Speaking of the first half, the character settings of the three pairs of men and women are somewhat repetitive. Among them, Wan Zhi and Yan Xi (Xue Jingqiu and Ha Zhiyuan) play the most important roles. This is a love affair between a "married man" and an innocent girl, mixed with guilt and responsibility. At the moment before the tsunami, Yeon-hee is in a cold war with Wan-sik because he discovers the truth of his father's death. The other pair is Hyung-sik and Xi-mei, the standard dumb male hero saves the beautiful girl, somewhat similar to "My Sassy Girl". Before the tsunami, Hyung-sik decided to break up with Xi-mi because of a misunderstanding. There is also a pair of Dr. Kim and Weizhen, who used to be husband and wife but now Weizhen is glaring at him. Before the tsunami, Weizhen made a big noise thinking that Dr. Jin was going to screw up her fair. In this way, we will find that the script of "Haeundae" is quite neat, and all the story lines reached their trough before the arrival of the tsunami, waiting for the natural disaster to rescue these men and women who were suffering. (The same is true for the other auxiliary lines.) With so many clues, the emotional turning point must be completed within the dozens of minutes (screen time) before the tsunami. The screenwriter has done an excellent job but there are still shortcomings. For example, Yanxi did not agree on the spot. Wan Shik's marriage proposal was simply to delay the discord between the two until the tsunami, and the guy who disturbed Hyung Shik and Hee Mi inexplicably created a misunderstanding. The first half of the movie viewing is generally very enjoyable, although the bridge is a bit vulgar.
The second half starts from the tsunami. The intensity of this part is higher than that of "Art Life", and it is rich in sensational techniques. There are not only "last words" like "you must live", but also a shoe. Drifting through the camera to create sad tearjerker Dafa. The director seems to be competing with the audience: I can't move you if you don't believe me! The villain turned to repentance and sacrificed his life for justice, the lover cried loudly when they parted, the father and daughter recognized each other, and the life and death were uncertain, the silly boy bravely rescued the rival and laughed at the death... Although many of these sensational scenes are very deliberate, unless you have no feelings, otherwise Wet at least once.
It's an all-or-nothing script, with delicate emotions that set it apart from Hollywood-style disaster films, and the contrasting half-comedy, half-tragedy structure. The director added a lot of comedy paragraphs to the tear-jerking offensive in the second half, which can be interpreted as following the style of the first half or adjusting the tragic atmosphere or the optimism of the Korean people, but it seems to remind the audience at the same time, "This is just a movie, don't get involved in the play. too deep". Another shortcoming of the script is that the support before and after is not good enough, or there is a lack in the script. For example, the plot of Hee-mi pretending to be a college student to Hyung-sik has no following plot, and Yeon-hee's death of her father and the person she loves deeply. There is no clear explanation of what kind of ideological struggle the decision went through, and so on. In order to highlight the complexity of human nature, the film deliberately added two "villain" characters who became heroes in the tsunami. Dongchun, who was responsible for laughing, changed from a gangster to a hero who saved people, but the director did not care about the process of saving people. It shows that the process of the old man (forgot his name) turning to repentance is also unclear. It seems that a natural disaster has caused a qualitative change in everyone's morality. Disaster films generally have the function of warning the world, reminding us to pay attention to the unexpected arrival of disasters, but this film is relatively weak in this regard, only a bureaucratic and inaction leader allows us to criticize, and we never get anything from this disaster. Any revelation, I think it may be that the director went to the other extreme in order to avoid concept-first preaching - purely representing the disaster itself.
The people in disaster films exist as supporting roles in disasters, so many actors in "Haeundae" don't have much room for performances. They are cute in the first half and shouting in the second half. Different from a domestic disaster blockbuster, "Haeundae" does not have the leadership of Gao Daquan, only ordinary people and small people who work hard to survive. Although the roles are relatively simple, it is fortunate that everyone has a distinct personality. The visual effects of the disaster film are very important. The tsunami scene produced by the special effects team of "The Day After Tomorrow" is qualified, not to mention that it is excellent because the tsunami scene is magnificent in momentum, but not rigorous in details (please note that the tsunami swept the city detail scene). All in all, this is a qualified disaster film. The story is basically smooth. Although the disaster scene does not have much breakthrough, it is also qualified. The emotions are delicate and human complex. It can't be a classic, but it's worth a bucket of popcorn.
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