I just finished watching Baekdu Mountain, and overall I can give it 4 points. From the perspective of visual effects, it is indeed a cool film. The two male protagonists showed us the performances of movie kings; many netizens have to pick rocks from eggs, and there are still many flaws.
There are flaws in any type of film. This one is no exception. He Zhengyu's character has gone through so many battles. He shouldn't be such a condescending person with no battlefield experience. His wife can survive the flood and the earthquake in Changbai Mountain with a big belly. Attacking Seoul, which is so far away, etc., these are all issues of probability, and it is not completely impossible; the Changbai Mountain volcanic earthquake hitting Seoul is also a specific environment set by the director.
The film begins with a volcanic eruption and ends with the political issue of nuclear weapons on the peninsula.
1. South Korea: South Korea has no say in nuclear weapons. The United States speaks on behalf of South Korea. In the movie, when the United States knows that South Korea is stealing nuclear weapons, it immediately informs South Korea to stop all actions and take over South Korea’s operation center; the president of South Korea represents the government in China. There is no action between US politics, and the Korean civilians are disappointed, so they are all civilians saving themselves.
2. North Korea: At the beginning of the film, North Korea has handed over its nuclear weapons. What the director of the film wanted to say is that North Korea essentially wants to solve the problem peacefully with South Korea and integrate the Korean peninsula; The lack of self-rescue ability is also a feature of South Korea's North Korean movies - it has always been dark. North Korea can only save North Korea by relying on South Korea. This is what the movie wants to talk about.
3. China: From our point of view, the movie blackened China. However, from the perspective of South Korea, the two small countries of North Korea and South Korea, between the major powers of China, the United States and Russia, are living in the cracks. The vision of the two countries is small and they must think that foreign forces are coming with interests. is also normal. They think that China will definitely get a share from this disaster. In fact, this is normal. A volcanic eruption of Changbai Mountain is not a big disaster for the huge motherland. You can't give things away in vain, it must be an equal exchange of interests. As for blackening China and driving a few Beijing-A cars to Pocheon, North Korea, this is only from the perspective of the Korean director, and you don't need to care too much.
4. The United States: The foreign forces are black, and the small South Korea can only do this. The U.S. government puts all its self-interest first, and when it comes to nuclear weapons, I am sorry to take over the South Korean government; the Koreans steal nuclear weapons, shoot first, and then pick you up; Incheon Port, the Americans will go first, and the Koreans will follow. It is also enough to blacken the Americans, but that's it.
In this film, the hero who saved the disaster, like all disaster films, was rescued by individual civilians. Everyone in the film also represents a distinct political role.
Professor Jiang Robert is an excellent geology expert. He is very disappointed with his motherland. He is already giving up. At first, he was trying to save the country. I went to save the country; but when I saw the U.S. strongly hindered the South Korean president without any refutation, I lost confidence in the motherland; later, when I saw the suffering Korean people, I still felt pity and was willing to take the initiative to save South Korea; especially when Zhao When Zhiying asked who sent her husband Ha Zhengyu to North Korea, Professor Jiang Robert took the initiative to say that he sent it by himself, and that kind of responsibility surpassed the President of South Korea. They are arrogant because they don't believe in the government.
The role played by Ha Jung-woo is a very life-like South Korean soldier, and many South Korean personnel in Korean movies involving North and South Korea are very life-like, to reflect the serious tension of North Korea. He didn't want to work for the country at first, but for his wife, he was still willing to go to the front line. When he finally walked to the pit, he was moved by himself, and he was willing to continue to try his best to save South Korea and North Korea. The arrogant thoughts of the sticks are clearly reflected in the experience and ideas of Ha Zhengyu's role. Although he is not willing to serve the country, only he can save South Korea and North Korea, and he can break through the resistance of China and the United States. Zhengyu presses the detonator, and the United States and China have nothing to do with him. In that scene, the image of Koreans is elevated. When I saw the detonator in the taxi being beaten by Ha Zhengyu, everyone pulled it out and started arguing. When Ha Zhengyu stopped me, I wanted to laugh a little, Korea, when you yell, some people really know what to do. listen?
Li Bingxian, the role of the North Korean soldier, was kicked by a Chinese spy (who went to Pocheon in North Korea, tentatively considered to be a spy), saying that he was an outdated spy. Perhaps in the eyes of South Koreans, North Korea is now playing such a role. And Lee Byung-hun's character, like most Korean films depicting inter-Korean relations, is a tragic figure. Abandoned by the country, the family is unhealthy, and the children cannot get a good life and education. In the end, they must be realized by South Korea, become cannon fodder, and then their children must be rescued by Koreans. This is probably a kind of political correctness in South Korea.
The role of the President of South Korea was also hacked by the director in this film, and he had no way to do anything about the game between China and the United States. In the end, when the civilians wanted to save themselves, they helped a little. The president can't be trusted, he can only trust himself?
Others like the secretary of South Korea's Blue House and Ha Zhengyu's wife are relatively distinct roles, but too many code words are a bit tiring. . . .
On the whole, this cool disaster film is not bad, the story is expressed very smoothly, the film is fast-paced editing, the contrast between various characters ---- Lee Byung Hun and his daughter, Ha Jung Woo and his wife, with very few shots to various characters The portrayal is very clear. On the whole, Korean films have a lot more ability to explain the story with the lens than Chinese films. The sense of the lens is very strong, which can make people feel the sense of urgency directly.
I give this movie a 4.
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