Beautifully sad love in a illusory and unrealistic story

Distinguish between movies that create interesting fantasy stories and movies that talk about stories that happen in everyday life but make no sense. The first one is a movie genre, but the second one is a failure. If you want to create a compelling story that happens in everyday life, you're going to want the story to be as real as possible, I mean, the characters, the dialogue in the movie has to be very natural and look good, like a documentary film. About this movie, it's pretty illusory. I mean, there are details that make me laugh, they just can't happen in real life. So the story in the movie also has no truth.

It's really a pity, because I really love the love between the two main characters in the movie, the relationship between them is as gentle as the wind, very poetic and beautiful, I mean their acting, very natural and attractive. I can compare this love to everyone's childhood memories, things that are beautiful but no one can experience again in their life. Because I liked this love story so much, I was even more upset with the detective investigation story in the movie, too complicated and confusing. The detail of Seo-rae going to the police station making the fire alarm ringing is too ridiculous, it's a police station, not a school. No matter how smart she is, she can't do it so comfortably, she's no god. Even Hae-joon and Ji-goo's chase scene and the scene where they fight while Miss Seo-rae peeks from inside the car, what? She's not a super cop to be able to drive after them from start to finish. This makes no sense. The character Seo-rae is a complicated and unpredictable person who falls in love with Hae-joon, but the director only shows us that she is a girl like Gone Girl's Amy Dunne towards the end of the film, due to so I can't sympathize with her death, which the director could have done better.

The fact that Seo-rae was brutally beaten by Do-soo was only mentioned once, through the doctor's account with Hae-joon. Do-soo even stamped his wife, right? And with Hae-joon's love and concern for Seo-rae, he doesn't question her injuries, not even a word. Am I missing something, or does Hae-joon have amnesia? Or the doctor gave the wrong patient's medical record and X-ray film? Not to mention the absurdity of Hae-joon having feelings for Seo-rae just because she's pretty and good looking? Give me one good reason why a police officer who is questioning a suspect falls in love with the suspect. Even the identity of Seo-rae's grandfather is a detail that needs attention, it can't be used as a reason for Seo-rae to kill her own mother.

It is also a pity that the supporting characters in the film, Hae-joon's wife, young inspector Soo-wan and the female assistant, Hae-joon's boss, Hae-joon's son, Ho-shin, Do-soo, San-Oh, Chul-sung... they're all just useless puppets in the movie, none of them leave an impression, it's a waste of characters. The fact that there are so many characters that do not affect the two main characters makes the story of the supporting characters seem to be thrown away.

Another unfortunate detail that is missed is that Inspector Hae-joon has dry eyes, is it because he has trouble sleeping? Anyway he often uses a bottle of solution to put in his eyes, and after all this detail is not important, just a guy who likes to put liquid in his eyes, over.

I really wish Park Chan-wook could have made this movie simpler, with fewer supporting characters, connecting them with the main characters so deeply and solving the absurd details, turning Seo-rae into a The girl looks like a normal person. This could make this movie a living novel. Because I really like the scenes in the movie, the angles, the scenes with the colors in the movie, even the metaphorical details and the cutscenes, they are all very unique and personal. Music is also a point of interest for me, sometimes the tunes appear very timely and full of passion, but sometimes a bit too much, making me not like it very much.

And lastly, I don't know if this is true or not, but it seems that the police characters in the film are portrayed unduly poorly, they look almost incompetent and useless, or this is a hint of disparagement of the police industry by the director? I don't know lol and in the movie too much use of cell phones and smart devices, as well as scenic locations, I guess this is for advertising purposes? Too obvious, isn't it? To me, these things made the movie less interesting. They should reduce these.

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I've seen this movie 3 times, and it's hard to believe that such a bloody and murderous movie can give you such strange emotions. Each scene of the movie is edited very clever, each character has their own role and leaves their own mark, no character acts unreasonable. With such a film with so many characters, this is really the excellence of the director. I also feel fine when they put symphonies into the movie, such as the loudspeaker announcement, after gore and scary scenes, the symphony plays to soften the atmosphere, reducing the tension a bit in necessary way.

In terms of content, this is a sensitive and unique topic that is not easy to make into a movie, so this is a successful movie, the couple Nanahara and Noriko performed well and created a highlight, every viewer would love them. Actually a lot of characters in this movie can attract the audience's attention, even Mitsuko, Hirono, Chigusa, savage girls also have their own charms, I like them all. Although there are still some limitations such as why does the army come and go so quickly while the winner is not clearly determined? The military force in this movie is just a puppet in the hands of teacher Kitano, and in the end the army leaves, leaving Kitano with an unstable mind? While this is a special project of the Government and is noticed by the media. And some scenes are a bit weird I'm talking about acting, anyway, this is a special movie for me, we can see the message of a generation of young people with worries about the future, and the sadness hidden deep in the hearts of families like the Kitano family, the Mitsuko family, Nanahara, Nobu,... even violent people like Kiriyama. They are mirrors that reflect the dark sides of society, things that are unstable even in real life and even right now, those things still exist. Somewhere out there, in those families, innocent children will have to learn to grow up with hidden pain. I love the flashbacks in the movie, they're so good and right-timed.

This is the kind of movie that after you know it and watch it, someday in the future, sometime, when you watch it again, the movie will make you think about it, for me personally, in addition to watching and thinking about the message of the young generation, the movie also made me feel emotions, a little sad, a little happy, like the first moments of the movie when the whole 9B class went sightseeing/picnic and had fun joke together on the bus. And then bad things happen, the students have to try to kill their own classmates. Oh my!

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I knew about Ip Man but only now had a chance to watch it. The movie gives the viewer a feeling of Chinese history in the 1930s-1940s, and I really like the way the setting, the costumes, the Chinese neighborhoods are beautiful and give a very old vibe. But not only that, this is a true story of a martial artist, a talented and humble person, the film has brought out a very cool character. I really admire Donnie Yen's talent. The fighting scenes are too attractive and beautiful. I love the final battle between Ip Man and Miura, can only say Wow with the amazingly choreographed martial arts combat.

However, the story of the master facing the threshold of war is actually quite simple, the story has no twists or anything special. Because it is so simple, the character Ip Man also does not have much opportunity to show the inner happenings and bring empathy to the viewers. Ip Man's family is also a problem. The wife and son received little attention, especially the relationship between the three of them. I feel that the link between Ip Man and his son in the movie is problematic. I mean, every time the Ip Man family shows up, it's kind of weird. It is difficult to ask martial artists to express a lot of emotions in quiet scenes. However, Ip Man's feelings in the face of his enemies, his love for his country are shown more clearly. Perhaps the detail I like is about the brother who was given an iron box containing a kite by Ip Man, which the late brother always treasured. Although it has not been properly described.

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I have been watching this program since 2011, I was sad, I was happy, I cried, I laughed with the Running man members. It can be funny to say that they are no different from my family members. They hold a part of my soul, a part of my youth, a part of happiness, an important part that has made me who I am today.

If I didn't know about this show, I might have become a completely different person, I don't know if that person of mine is better than I am now, but I know one thing for sure, that person will be boring. I am so grateful to this show.

Running man is not an ordinary Tv show or Reality show, it's like a tonic that many good psychologists do not have. To drink this miracle drug, you not only watch the show, but you also need to understand the soul of the show and the communication culture of Korean people. Once you have that, and you were a young Hallyu fan in the 2010s, congratulations, Running man has chosen you to be a part of the best thing you'll ever experience on television in life.

SJ-JS-JK-GR-HH-JH-KS-JK-SM-SC-LZ Everyone understands the above code, right? :)

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