Perverted humans are also depicted from a perverted perspective

Bartholome 2022-03-21 09:02:07

Perverted human beings still have to be depicted from a perverted perspective. If the depiction is too beautiful, the emotions it will evoke must be limited, and it may only stay on the level of sympathy, rather than arouse our deeper thinking like Snowpiercer.

This is also no way for Feng Junhao. After all, it is difficult to portray the theme of animal protection in a bloody and evil manner. In this movie, Bong Joon Ho still maintains his neutral point of view and does not admit that either party is wrong. But this time, the two sides are not very comprehensive or profound. Doing business is a behavior that humans are accustomed to, and everyone has a love for animals. In this way, not only the director is neutral, but even the characters are neutral, so the movie is not enough. intense.

Maybe Bong Joon-ho just wanted to stop this movie from depicting the love story of a girl and a pig, and that's enough. But it's not intense enough, and it's not good enough.

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Okja quotes

  • K: You're a fucking psychopath.

    Jay: You should be ashamed of yourself.

    Nancy Mirando: Fuck off! We're extremely proud of our achievements. We're very hardworking business-people. We do deals, and these are the deals we do. This is the tenderloin for the sophisticated restaurants. The Mexicans love the feet. I know. Go figure! We all love the face and the anus, as American as apple pie! Hot dogs. It's all edible. All edible, except the squeal.

  • Jay: Translations are sacred.