I guess I have never shared my views about his films ... 
So, here are some quick thoughts ... 

... In general, I think his films are credited mainly for his style, which is rather atypical from a traditional story telling. But is it that "atypical"? or is it merely a borrow from some other artform? ... 

(1) Mysterious Object at Noon 
... arsaib4 noted the storytelling technique as "exquisite corpse". 
... when i first watched the film (becos of all the accolades), i liked the film but i was NOT crazy over it ... why?! in terms of story telling style, i thought it was sth i was very familiar with, except that it was not filmed and screened in cinema. when i was young, we always played this game in class (and even in a competition), we always tried to invent a story with different people connecting it up, with or without the knowledge of what happens prior ... so in a way, although i thought the film was well executed, i was less surprised by the technique than the effort in transforming it into a film ... 

(2) Blissfully Yours 
... I thought the beginning was a bit draggy (i.e., the medical checkup scene) etc, the pace took a while to pick up ... 
... In the theatre that i watched, i recall a number of people walking off half way ... i guess they find it too boring, and not knowing where the film is going ... 
... why do the legs in the stream scene reminds me of Children of Heaven?! 
... i have to admit that by asian standards, the ending was shocking ... 

(3) Tropical Malady 
... Of the four films i listed, i like the SECOND SEGMENT of this film best ... 

... i think i wrote it in the OLD board ... when i first watched the film till the end of the first segment, i was still very puzzled by how it managed to win so much accolades (because the first half can be considered rather weak without the second half) ... but by the end of the second half, i thought the film was deserving ... 

(4) Syndromes and a Century 
Again, another film that impresses with style ... when i watched it, i like the cinematography, i like the well execution ... but i was not totally intrigued by the "novelty" of the story telling ... i had seen a similar act/sketch/play in a HongKong variety show in the 1980s before (that's 20 years ago!). In the stage sketch, they were even better, in my humble opinion ... why?! they used exactly the SAME lines to depict two vastly different MOOD and SCENARIOS ... They acted on a split stage, with the same lines being delivered in separate "screens", NOT one version after the other (like in the film). The contrast was much starker in the stage version! So, in a way, my experience with the earlier act/sketch discounted slightly the number of stars i would award this film ... Still, I think it was a well executed film which deserved to be watched ... 

PS: In sum, I want to say that I do appreciate his works and would recommend people ... but I am not necessarily crazy over them ... becos sad to say, I have come across some earlier works that are of similar style, except NOT in the medium of a film ...