2017 film review first bullet #spy#

Kay 2022-04-20 09:02:31

(Warning: There are spoilers in the movie review ahead)

At 12:35 in the morning, the camera pulled to the sentence of his grandmother engraved on the wall that there was no translation, and the whole play ended.

Overall, it's still surprisingly good-looking. The plot progresses step by step, with twists and turns, and even four twists and turns. The golden combination of Gong Yoo and Song Kanghao really gilded the film. But the little people are no less inferior, and they lively deduce the life of all beings who choose between their own interests and national interests during the war.

In two and a half hours, I touched my phone three times. (Really small)

Comment on all aspects in detail.

In terms of plot: The first half of the plot is relatively gentle, but it is also in line with the routine. After all, according to the development rules of the novels I learned in school, the time to enter the climax must be sufficient and always longer than the time from the climax to the end. During this period of time, the characters were not fishing, and there were foreshadowings everywhere, and they were buried very delicately. Including Mr. Jin (forgive me that I can't remember the character's name after watching the movie) took a photo of Ji Yanshun, which indirectly killed Yanshun in the end. Then there is the transaction scene at the end, which echoes the beginning. It is another person who betrays his compatriots for the sake of profit. It is also a discount, and the one who betrays is actually Jin Changyu. Thinking of Huiling, who was found to have betrayed the organization, when he was executed, he said that he regarded the people in the organization as his relatives. It was ridiculous at the time, but now it seems to have no deep meaning. Everyone has reservations in the unease of war, everyone struggles between good and evil.

Character characterization: As I said at the beginning, the cast team is a golden lineup, and the partners have a tacit understanding (the front row confesses to Uncle Kong). Song Kanghao's portrayal of the character's transformation of human nature is extremely exquisite, Gong Yoo's performance of Yanshun's silent love I couldn't see it to the end (as stupid as me), Han Jimin showed the pain of torture and the psychological state when he was almost discovered It is also incisively and vividly. A good actor can convey emotion without words. Just like the works of famous writers such as Ba Jin and Lu Yao, the focus is on demeanor, details, and environment.

Technical aspects: As a female JK who has a dream of becoming a filmmaker but has no qualifications at all, with admiration, from a technical point of view, this year's film for Han's Olympic bid is a brand new experience. The switching and angle of the lens, the diagonal composition, the rule of third composition, the lighting and shading... Every frame echoes the plot, with sufficient reasons, without losing the beauty.

The only downside, in my opinion, is the soundtrack. Although the soundtrack is very in line with the atmosphere of the times, I always feel that occasionally it will not match the atmosphere, and once or twice I listen to the soundtrack and play. Recently, I watched the ghosts and was surprised by the explosion effect of the soundtrack.

As an Olympic bid film, the finishing touch is also a must. Share what the head of the organization said in the movie:

"Even if we fail, we must move forward, and we must step on the failure to move forward, and finally fight at the highest point."

Not only the people in the organization, but in all war history , Those who do what they think are right with seemingly ignorant persistence and belief are heroes. People without faith are like living. But in the era of self-protection, they could live for a while, but they were unwilling to live. "Finally standing at the top" may not be the pinnacle of revolutionary victory, but it must be the pinnacle of life value. Gong Yoo finally collapsed in a thin ray of sunshine and died smiling, which is the pinnacle of his life value.

At least I lived.

(Which great god can translate this Korean sentence on the wall, I am very grateful. It feels like it will be the last fold of the movie. The translation of Korean friends means "members, we have been here" and so on.)

Confess Uncle Kong

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Extended Reading

The Age of Shadows quotes

  • Jung Chae-San: The early bird catches the worm.

    Lee Jung-Chool: The early bird gets caught.

  • Lee Jung-Chool: [testifying before the judge] I always adhere to the work of the police.

    [He sighs, and continues hoarsely]

    Lee Jung-Chool: If the mission is successful, I will be promoted to Superintendent. I always give my utmost in police operations. I...

    [He pauses, and sighs again, but this time his sigh trembles slightly]

    Lee Jung-Chool: I have only to fulfil my duty as a Japanese police officer.

    [He finds himself close to tears]

    Lee Jung-Chool: I'm not a member of the Heroic Corps. I just wanted to manipulate Kim Woo-jin.

    [He heaves more shuddering sighs and starts to sniffle]

    Lee Jung-Chool: We are neither comrades, nor friends.

    [He bursts into tears]

    Lee Jung-Chool: I am innocent.