I know how cruel reality is, so I like this dream

Gerald 2022-04-21 09:02:26

This is a movie I've always wanted to see, and Snowpiercer is still fresh in my memory. Tangled for a long time to give full marks. What exactly is a movie rated on? All professional factors aside, I want to score from the first impression of watching the movie. When Yuzi and the little girl hugged for the first time, my heart was so warm; when Yuzi was forced to mate, I was very sad; when the demon doctor took pork specimens, I cried; I was shocked by the hologram of the slaughterhouse; I kept crying when the pigs wailed.

Especially don't want to judge a movie from a professional point of view. Although I admit that the film has logical bugs. Like how did the coins in Miko's piggy bank get her from the mountains to Seoul overnight? That money is not enough... and grandpa's golden pig is so valuable, but he is so poor that he can only drink a small bottle of soju, and he can't afford a TV, so how did he get the expensive golden pig? Falling from such a high cliff, Yuzi was not injured at all? ALF has many ways to save Yuzi, why choose the most dangerous way to let Yuzi enter the tiger's den? ALF said that the black chalk is a "natural enemy". From the information presented in the film, it can be seen that the black chalk is a personal bodyguard or a special forces character, but then he can beat people at will? Where have human rights gone to in America? The big boss Nancy, who has been paving the way for so long, finally released Yuzi just because of a golden pig, forcing a happy ending?

Even so, I really want to see this ending, even though it's so unreal. The villain's fighting power is super weak, and the golden pig makes Nancy, who has been dormant for so long, bow down. But honestly, I love it! If I were a screenwriter, I'd definitely let all the pigs out and have a totally happy ending!

I don't accept Yuzi's IQ theory, and I don't accept that Meizi is saving Yuzi's life-saving grace. Yuzi is a code name, it can be all animals in the world, even plants. I believe in the perceptibility of emotions, I believe in the interconnection of emotions, and I believe in the greatness of emotions. They are just like us, don't think how advanced we are as human beings.

A mountain, a room, grandpa, Meizi, Yuzi, and the new little piggy. This world I know how cruel it is, I know it can eat people, it is bloody. But I have also seen its beauty, pure white and flawless human true feelings. Even if it is just a dream, even if there is still a problem, it has touched me, and I am willing to live in sensibility.

Tamago and Miko hug for the first time

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Okja quotes

  • [first lines]

    Lucy Mirando: [to camera while descending industrial stairway] Oh, thank you! What a terrific crowd! Welcome to my inauguration! I'm Lucy, Lucy Mirando, of the Mirando Corporation. Welcome to my grandfather's old factory. Now, I know, we all know, that Grandpa Mirando was a terrible man.

    [crowd laughs]

    Lucy Mirando: We know of the atrocities he committed in this space. We know these walls are stained with the blood of fine working men. But today, I reclaim this space, to tell you a beautiful story. Now the rotten CEOs are gone. It's Mirando's new era with me, and with new core values, environment, and life. Awesome.

    Employee: You're much more fun than the last chief executive.

    Lucy Mirando: Well, former CEO Nancy is my sister, but, uh... we're very different people. We have very different ways of being. We have very different business ethics. But she's totally ignorant about humanity. She lacks vision beyond her next round of golf.

    [crowd laughs]

    Lucy Mirando: The world's population is at 7 billion. 805 million human beings struggle with hunger every day, including 30 million right here in the United States. The world is running out of food, and we're not talking about it.

    Lucy Mirando: We needed a miracle. And then we got one. Say hello to a super piglet. This beautiful and special little creature was miraculously discovered on one Chilean farm. We brought this precious girl to the Mirando Ranch in Arizona. Our scientists have been raising her with love and care ever since, observing and performing various studies. And we've successfully reproduced 26 miracle piglets by nonforced, natural mating. They are like nothing on Earth!

  • Jay: He still hasn't eaten anything?

    Blond: No, he's, uh... still trying to leave the smallest footprint on the planet that he can.

    Silver: All food production is exploitative.

    Blond: Try this.

    Silver: Mmm-mmm.

    Blond: Come on. It's just a tomato.

    Silver: Ripened in ethylene gas. Transported in trucks.

    Jay: I admire your conviction, Silver, but your pallid complexion concerns me.