This so-called "Hollywood-class production" is not only a box office frenzy, but also has a good reputation. The number of people watching movies on major rating websites at home and abroad is also increasing day by day, and they are generally highly praised. Typical examples such as Douban and IMDB give high scores of 8.3 and 7.9 respectively. Successfully set off the first phenomenal film craze this year.
To tell the truth, I have always been indifferent to Korean movies. At first, I saw everyone traveling in Busan. I think I have been to Korea recently. ......
So, what kind of movie is A Trip to Busan?
If we want to talk about funeral movies, its origin can be traced back to night of the living dead released in Hollywood in the late 1960s. It was recognized by the industry as a pioneer of genre films and successfully created a business case of "low cost and high box office" at that time. There are many anti-human settings, as well as torture of human nature and ridicule of the government. Almost laid the embryonic form of the same type of film in the future, which is widely known as the "routine."
Night of the living dead, night of the living dead (1968)
So on this basis, the directors who made funeral films later merged together and "polished" the film while repeating the routine. In the end, we saw one delicious commercial blockbuster after another.
To put it mildly, A Trip to Busan can basically be regarded as the revival of funeral films in the new century, and its "miracle" case has formed a dialogue between time and space with night of the living dead. The difference is that the maturity of industry makes A Trip to Busan a step closer, more refined and fluent, and can better grasp the needs of today's audience.
Some people say that A Trip to Busan represents "the level of top commercial films in Asia", which can rival Hollywood first-line production. It is true that this is indeed an excellent (commercial) film. In the first two or three minutes of the film, the suspense has been thrown. Animals on the road were killed and resurrected, fish on the news died for unknown reasons, and the frightened scene that father and daughter saw in the car. It can be said that before the first zombie appeared, the suspense almost never stopped. This alone is enough to arouse the appetite of many viewers.
Perhaps the experienced audience knew that the father and daughter would have an accident in the carriage. Narrow enclosed space has always been the usual trick of horror movies and funeral movies. (As mentioned in "night of the living dead", almost all the stories take place in the cabin) In this way, not only the shooting cost is reduced, but also the atmosphere is more depressed and tense, which makes the audience feel more substituted.
Halfway through the film, a group of people were tired of running, zombies chased after them, and the audience gnashed their teeth, so the story took a turn and they began to fight back. Gradually, the dark side of human nature emerged. "What is terrible is not ghosts (zombies), but people's hearts." The platitudes began to be staged again; Selfishness, timidity, fear and so on all came out. Then I turned off the movie. ......
In fact, I have long known this kind of commercial film. I'm not saying I don't like it, but I think the process of watching movies will make me feel too sad and like a walking corpse. Just like eating, you will never taste it.
As far as I'm concerned, the fun of this film lies not in how it is made, but in the more interesting audience response. I always feel that the audience's "excitement" now is really unpredictable, and * * comes quickly and is particularly easy to satisfy. In fact, this movie is as boring as those who keep complaining about the unscientific movie. Actually, I recommend you to watch night of the living dead, although I think it is equally stupid, at least stupid and cute.
It is a little too simple to analyze the evil of human nature by putting human beings in an extreme environment (disaster).
It seems that everyone likes to stand or try to explain the problems in extraordinary times with the commanding heights of "humanity" and "morality".
Everyone likes to cherish his mouth,
Everyone likes watching violent scenes.
This film always reminds me of Bong Joon ho's Snow Country Train in 20 13. It was all "strange" in the carriage, and I was given an hour, regardless of the outcome.
Just today, I will award the prize to a trip to Busan, at least it reminds me of watching movies. After writing this article, well, it has been bothering me for three hours. It's really amazing.