Dry! I haven’t heard such a powerful soundtrack for a long time since Chaobat. I don’t know if I really like symphony classical music, the dense drum beats that create the atmosphere at the beginning of the film, and some ghost instruments are added little by little (Is it a sand mallet? ? Anyway, it's a very real progression), and the BGM that Wonder Woman appeared in made me really excited. The transitions in the movie were refreshing to me, the cuts were unpleasant but mostly close-up cuts and the soundtrack really made me unforgettable.
Going back to the topic and talking about the plot, I kept thinking about Li Zhengche's inner world while watching it. When he saw the court trial, he tried his best to say the words to clear his responsibilities from the Boxer, and he went from choking to wailing. I thought a lot at that moment...
In the eyes of people other than Kim Yoo Jin in the play, this emotion should be to pretend to be pitiful and sympathetic, to seek honor and betray the country for the sake of immortality, and to deny one's own countrymen. So what is Li Zhengche's contradictory traitor psychology? If Kim Yoo Jin's plan is not explained later without Kim Yoo Jin's influence, what would he do according to Li Zhengche's character?
As the chief of the Japanese police, it is his job to kill the party and protect national security, and the "insurgent" is an evaluation of his compatriots because he is a North Korean. Crying and breaking down is because of bad conscience, and even I can't accept it, thinking that I have betrayed the motherland. Although he survived, he couldn't handle it.
Here I feel the emotion is very real. Some people just don't have so much love. Giving for the country and the collective is contrary to human nature and selfishness. Li Zhengche later helped them as the head of the regiment wished, not because (not all should be not all) he loved the motherland and his conscience found that his consciousness suddenly increased, and Kim Yoo Jin The friendship is deep enough to die. It's just because I can't get through it, it's uncomfortable, it's uncomfortable. Live better than dead people. I think Li Zhengche doesn't mind the evaluation of staying famous for the ages or being a sinner of the state.
When asked at the end what he wanted to say to the head of the regiment, he just said goodbye. I think this is interesting as a historical film. Usually we want the right side to win as the story develops. But in this movie, there is not much so-called good and evil. Politics is very, neutral. What I see more in the movie is the rich portrayal of the characters.
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