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Bakjwi (2009)
Thirst will never be satisfied.
Thirst introduces the theme of greed-excessive striving of avidity to be exact-in a somewhat unorthodox way: vampires.
The film mainly focuses on how one's desire correlates with one's capability of fulfilling the desire. As the story progress, we witness two main characters go through a metamorphosis that turns them into vampires empowered by their thirst. Various types of thirst are shown in the movie, and they all are positioned within a particular theme. One of the heavy implications was related with religion, and its articulation of "longing for stoic behavior" was the most interesting plot point made in the film. As the movie continues it explains how desire tends to contradict one another, which opens up the opportunity for main characters to develop themselves.
Now, the problem that I had with this film was its choice of presentation. While clever reincorporations and symbolisms were visible in the movie, sometimes it exceeds to the point where the scene's ambiguity felt more of bland depicting method. Also, from the last part of second act until the first part of third act (where the element of drama was extreme) was not really fitting the tone that movie tried to keep.
Who Killed Captain Alex? (2010)
Chaotic element placement, and it is absolutely hilarious.
This is the epitome of cinematic entertainment.
The action sequences, hyperactive narrations, over-the-top acting and intense drama. You name it, this has it. The elements in this film fail to carry their own purpose, but all together they propel an ultimate synergy.
The Lion King (2019)
Lazy and dull.
The most prominent mistake of this film was the cgi. Yes, it was an outstanding technical accomplishment. However, due to its photorealistic presentation all of the emotions they had in the previous film effaced. Even worst, this was more of a copy and paste rather than a clever reinterpretation. Disney continues to show that they no longer exhibit creativity.
Seong-sil-han na-la-ui Ael-li-seu (2015)
Alice falls once again.
This Park Chan wook-esque tale showcases the gloom of reality with its stylish presentation. Gritty colors, gory visuals and fast-paced editing all harmonizes as a one solid work. Extreme plot that drives the film takes away some realistic values, resulting an ironic sense of comedy. This humor eventually comes back as a form of criticism to our current society's conflict-classicism most dominantly. The movie urges the audience to separate themselves from the story by treating itself as a fantasy flick. Hence, Alice in the earnestland. Alice once again has fallen, and once again the line between her reality and her fantasy has been blurred.
Joker (2019)
Well-done portrait of the Joker, from inside to outside.
This was an intriguing examination of mental disorder and its causes. I believe that the movie was distinct with its direction of the storytelling from the get go, and I am glad that the film managed to handle the complex ambience. The character development of the Joker was well-choreographed by the phenomenal performance from Joaquin Phoenix, which was also accompanied by Todd Philips' balanced production.
However, there were some plot points that felt like it was not fitting the film. Especially the storyline that connects Arthur and the Wayne family did not work out. The concept of relating the origin of both character is not really new (considering Tim burton's 1989 batman) and it was not even laid out properly in the film. I think the movie took full advantage of the fact that the character joker represents a dubious background, which at some point raises questions toward the causality that surrounds Arthur. The whole effort to tie this film with batman universe felt unnecessary, and to some degree it disturbed the identity of the film.
Social commentaries were made regarding the movie; the film was said to be dangerous for its alleged romanticization of the violence that roots from the suppressed individuals. I disagree. The film did not glorify the route Arthur takes. Rather, the story was a depiction of the event that would likely to happen in a similar kinds of situation. The disturbance comes from its rawness, and the awareness originates from the disturbance. I admire Todd for not shying away from presenting every aspect of a human who has reached the rock bottom. That way this film portraits not only the joker inside of the movie screen, but also the "jokers" outside of the movie screen.
Overall the theme were nicely put, was projected in a form of Joaquin's exceptional acting, but the storyline had some unnecessary weight on it.
+Numerous symbolisms in the movie were extremely vivid, but the one that impressed me the most was the hospital scene in general. As Arthur dances in the hospital room filled with children, the movie accompanies the scene with a nursery rhyme "If you're happy and you know it." The lyric sings to stomp the feet if you are happy as Arthur stomps his feet vigorously (the movie emphasizes the movement quite a lot). Because of his excessive moves he accidentally drops a gun, which later becomes the very first event that triggers Arthur's development as a joker. The action of him trying to show the audience that he is happy results Arthur to reveal his gun, which I think is a metaphor of his vile instinct inside him. This interpretation could be along the line of over-analyzation, but to me at least it was an interesting component.