If you don’t become a zombie, you really don’t know how much you hate humans

Iva 2021-11-25 08:01:29

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The success of "Travel to Busan" is not just the success of the book figures. Give an example that is not necessarily appropriate. It is equivalent to the shooting of Bi Gan in "Roadside Picnic" and Yang Chao in "Yangtze River Map", suddenly making a commercial movie with a box office of more than one billion. This is certainly not a fantasy, nor is it Korean Ginseng Chicken Soup. Director Yan Shanghao had previously filmed some independent cartoons that no one watched (the masterpiece "The King of Pigs"). The highest number of movie viewers is only 10,000 or 20,000-not as good as Hong Changxiu, who specializes in making popular art films.

Seoul Station

The leaping from an obscure niche to a popular target sounds incredible, but in the past ten years, Korean films have repeatedly staged such new director miracles. "Busan Tour" is a zombie film (zombie film), which is the kind of zombie living dead from "Zombie Shaun", "Zombie World War" to the American TV series "The Walking Dead". This kind of genre, which seems to be not enough for the masses and mainstream, has never had a successful case in South Korea. Previously, the genres of movies with tens of millions of viewers in South Korea were historical films, war films, disaster films, police and criminal films, etc. The more special ones are Bong Joon-ho's "Monster" and this time "Busan Tour". In terms of form, "Travel to Busan" is somewhat similar to Bong Junhao's soft science fiction film "Snow Country Train". They are all fathers and daughters, there are small teams, and then there are action scenes of getting through one car after another. But there is a fundamental difference in the settings between the two movies. The KTX train bound for Busan in "Travel to Busan" is completely reproduced from the daily life of the Korean people-including the Cheonan and Daejeon stations that passed by, while "Snow Country Train" is a completely overhead story of the end times. In layman's terms, "Travel to Busan" is more likely to have a sense of substitution. The characters appearing include young and old, moderately ill, weak, and pregnant, which are completely reduced versions of human society. If you understand this, you will be able to understand the appeal behind "Travel in Busan". It is not a horrible show of blood spray and death. Different from the overwhelmingly upright male protagonist that is common in foreign blockbuster movies, "Tour to Busan" has a number of characters from the male number one, and most of them got into the car with character drawbacks. In this way, facing the danger and fear, and the desperate struggle with the zombies, it turned into an opportunity to correct the weakness of human nature. Take the male number two and his wife who were blocked twice into the safety car as an example. The first time the performer was the male number one. At the second time, the male number one became a victim himself. The scene that makes most viewers hate it is definitely not from the crazy killing of zombies, but the contempt, hostility and distrust of humans towards their companions. Many problems associated with the "car", urged by the infection of the zombie virus, broke out at the same time. It is not difficult to find that the male number one is not much different from the selfish uncle who acts as the villain from beginning to end. In the studio, Yan Shanghao simulated the high-speed carriages, and countless extras “surpassed other zombie films” to interpret those weird walking zombies. If you are still stuck with slow-movers who are struggling or convulsing in zombie films, "Travel to Busan" will bring countless amazing exaggerated scenes. The greatest significance of "Travel to Busan" is to firmly believe that humans can still be humans, worthy of being a living thing, living in a collapsed, terrifying environment before the end of the day. Shelter for the weak, for the companions Helping hands, trust in strangers, and even disappointment in the dark side of mankind, they together form the rich face of the human collection. If you look back at "Monster" or "Snow Country Train", the two movies also positively affirmed humanity (the one exception is this year's "Cry"). The popularity of "Travel to Busan" is not a temporary phenomenon in South Korea or in Hong Kong and Taiwan, nor is it just the success of a film and a director. Behind the film, you will see the Korean director’s consideration of human nature. There are both good and malicious. There is a completely international operation, and there is also a spicy black irony. The high degree of industrialization of movies does not exclude the fresh blood of independent movies, and can also make idol stars change their faces. Faced with a zombie film that seems to be just to stimulate the secretion of adrenal hormones, you will find that making a movie is indeed more than one possibility. Regardless of the pattern, the bridge segment or the rhythm, "Travel to Busan" is a rare success case in East Asian zombie films. Among the East Asian countries, Japan has produced many zombie films, but without exception, they are characterized by niche, weird and evil tastes. Few people can cast their sights on large-scale visions. Hong Kong and Taiwan also have some sporadic attempts, which can be ignored (Mak Junlong’s "Zombie" is a zombie film unique to Chinese-language movies). On the contrary, Japanese directors such as Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Shinji Aoyama have expressed interest in zombies to varying degrees in their art films.

