Good but not good - "To the End"

Jazmin 2022-04-21 09:03:14

In the past year or two, I have a soft spot for Korean movies. Some topics are too serious and I don't want to mention them, such as "The Defender", and some have become popular, such as "The Strange She". A serious comedy that brings black humor to the fore, we end up laughing in despair and moving on with our lives.
The male protagonist of the movie, Gao Jianzhu, is really an unlucky person. I used to recommend movies to others. I said, if you feel unhappy, just watch this movie, and you will feel much better. There are still such unlucky people in the world. Divorce , the death of his mother, the investigation of taking bribes, the death of a drunk driving car, the last of which turned into a dirty snowball that rolled bigger and bigger. He kept losing control. At this time, I was particularly envious of the career of a screenwriter, watching the little characters in my hands being manipulated by myself, creating tension for the judges, and then subtly resolving them. After watching the movie, my whole body was tense. With the plot of the movie, I was tense for more than an hour, and with the male protagonist being a thief, I felt guilty for more than an hour.
About good people
When setting characters in a movie, there are always pros and cons. Some characters are perfect. Let us yearn so much and become idols in our hearts. This kind of role is also needed, but in "The End", the male The master is a black policeman, taking bribes is a showdown between black and black. There are also many ironies in the film. A group of colleagues are corrupt and bribery. Now——this guy is also a policeman, and all the policemen in the Republic of Korea have this virtue? In the end, such a big thing can be suppressed on the grounds of "not having a good influence on the leadership". This reminds me of the more serious American drama "Game of Thrones". The characters in it are not perfect, but reflect the complexity of human nature. Good, good protagonists die at every turn.
A little bit of warmth left
In the film, the male protagonist's survival depends entirely on his family, his mother and daughter. The most exciting scene in the film is the part in the morgue, where the corpse is placed in the mother's coffin to cover the eyes and ears, and the heavy corpse is pulled in by relying on the daughter's toy. The key to the vault found by the daughter gives the male protagonist infinite possibilities... No spoilers, just hold your breath and watch.
Is there a way at the end?
The end of the movie is very interesting, everything finally subsided, the black eats the black, and the male protagonist got a lot of money. At this time, the movie came to an abrupt end, and the sweet people would think and finally breathe a sigh of relief, I can live happily. Real people think, will the male protagonist go down the old road of the fat man? At the end, there is despair. There is no way. People are desperate when they are alive. There is such a dialogue in "The Killer": "Long Will there be no more pain when I get older?" The
episode "Life will be painful"
has taken many public security courses, talked about police types, and talked about anti-drugs. I told the children about the details of the movie, and said that the black inside How the police sell drugs, dilute the drugs, run down the sewer, and then purify them. Due to the needs of the course, there are also many plots in the movies that are used as teaching cases, such as "Snowpiercer", "Amelie", "Breaking Bad"... Some moments in life are indeed quite desperate.
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A Hard Day quotes

  • Park Chang-min: There are 2 types of humans. One who lowers his tail before the alpha. And the one who tries hard after a beat. Which one are you?

    Go Geon-soo: Are you a cop?

    Park Chang-min: Didn't I give you a jolt? That sinking feeling.

    Go Geon-soo: What do you want?

    Park Chang-min: That was the most important and smart thing you've ever said. What I want? It's simple.