Movies worth remembering

Augustine 2022-04-20 08:01:04

I watched this movie yesterday, and what impressed me was not the horror of the monsters in it, but the darkness of a certain side of society and the helplessness and struggle of ordinary little people. The words of the strong fight were completely ignored, and he had only himself and his family to save his daughter who was kidnapped by the monster.
The whole movie should have a tragic tone, but there is no lack of Korean unique sense of humor. In front of Xuan Rui's vision, the originally very sad crying scene became humorous because their family exaggeratedly screamed and rolled on the spot to express their sorrow. Makes me feel that Koreans seem to have an optimistic temperament. Later, when the family went to rescue Xuan Rui, there was a scene where the family hid in a hut for the night. The grandfather watched the sleeping son Qiangdou and spoke earnestly to the other two children about the unfortunate childhood of Qiangdou. , and the reason why he's stupid now is that he didn't get enough protein as a kid. Persuade them to stop laughing at Qiangdou as before. This was supposed to be a very emotional clip, but the director arranged for the two people who listened to doze off while listening, and they both fell asleep at the end, and only the old man was there talking to himself. This arrangement really makes people do not know whether to cry or laugh. This may be the reason why the film feels so real. After all, these people are just small people in society. They certainly do not have the characteristics of lonely heroes, they are just ordinary people. Maybe the director just wants us to feel that all this is actually real, something that could happen to any of us. In the end, Qiangdou adopted the little boy who was rescued from the monster's mouth. He still lived a small life in an orderly manner, but he had no sense of security in his heart. He lost his daughter, so he had to protect this adopted son even more.
Qiangdou is the most heartfelt person in the film. He is very ordinary. Even his father thinks that his brain lacks protein and is stupid! But he is the most persistent, tenacious, and most resistant person in the film. Be respectful.
The monster in the film, I don't know why I think it is also a victim, it is a victim of human persecution of the water environment and blindly dumping waste gas chemicals, it may be one of the variants of fish. It has a terrifying appearance, but it may only go ashore and eat people when it is extremely hungry. I think the foreign experts in the film represent even more terrifying people. They know that the so-called virus does not exist at all, but due to political interests, they need to hide their eyes and ears. , forced to perform surgery on Qiangdou. Humans tend to be scarier than monsters. In fact, monsters are always weak in front of humans.

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  • [Nam-il has been watching Gang-du jogging in the disinfectant truck's fumes behind them as they steadily drive along]

    Park Nam-il: [to Hie-bong] Why does he have to do that? He's not a little kid.

    Park Hie-bong: Let him be. He wants to disinfect himself. He's worried he'll pass the virus onto Hyun-seo.

  • [the Park siblings are watching a report about them on a TV. One nurse being interviewed has had her voice sped up and her face concealed to protect her identity]

    Korean nurse on TV: The blond one, who made direct contact with it. He's the stupidest of all.

    Park Nam-il: That bitch. Listen to the mouth on her.

    Korean nurse on TV: He pounced on me and slammed me to the floor. I think he gave me arthritis. That's what he's like.

    Park Nam-il: I know who she is. Like we can't recognize her through that voice-disguiser?