I don't know history, so I don't know about Yi Sun-shin, but I only talk about the image that the movie has portrayed him. I feel that the creator's creation and Choi Min-sik's interpretation give this character too much personal charm. His perseverance, his tenacity, undaunted and decisive, deeply convinced me. The character's personal excellence is more appealing than nationalism. Perhaps this is the ingenious part of the movie. It does not deliberately promote nationalism. By focusing on depicting the image of heroic characters, it can naturally arouse people's national consciousness. Indeed, when I watched the naval battle with the Japanese in the back, I really felt the excitement.
Another reason I like Korean movies is their soundtracks. Watching every movie, their soundtracks are impressive. From the soundtrack in "New World" to the soundtrack of "Ming Liang". The majestic symphony accompanying the movie really adds a lot of color to the movie, it renders the atmosphere very well, and it easily brings the audience into that kind of situation, making you resonate, be infected, and be attracted. From another angle, the soundtrack is also another interpretation of the film, another way of expressing the film.
Korean movies have gotten better and better in recent years. In the past, I just thought they had a good grasp of small scenes. Today, when I watch "Ming Liang", I find that they are becoming more and more mature in handling big scenes. The film is really very atmospheric, whether it is a war scene or a description of the armies of both sides. And, of course, the theme of the movie. I have watched a lot of ancient costume films and TV dramas from the perspective of power and conspiracy. Occasionally watching such a large-scale and intuitive war-based movie is really shocking and shocking. From a viewing point of view, it's pretty cool. It seems that through the process of watching a movie, the emotions that have nowhere to be vented in the body are also vented out.
My two favorite lines from the movie. One sentence is that the war was over, and the Korean soldiers were in the cabin. One of the soldiers said, "I don't know if the future generations will know what I'm suffering now. The other sentence is what Yi Sun-sin said at the end, this deep hatred, I don't know when it will end. As an artist, a film director and screenwriter, I think, rather than being a propagandist for the government, what I want to express as an artist is what I want to say and what I want to convey to people. That is not some kind of politics, but the wish of a simple world of great harmony.
To die and then to live.
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