Flower Boys Case Book - Review of "The King's Man"

Christelle 2022-04-22 07:01:54

If I had to say, "The Story of 3 Women and 105 Men" should, no, definitely be more predictable than "Water Margin". The English title of the movie "King and the clown" is obviously too kind, and the "King's Man" with such a corrupt name ten percent is the outstanding contribution of the fangirl. And I went completely for the propaganda slogan "more charming than a woman", and wanted to see the peerless elegance of Lee Jun Ki. First of all, let me declare that those who want to witness a forbidden and beautiful romance should die as soon as possible.




Lee Jun Ki plays Kong Ji, who is handsome in appearance and has a weak personality, and Gan Yucheng plays Zhang Sheng, a rough man who can never match his beauty. Both of them are actors. In the daytime, they make a living by playing some things that are banned in the 18th century. They are very low-level tastes, but they are very popular with the local people. It still has its distribution channels and markets. It's not your fault that you look beautiful, but it's your fault that you look beautiful but you are a man. Therefore, in addition to performing some vulgar dramas during the day, Kong Ji was forced to do some illegitimate side jobs at night. What do you say, being a male publicist in the HOST department is strange, it's all illegal. You think Zhang Sheng is a tough guy. He couldn't stand it anymore, so he took Kong Ji and ran away. The great leader Chairman Mao taught us: if we win, we will fight; if we cannot win, we will leave. Sincerely said. Since then, the two people have been at the ends of the earth, the sea is dry and the rocks are rotten. [You are crazy and I am stupid, lingering to the end of the world] What are you guys excited about over there, so don't treat friendship as adultery!




So they eloped to the capital Hanyang, where the king lived, and the fateful encounter began.

The artist is daring, Zhang Sheng not only included several local actors, but also played the drama of King Yanshan and his concubine Zhang Lushui with great fanfare at the feet of the emperor, enriching the local people's spare time life, and eating by the way. I really want money, not my life. Dare to break ground on Tai Sui! Of course, Zhang Sheng and others were arrested by the court. Although Zhang Sheng is not very tall, he is so smart and his brain turns very fast. It was proposed to show it to the king, and the king was happy after watching it, which showed that they were innocent. What kind of intelligence is this! But Wang Zhen couldn't stop laughing. What kind of intelligence is this? Wang Yile let those actors stay in the palace. A very fashionable phrase is "follow the king and eat meat". After that, the development of the story really took an unexpected turn.




Kong Ji won the favor of the king because of the fall of the country and the city, and the king ordered to summon Kong Ji. Kong Ji came to the king with a mixed feeling of "what the hell does the king want to do to me?" "Let's play together" "According to His Majesty's will..." "..." "I said, let's have fun together" "..." What are you guys excited about over there! People have to suspect that the non-existent OOXX plot is constantly being completed in the powerful brain theater of the fangirl. I tell you the truth, they are really just playing a puppet show. On this side, Xiang Wang was playing with a smile, while on the other side, Xiang Zhang Sheng suddenly felt the mood of Qu Yuan jumping in the Miluo River. The past of how Zhang Sheng and Kong Ji met and stayed with each other is nowhere to be verified, but the class friendship of revolutionary comrades that they cultivated must be irreplaceable. Sure enough, this plot is still caught in the cliché of the triangular relationship. Could it be that the ending of Wang's "I don't want a country, I want a beautiful man" is really "The king and the king's men have lived a happy life since then"? Fool, you've read a lot of fairy tales recently. You are absolutely wrong to think so. It is said that JK Rowling's practice of turning "Harry Potter" back into a fairy tale in the end is really hypocritical!




The internal struggles of the palace doomed the actors to be unsuitable to stay in the palace and what awaited them was a tragedy.




Because the two plays performed by the actors in the palace have intensified their conflicts with the ministers. Speaking of the dance drama that satirized corrupt officials, when casting roles, it really had the same momentum as the national good man audition. The ministers wanted to take the opportunity to kill Kong Ji. But it didn't work. And Wang didn't listen to the advice, and spent all day having fun with Kong Ji -- playing puppet shows, playing shadow puppets, poor children without childhood. During this period, Kong Ji even used suicide to force Wang Fang to leave the palace himself. At that time, when Wang saw tomato juice in a place, he ran out with all his might, and when he saw the moon, he shouted: Prajna Pineapple Secret. (…) The ministers finally had to carry out a coup to overthrow the king. In a sense, the "blue face and disaster water" is not tenable. You say that the king is finished, how can the fate of the king's man be better! The movie ended in tears and snot.




A "King's Man" made Li Junji instantly become popular throughout Asia. Although this movie seems to be inferior to "Farewell My Concubine" in terms of content and artistic conception, this beautiful boy is destined to leave his unique mark in the history of Korean film!

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Extended Reading

The King and the Clown quotes

  • Jang-sang: Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ahhh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

    [From subtitles]

    Jang-sang: You have the wrong man. I wrote it. He's innocent. The audacity of it has my signature all over it. After all, it was by audacity that I got in the palace.

    Nok-su Jang: You're making this up!

    Jang-sang: Well, well.

    [Stands up defiantly in front of the King and Nok-su]

    Jang-sang: A whore and her tongue's work is never done.

    Nok-su Jang: How DARE you!

  • Pal-bok: [From subtitles] Isn't she the King's Consort?

    Chil-duk: Sure is. What on earth is that woman doing?

    Pal-bok: People say, she a lady now but she still shits like a horse. So then the rumors were true after all!