Excessive force, not deep

Gerardo 2022-04-19 09:01:18

I give three points, not to lower the crazy score, but this movie is still some distance away from the Palme d'Or. The movie is a good movie. You can see the director and screenwriter's intentions. It can be said that the two and a half hours of the movie is over without feeling the passage of time. The rhythm is really fast and the effort is really fierce. However, each topic is very shallow. What moved me very much was that my mother asked her daughter to deliver food to the basement, but it is a pity that this movie said a little about everything, and at the end it felt like nothing was said. There are still many bugs that have not been solved. Why was the old housekeeper beaten before he rang the doorbell to enter the house? After the little boy cracked the Morse code, it did not help the plot development, just like after Bran rolled his eyes, who should do what? what.

All in all, a good movie, great to watch, but compared to last year's Thief Family, I personally think there are some gaps.

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  • Ki-taek: [message to Ki-woo] Perhaps you, if no one else, will be able to read this. You were a Scout, so I'm writing this just in case. Have your injuries healed? I'm sure your mother is plenty healthy. I'm doing fine in here. Though thinking of Ki-jung makes me cry. Even now, what happened that day doesn't seem real. It feels like a dream, and yet it doesn't. That day as I went out the gate, I suddenly knew where I needed to go. A house where such a grisly thing took place would surely not be easy to sell. I've struggled to hold on in this empty house. Still, thanks to the house being empty - what was her name, Moon-gwang? - I was able to give her a proper send off. I hear treeside burials are trendy. So hell, I did my best. Those real estate sharks sure are clever. They duped some people who had just arrived in Korea and managed to sell the house. With the parents working and the kids attending school, the family is usually out. But the damned housekeeper stays here 24 hours a day. Each time I go upstairs, I take my life into my hands. And it turns out Germans eat more than just sausage and beer. What a relief. Passing the time down here, everything starts to go hazy. Today at least, I was able to write you this letter. If I send out the letter this way every night, maybe someday you'll see it. So long.

  • Kim Ki-woo: [narrates] Opening my eyes for the first time in a month, I saw a detective who looked nothing like a detective. Then the doctor who looked nothing like a doctor spoke. Even when I heard how much Ki-jung bled that day... even when I heard the words "forgery", "trespassing", "foul play", "murder", and that we were lucky to get away with probation... even when I finally got to see Ki-jung's face, I kept laughing. Though when I went back and watched the news reports, I didn't laugh.