cruelty in tenderness

Angelita 2022-03-20 09:01:50

Lee Young-ae is called "Oxygen Beauty" by the media. In the film, she raised her face but still gave people a faint and gentle feeling. Without that iconic "red eyeshadow", I think Lee's characterization would be greatly compromised. The film also constantly mentions "red eye shadow", constantly revealing to the audience Jin Zi's belief that he wants revenge.
I think the most exciting part of the film is the part where the detective who neglected his duty and sent Jin Zi to prison for his dereliction of duty helped Jin find the victim's relatives to sentence and execute the perverted teacher. Originally thought that after Jin Zi pulled him to the abandoned school, he would be brutally executed. Unexpectedly, they found the family members of all the victims, and let them witness the videotape of their children being brutally murdered. Looking at the angry and sad expressions of those people, Jin Zi's face was calm.
Death itself is not scary, what is scary is the process of dying. Gold makes the perverted teacher feel the anger of the crowd, and spreads this fear of "to tear him apart" little by little. Seeing this, I think this is really the cruelest way to torture an enemy.
A group of people sat on the bench in a row like children wearing raincoats. Made me laugh out loud. But I think one of the flaws in the last paragraph is that when everyone was dealing with the corpse, Jin Zi took out his gun and fired two shots like the corpse, which felt superfluous.
The film generally still conforms to the unique texture and delicate picture effect of Korean films.
ps: gold that pistol is very good

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Lady Vengeance quotes

  • Geum-ja Lee: Listen carefully. Everyone make mistakes. But if you committed a sin, you have to make an atonement for that sin. Atonement, do you know what that means? Big Atonement for big sins. Small Atonement for small sins.

  • Mr. Baek: Ma'am, there is no such thing as a "perfect person"...