[Unnecessary movie review, purely personal feelings] You have mints and I have a time machine

Freddy 2022-12-02 23:26:22

It seems that Kongming Lantern gives people hope and is a beautiful vision
Pushing forward little by little, it's the railroad tracks passing through the tunnel, like time travel, like time travel
From the silence on the face in the gap of sunlight, to the conflict of the crowd and then to the roar of the railroad tracks, we know that this is a person with a story and a scar.
In front of such a scene, he no longer hopes for life and no longer has nostalgia for life
Tears welled up in my eyes without the bullet pierced

Some say it's a sad story

I say it's a depressing time machine where people can't breathe a sigh of relief and frown at the end

This time machine is going back step by step to solve the question why he is so desperate, he is looking for that first love and the taste of mint candy

Being hurt by love or being suppressed by reality is the reason for the audience to relieve the pressure The answer I want, but if the story is that simple, I'm afraid I won't be the audience for this story

The disgust brought by the protagonist's opening chapter gradually dissipated after the time machine's backtracking.

As a policeman, when torture became the norm and became a benchmark, his original intention of benevolence and justice was slowly polished away.

He who punched and kicked his wife did not forget to advise underage high school students not to appear on such occasions, which was surprising and warm for a moment.

When a soldier was hit by a stray bullet in his foot, he was bleeding non-stop, sobbing, unable to follow someone who felt weak and cowardly, but when the opposite side of the incident stood in front of him, he boldly protected this child who was eager to return home. The bullet accidentally hit the life that was supposed to be protected

In the end, Yin Shunren had intentional two 20 years ago. Under Yin Shunren's insistence, the two used mints to maintain each other. Yin insisted but did not respond. He was intentional but did not dare to respond. He chose not to respond. That was his greatest blessing to Yin.

So what kind of reality, what kind of society, what kind of era, has frozen him from a kind person who had hope in life and wished to record beauty with a camera to a cold violence and even despair to Kim Yunho who faced the end of the train.

The mints are there, but the time machine can't change that.

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Extended Reading
  • Adam 2022-03-19 09:01:09

    "Mints" has the same ingenuity and deliberate structure. This kind of pure flashback method is not suitable at first, but the narrative of the small unit is methodical. At the beginning, there was a heart-cracking "I want to go back to the past" confusion. With the backward shooting, the kind of heart-cracking has turned into a hazy teary eye.

  • Daphnee 2022-03-19 09:01:09

    The flashback is really a sad structure.

Peppermint Candy quotes

  • Yongho: Do you think life's beautiful?

  • Yongho: I don't want to die alone. I need one bastard to come with me. Just one bastard among all that ruined my life. But then... Who should I kill? It gives me hard time, you know. To pick just one is hard thing to do. The fucking stock broker who made me go clean broke? The vampire like loan shark that charged the ridiculous interest? Or... how about the business partner who run away with my money? Or should I take my ex-wife and my kid to die with me? There're so many fuckers in my life that it's hard to pick just one.