Someya General Tai and Odagiri Joe

For example, the "philosophical zombie" in the science fiction film "Perfect Plesiosaur Day". Like these two zombies, they can probably kill girls of all ages. "Travel to Busan" has certain adjustments to the action settings of zombies, such as the infection time after being bitten, the rapid speed of action, the IQ is basically a negative number, and it is highly dependent on visual observation. Sight and hearing, blindness under low light... But on the whole, they are still alive and kicking, completing a series of difficult Western zombies with distorted limbs-after watching them, people want to go up and try them in person. Many people criticized "Travel to Busan" with logical problems. For example, how fast is the infection rate, how do zombies determine whether they are dead or alive in the first place, and so on. However, if you don’t believe in the basic settings of the director and the zombie genre, then the movie can’t be seen at all. "Travel to Busan" adopts the character setting of an ordinary (civilian) hero, which is actually not easy to shoot. You can make a chain saw to slaughter the corpse, with one enemy and one hundred, and burn the camp, but the protagonist of the movie is a character who represents the real middle class. If you let him explode, besides numbers, I am afraid he can't explode. In this movie, there are no guns, no knives, and no more weapons of mass destruction except baseball bats. Hollywood blockbusters or commercial films can easily open up the protagonist's halo. "Travel to Busan" abandoned Gao Daquan's Wei Guangzheng writing style. The protagonist appeared on the stage with a selfish and imperfect character, constantly making corrections, and finally chose self-sacrifice. Not only the protagonist, but several other supporting actors have also completed their behavioral changes and adjustments (including their daughters). The enclosed high-speed train space, from one door after another to the small bathroom, is easy for the audience to empathize. This kind of environment mode is much more everyday than in ancient caves, medieval fortresses or dark dungeons-because everyone is familiar with it, but thinking about it is a disaster. The actors don't look nervous and they are too relaxed. Some of my favorite characters and passages are as follows:

Conductor

The first time she lost her daughter, the last second she got on the train was a common part of the genre film. However, she was successfully infected, and the scene of the attack from behind the beautiful conductor appeared again, which was very colorful. The straight male audience also couldn't help expressing that the first two girls who became zombies had good looks and good figures, and it was a pity that they were infected. Uncle Tank has a tank-like body and solid upper arm muscles like a solid wood barrel. This Uncle MT stood at the door of the bathroom, and I made up for his bloody scene of slaughtering zombies. As expected. Fortunately, "Travel to Busan" did not exaggerate his fighting power. His power always remained at the brute strength of the brawny. It's a moving shield. There are two scenes of zombies landing in the free-fall airborne zombies movie, one is on the video of news reports, and the other is at the occupied Datian Station. The airborne here refers to the zombies who came from the waterfall on the corridor and flyover. One of them was distorted by the fall and still wanted to eat people hideously. I don't know why, but I especially hope to see a zombie running in high heels. High-speed zombies crash. South Korean zombies are running too fast. There are no brakes, rearview mirrors, and no traffic police. Therefore, it crashed into a pile on the railway, scrapped countless, it was a tragic high-speed serial collision and rear-end collision. However, more terrifying than this group of zombies drag racing is the pregnant woman running wild. Survival plus maternal love is always great. A locomotive full of zombies, you must think that I like to watch big scenes, then watch "Zombie World War"! In fact, what I'm talking about is all about imagination. It is not a problem to draw 100,000 zombies with a computer, but how to make this bunch of monsters have a specific connection with the protagonist is a difficult problem. From the beginning to the end of "Travel to Busan", the audience accepts such a thing. It is not so easy to place in the real society with too distinctive characteristics of the genre. Otherwise, the Chinese would have taken it over to the cottage long ago. But some people must also say that it is human beings, especially the bureaucratic uncle who has an extremely hateful face, that left the greatest trauma to everyone. He abused his power and went on stealthily to agitate the masses. No brains, you can't wait to go up and strangle him.

Pig king

If you hate humans, you must go to the director's first feature film "The King of Pigs". Anyway, contacting a few works, I feel that the director really hates humans deeply. "The King of Pigs" is the darkest and depressing film I have ever watched since 2016. Although there is a one-size-fits-all approach to venting extreme anger, outside of the crazy and perverted impulse of adolescence, Yan Shanghao reveals the pale, fragile, selfish and pitiful side of human beings. The voice of the protagonist is another Korean independent film director, Liang Yijun. "The Blow Fly" directed by him is also a movie I like very much, about a man who was addicted to violence and was eventually swallowed by violence. Talking about these is nothing more than an over-interpretation of the zombie film. They can be popcorn genres, and they are also violent-fortunately, the scale of "Travel to Busan" is very average. When humans are still humans, when zombies become monsters that are even crazier than wild beasts. This sharp contrast is like the ultimate metaphor for the reality of human society. Ordinary people are always unable to confront the more mechanical, huge, unmanned capital chaebol group or upper-class bureaucratic class, and they are constantly assimilated, infected, and eliminated. Undifferentiated destruction, fighting, biting, gnawing, and disrupting all social order and interpersonal relations are fanatical impulses, but in essence they still have anarchist eschatological appeals. But in the end, this type of film is to reverse human nature (which is often the case for good movies). At least, this is what "Travel to Busan" did.

Old driver

The existence of zombies is not to grab the protagonist's play, or the director to express the despair of breaking the pot, but to set off the complex images of these protagonists (ordinary humans) when they are in conflict between human nature and morality. Therefore, what the movie really alludes to and empathizes with is actually the widespread class injustice and selfish injustice in society (on a train). In the end, the movie has hope in disappointment, and it has reasonably preserved women and children, family affection and singing. [ Published in the Beijing News Europa Official Account ] -------------------------------------

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  • Kamryn 2022-03-22 09:01:33

    Although the theme is about zombies, and the plot is very tight and compact, the most important thing in the whole film is human nature, family and love. I am deeply touched by the couple on the baseball team, the pregnant woman and the His husband, the old woman, and finally the parents, the father jumped off the train when he was infected at the end, and the test of human nature in the middle series. After reading it, I will be very depressed and moved.

  • Emmanuel 2022-03-20 09:01:33

    Popular, but not advanced, but still respects the first person to eat crabs.

Train to Busan quotes

  • Seok Woo: Sorry, but you're infected.

  • Sang-hwa: After the tunnel!