A rare good Korean film without violent thrillers and bed-rolling elements

Kimberly 2022-04-20 09:02:53

The story should be borrowed from "The Rest of the Desert Island" in 2000. Interestingly, it seems that the director also expected the audience to have seen "The Rest of the Desert Island", so they made a lot of adaptations.

For example, "The Rest of the Desert Island" is an accidental exile on the island, breaking away from normal social life, while the male protagonist of this film arrived on the island to commit suicide, and ended up floating on the island, unable to return to normal society. It was so miserable that I could not die.

In addition, this island is a small island in the Han River, not an oceanic island in "The Rest of the Desert Island". This setting adds a lot of dark humor to the film, such as the little brother who delivered food on a duck boat, such as the life and death ahead The unbelieving 911 and the police who later tried to pull the hero away. The two points that impressed me most was the part where the protagonist drilled wood to make fire. When I watched it, I couldn't help but look the same. As a result...

and in the big storm, the protagonist held the duck boat tightly. It reminds me of Tom Hanks losing Wilson, and frankly, the handling of this film makes me feel more believable.

This is probably due to Zheng Zaiyong. His natural performance has added a lot of credibility to this absurd story.

I feel like this is a story about "losing" and "surviving".

The film did not explain why Zheng Liyuan stayed at home for three years and did not want to have a little interaction with humans. However, seeing her face, you should be able to guess the story behind it. With the help of the Internet and her parents, she hid in her own imaginary beautiful world, but in the end, she would be ruthlessly exposed.

What almost drove Zheng Zaiyong to death was a huge debt and being abandoned by a woman. Also, he kept scolding himself, an idiot, he couldn't even swim, let alone confidence, humor, perseverance and hope. If a man is involved in this, he can die.

The funny thing is that he had all the confidence, humor, perseverance and hope that he didn't have before, but he had it all on a dilapidated desert island, and this temporary stability was broken by the cruel reality. He asked, is it even possible to do this?


Can not be done. Because reality is such absurd humor, ruthless warmth. It always gives you some and doesn't give some.

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Castaway on the Moon quotes

  • Male Kim: After 7 years of saving up for a house, I finally got my own place.

  • Male Kim: Birds taste better than fish, perhaps evolution is the process to getting tastier.