Touching, but no power

Christiana 2022-01-12 08:02:08

"Common Security Zone" is touching, but it has no power.
Probably because of "all is a plot" to some extent.
Therefore, the characters are not full enough and too thin; the plots are very deliberate and the traces are heavy.
There are not too many real confrontations and conflicts. There could have been confrontations and conflicts between Porter and Chen Sophie; however, it has become sarcasm, preaching and thoughtful.
It is difficult for people in a peaceful life to understand the cruelty of war. Most of them are not mentally prepared, except for Sergeant Wu (because he has been to many countries, has been trained, and has been an instructor, so he pretends to be calm. This has always been shown in the film, but it has exceeded it).
General Porter: It's not who, but why? Not the result, but the process. In a dry forest, a small flame can destroy the entire forest. Obviously, Chen Sufei didn't understand and made mistakes again and again, she didn't seem to understand this kind of heaviness; at least she didn't express it at all.
As a Korean who grew up in a peaceful country (the father was rejected by Switzerland, why could she grow up in Switzerland; is she separated from her father?), the judicial officer (the general also satirized her as a law student), obviously very Careless, don't know what cruelty is. Laughing at General Porter as "Anthropologist in the Chair".
The relaxed sigh on the bridge of not returning is not a normal reaction, but the plot needs to be explained.
How many bullets a person has is completely a personal habit, and it is a bit deliberate as a direct conclusion.
"Why should the interrogation be postponed? Tell General Park that it's alright. The second-class soldier committed suicide by jumping off the building. It has nothing to do with whether Lee Su-hyuk is too frightened. What I care about is the suspect..." It is more anger than self-conflict and contradiction. pain.
Especially in the end, it was calmly pointed out that the difference between Sergeant Wu and Lee Soo-hyuk's confession was the second-class Zheng Youzhen shot by Lee Soo-hyuk, which led to Lee Soo-hyuk's suicide. Chen's mentioning was careless (have experienced Nan's jumping from the building and General Potter's prompts); Lee Soo Hyuk's lack of calmness was just for the plot. . . Without discovering the deep inner emotions and impacts of people. . .
Now that the investigation has been carried out, and the relevant procedures have been implemented, how can you write a different report to conceal something from other people? Since it has been concealed, how can there be differences between the two populations?
Chen Sufei knew her fatherhood and insisted on knowing the truth; but did she show enough sincere passion for the meaning behind the truth; and acting became a kind of "intelligence show off."
Porter: The way to maintain peace is to cover up the truth. What is the humanitarianism of a neutral country? The role of General Porter is also very thin, just a few words; there is no connection between people.
Lee Soo Hyuk chose to trust her because of his father's identity. And this kind of trust comes from Sergeant Wu; but in order to protect Li Xiu Hyuk and himself, Wu can kill the not-so-pleasing bad boss without hesitation.
There is a little doubt, in this mutual protection, do they want to protect the North and the South from war? Only General Porter said this; Park also said that wars do not happen easily.
Whether Chen Sufei understood this, the film did not show it.
This part of Nan Chengzhi's study, this part of eating paper? What is the meaning, of course I know later because their lives are so boring.
Including his girlfriend, all aspects show that he has been very motivated in addition to his cowardly character.
In practice, facing a fake human target, there is no hesitation in practicing shooting, which is against human nature.
Lee Soo Hyuk's rectum is simple and too simple.
Nanchengzhi is much more complicated, but he has never publicly acknowledged or assumed it.

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Extended Reading
  • Chesley 2022-03-19 09:01:07

    It should be regarded as the second Korean movie that moved me. As a Chinese, I think I will have a very deep feeling about this movie... North Korea / Strait

  • Elsie 2022-03-21 09:02:51

    In this film, Park Chan-wook overwhelmed me with the kind of grief that both ends of the heart and soul are thicker than water but cannot but be enemies of each other. Everything is in the man's emotional sensation, which is lightly led to the ubiquitous shadow of the United States behind it, and incidentally ridiculed the indifference and hypocrisy of the neutral countries hidden under the rationale. For Korean female officers, there is something more important than the detection of the case, and that thing is to protect the life and death of the four soldiers on both sides of the enemy; for the Korean soldiers, there is something more important than their own lives, that thing. Something is to keep secrets to protect comrades-in-arms; for the two Koreas, there is something more important than the truth, and that thing is to maintain the status quo of the armistice; for Europe and the United States, there is something more important than peace, and that thing is the weakening of dissident power . The stone that was wrapped in letters and slipped across the sky every night, the photo of the three of them avoiding the North Korean leader, the photo of the four in the same frame that only appeared at the end of the movie, the common dignity of the four who was defended by the hero's suicide by redemption , these plots are writing the most powerful footnotes for this tragic struggle that individuals are destined to be crushed by the game of national interests.

Joint Security Area quotes

  • Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil: Your shadow is over the line. Watch it!

  • Sgt. Lee Soo-hyeok: Hey Assholes! You just gonna leave me here?

    Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil: You told us to go.

    Sgt. Lee Soo-hyeok: I said don't come closer, when did I say to leave, you fuckers!