respectivamente realizados por Wong Kar Wai, Soderbergh e Antonioni. Todos eles nomes imensamente respeitados e com um historial suficiente para deixar a salivar os apreciadores. Na ficha tà (C)cnica, "Eros" promete óptimo cinema, mas o que acontece, na prática, à (C) tudo aquilo que tememos neste tipo de trípticos: aborrecimento atenuado pela curiosidade e semi-embaraços para nomes capazes de muito melhor. "Eros" nem começa mal com "The Hand", uma história de atracção contida e altamente estilizada, um pouco à imagem de "In the Mood for Love", do mesmo Wong Kar Wai, mas perde-se assim que Soderbergh transforma aquilo que devia um filme sà (C)rio sobre erotismo num pequeno sketch humorístico sobre os sonhos e como à (C) inútil solicitar a ajuda de alguà (C)m para interpretá-los. à esse o enredo do apenas simpático "Equilibrium", que vale essencialmente para satisfazer âcompletistasâ? do Soderbergh e para percebermos que Robert Downey Jr. faz muita falta em mais filmes indie e "labours of love" como este. Mas o pior está reservado para o fim: o capítulo filmado por Antonioni não chega a ser nada alà (C)m de umas bonitas sequências coreografadas e a prova de que o realizador sabe escolher tão bem as suas "actrizes" em Itália como Russ Meyer nos Estados Unidos XXXL. "The Dangerous Thread of Things" explora alguns paralelos com o Antonioni clássico e adorado (a perdição de um homem à (C) geralmente uma linda mulher que lhe troca as voltas), embora fique sempre em terreno de saldo muito negativo à custa do seu estilo puramente simbólico (e chato) e de um over-dub posterior dos diálogos que lhe dá um aspecto amador quase constrangedor. Custa a crer que foi filmado pelo mesmo Antonioni que deu ao mundo uma musa tão como Monica Vitti. "The Hand": 2,5/5. "Equiibrium": 2/5. "The Dangerous Thread of Things": 1/5. "Eros": 2/5. (recebe meia-estrelinha a mais por ter bonitos separadores entre os filmes)

Two out of three ain't bad...

2 stars for the first film. With Kar Wai, Gong Li, Chris Doyle it was bound to look good. Fell asleep in the second film.

Eros is made up of three short films related by theme. As far as I'm concerned, only the first, directed by Kar-Wai Wong, is successful, and it is a beautiful piece, at least a 4 star effort, maybe even better than that. If you enjoy Soderbergh's style (I'm not a big fan), the second has an interesting take on the subject and may be worth checking out. After that, you can safely turn the movie off because the Antonioni piece is a complete waste of time.

'the hand' by wong kar wai : 5 out of 5. 'equilibrium' by steven soderbergh : 2.5 out of 5. 'the thread of things' by michelangelo anonioni : 1 out of 5. 'the hand' touched my heart. it is powerfully acted and directed. this is the only precious part of the whole film.

With names like Wong Kar Wai and Antonioni, you would expect something great, but Eros just doesn't work. Wai's story was the best of the three (still pretty weak), and Soderbergh's was the absolute worst. What really made me scratch my head was the title, Eros. In all honesty, I found nothing to be erotic in all three of the short films, instead I saw them as either a sappy melodrama, or as something simply trying too hard to be bold and poetic. Don't let the big names fool you, because you will be wasting two hours for nothing.

Three stories of passion, love and lust that very much vary in quality and atmosphere. Antonioni's episode is a real turn-off.

enjoyed the kww short entitled, 'the hand.' the remainder? huh?