A good movie is when you watch it for the second time and still feel good. After half a month, when I watch this movie again, I can still watch it patiently and enjoy it. Compared with "Kidnapping Dogs at the Door", I prefer the name "More Advanced Animals". It is indeed advanced, but I just feel that Director Bong is scolding people. As for who to scold, I think it may be everyone here.
The first film was recommended by Director Ma. At that time, we were writing the script and looking for inspiration. After watching it, we found that it was fast-paced, had a lot of bad fun, was amazing, and had aura, which made the whole viewing process very enjoyable. It can be said to be a blockbuster debut.
The story tells the story of Yuan Jun, a university lecturer who lost his chance to be promoted to a professor because he did not understand how to flatter his boss, and was frustrated at home. The puppy next door kept barking, making him upset, so he rushed out the door and kidnapped a puppy just passing by. The dead puppy was cooked and eaten by the building administrator. Qian Nan, who found out about the kidnapping incident and the dog-eating incident, is a kind-hearted secretary. She is tired of the same routine work in the office, so she meddles around to find a chance to be on TV. After rescuing a puppy, she is finally interviewed by a reporter and broadcast. At the time, all the scenes were deleted, which made her wish come to nothing. In the end, with the help of his wife, Won-joon finally got his wish and returned to the podium, but Qian-nam was fired....
The most impressive are the depressed and unwilling university lecturers, the idealized female secretary Qian Nan who wants to be famous, and the dog is like a pen, which outlines the living beings in the building, from the basement to the space. The rooftop makes a deep impression on this building. The shaping of these characters is successful, all wonderful. In this film, the dog is an important role and metaphor. As an element to advance the plot, it connects the panorama of the characters of the middle and lower classes of South Korea in an ordinary residential building, including security guards, university lecturers, white-collar workers in the workplace, retired people and other roles. From a semiotic point of view, a dog is a human being, and it is the living state of human beings.
From the performance point of view, the performances of the leading and supporting roles are very exciting. Won Joon played by Lee Sung Jae and Qian Nan played by Bae Doo Na are both impressive. Li Chengzai's interpretation of a sloppy and unwilling little person is very good, it can be said that it is deeply rooted. Pei Douna's performance is natural and vivid, which makes people particularly like it, carefree and reckless.
This is an amazing debut novel, absurd and humorous, through the dog weaving a small farce of life, showing the spiritual crisis of modern urbanites. The director's approach is exaggerated and surreal, and the style gradually takes shape. The social expression is also very profound. The career crisis of the male and female protagonists directly points to the unspoken rules of the university workplace, the dullness and mediocrity of daily life, the loneliness of the elderly living alone, especially the ghost stories told by boiler workers, which are embarrassing and impressive. .
View more about Barking Dogs Never Bite reviews
