snowman in memory

Agustina 2022-10-21 10:54:11

One of the characteristics of Korean movies is that every frame has a delicacy that can freeze time. The power of a good movie is to be able to discover and retain those eternal things in life. "Wolf Boy" did it, Zhao Chengxi did it, Song Joong Ki and Park Bo Young did it.

I haven't watched this movie for a long time. In a late night, I was so tired that I sat in front of the computer for 2 hours, and finally burst into tears. It is recommended to enjoy it quietly when it is peaceful.

A simple story, an immortal love.

The starting point of love is a look that does not give up. In this world, even if there is only one person who is unwilling to give up on him, he is happy. The wolf boy followed her and learned little by little how to love someone and how to experience feelings in a human way. He didn't fully learn it, but he felt every bit of what she did for him, a piece of toffee, he hid for her for 47 years, a promise, he waited for 47 years.

The wolf recognizes only one mate in his life, and guards her faithfully throughout his life. Although this kind of protection will bring him great pain, he will sacrifice everything for the happiness of his lover. In order to let her live a normal life, he kept this pain deep in his heart. The note "Wait for me, I will be back" is like a ray of sunshine in his heart, occupying all of his life, his love is so simple and so loyal.

What made me cry was that she finally appeared in front of him with white hair and lightly stroked his hair with her hand. Suddenly, the camera turned, and the young and beautiful she appeared in front of his eyes again... In his eyes, she was still the same. So beautiful, so love him... She said, "I made you wait for so long, I only know to do what I like and marry another man", but all of this, in his eyes, is still the same as 47 It was as beautiful as it had been years ago—she was back, still as beautiful.

The most obscure scene in the whole film should be at the end, when he builds a snowman by himself. At that time, they agreed to go to the mountain to build a snowman together, but she left during the snow season. When a certain snow season, she came back, but left again. The wolf boy looked at the footage of the old woman disappearing on the road in a car, still rolling snowballs. He knew that he would never see her again. She knew she had to leave, because she knew that she couldn't use her limited life to accompany the immortal him, she would leave one day, she couldn't do it. The wolf boy and her dream of building a snowman, as well as a wish she owed him, fell into a memory as pure as white snow along with the snowflakes flying all over the sky.

In 1947, all he did was guard. In the dark warehouse, he meditated to cultivate a cluster of seedlings from that year, turning it into a shade of greenery. Holding a note in his hand, a beam of sunlight slipped in through the crack of the door, hoping that she would open the door and call Call him, touch his hair, hug him...forever...

every group of shots, every moment, is suffocating, hazy and beautiful like an oil painting. Every dialogue, every voice, can make people intoxicated, to miss their own, the green, innocent feelings... I think of the lines of "Silence like the Sea" and the picture of "Daisy", this film That's how the movie hit me. Thank you Park Bo Young and Song Joong Ki for their impeccable performances, and thank you for bringing me so deep into my heart.

Perhaps the wish in his heart was "don't go". But this is the world of people, she still left, only the snowman on the top of the mountain is left, witnessing the passage of people and things, and turning this love into eternity.

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A Werewolf Boy quotes

  • Ji-tae: Why would you need a diploma when all you gotta know is how to cook a nice dinner for me?

  • Dr. Kang's Assistant: His vision, hearing and sense of smell are all good. Too good, actually. His body temperature is a little high.

    Professor Kang Tae-shik: How high?

    Dr. Kang's Assistant: 115.8 ºF. It's not a fever. He is naturally hot. And he has a bone density and muscle power that matches an elephant.

    Professor Kang Tae-shik: If anyone asks, tell them all the readings are normal.

    Dr. Kang's Assistant: Sir?

    Professor Kang Tae-shik: If we don't take him with us, he'll be killed here.