Time to vindicate old movies

Golda 2022-12-03 10:46:43

I saw the monster of the Han River once when I was a child. At that time, I only remembered the disgust of the monster and the bravery of the family. After reading Muyu Shuixin's interpretation, I suddenly realized that there are so many details hidden in it.

South Korea was really poor back then, but a miracle on the Han River made South Korea's economy grow rapidly. Behind this is the sale of sovereignty to the United States. Imagine a monster that can be killed by a barrel of gasoline and a flaming arrow. In the film, the Americans are promoting a "virus" that does not exist and demand the release of extremely harmful "Poison gas", even if the Han River is rescued from an economic crisis - the Han River monster, it will bring endless oppression. God has mercy, but capital does not.

I have seen too many reflections in the film, and even some scenes that are still repeated today. The United States used the same means to bring down Argentina, Japan, Thailand, and the European Union. The next target round To who, I don't need to say.

Muyu said that when the United States was trying to use the same method to repeat the old tricks of another ancient oriental country, there were only two jargons on the barrage. Abandon the illusion and prepare to fight!

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  • Nigel 2022-04-20 08:01:04

    B+ / The metaphorical level of the overall play wants to rely on the memory of murder, but the political and class satire of the helpless and exposed and the excellent depiction of the bottom group portraits comparable to mothers are not as good as Yuzi. Combined with a very stereotypical Korean performance and sensational mode, the first hour or so was a disaster. However, the super five-star control of the third act saved the whole film. The rhythm of several darkest moments and the smooth editing of the camera made me faint... / Second brush: The first time was too metaphorical and straightforward, and all kinds of criticism were trivial ; It's much more interesting to watch Bong Joon-ho manipulate these "straight" tones and make them muddled for the second time. There seems to be the same exploration of language and character state interaction as in Parasite, as well as the leaping assembly of multiple implicit time and space levels (not yet mature). The hesitant arrow on the TV screen finally hit the monster with precision, but who did the Molotov cocktail hit?

  • Carmella 2022-04-20 09:01:43

    A kind of violent aesthetics. The chasing, running and jumping in the previous paragraph is just a licensed Korean movie. The last human-beast war filled with yellow smoke was a fatal move, which hit the national character and national pain. Korean movies have said that people are monsters and the system is a monster for so many years. In "Monster of the Han River", in the face of real monsters, you can see the helplessness under the blood and the fear behind the courage.

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