movie review

         
       It is hard to watch a movie in KMLA, but I spend my time to see a movie call ‘The Unjust.’ Because, this movie is directed by 류승완, and there are many famous actors in the movie: 황정민, 류승범, 유해진, 천호진. And, I liked the friend comment about this movie, he said “I do not recommend you to see this movie, because after I watch this movie, I hate human.” This comment is the feeling that I felt after I watched this movie.

           The movie starts with the scene of murder crime. This crime is issue because it cut a girl into pieces after raping her. Due to this crime, the president of Korea asked the prosecution and the police to find the criminal as soon as possible. Because, there are no evidences except destroyed blood cells, they cannot find the criminal, even suspects. So, the head of police demands his old friend 황정민 who is a policeman to make a criminal. On the other side, there are bribes between a prosecutor and a CEO. CEO is giving lots of money to the prosecutor for withdrawing a trail. 황정민 use 유해진 who is a gang, to make “innocent” man a criminal by violence and money. After 황정민 captured “innocent man,” he elevated his status. But, a prosecutor-류승범-find out this “dirty job” between 황정민 and 유해진, threatening 황정민. However, 황정민 had photos about the bribe between 류승범 and the CEO. So, they exchange their “secret,” and go back to work. But, few days later, the “innocent man” is proven that he is a real criminal by solving DNA from destroyed blood cells. When, 황정민’s coworkers found out the “backdoor trade,” they killed 황정민, and the pictures of bribe between the CEO and 유해진 were spread to journals. At the end, 류승범’s backer help 류승범 by saying that he will blow a drug crimes to the journal, and it will make citizens forget about 류승범.

           As I mentioned before, I saw this movie due to my friend’s review about this movie: I do not recommend you to see this movie, because after I watch this movie, I hate human. Well, I felt that way. I find out the dirty side of Korea Society, and black minds of people. This movie points out the society where money and power can be used as absolute ability that can even hide the scandals. I could feel this emotion overall film, but more acutely at the end where 류승범’s backer said “few days later, there will be drug crisis in the entertainment world. It will gonna help you to solve this problem.” Also, this film criticize the Korea society’s mood about the “line” that is necessary to succeed in Korea. This line means having same college, having same born area and knowing people who are powerful in the society. I really felt awkward toward human beings, and I promise myself to pay tax as government say and to live morally. And, I want to live as my brain and heart tell me what things to do, not trying to read others’ face.

           I liked this movie because it has described the dark side like desire of money, power and fame. I am not saying that desire is a bad thing, but I am saying that behaviors to achieve those things are not moral and even killing people. Also, the acts of the actors were really great. 유해진 act well during the scene to make “criminal.” It was so real that feeling of abhor, madness to 유해진 and sympathy to “made criminal.” A famous line comes at this scene, he says “You murdered a kid from now on.”

 Not only 유해진, but 류승범 act well as a corrupted prosecutor. He sketched himself as an animal which is hungry at money. He is a character who can use his power-a prosecutor-to earn, or control other people. When he had conflict with CEO, he said “Are you laughing Korean prosecutor? Hah? Can you control your mind, after I talk about you back trade of your building?” Finally, 류승완, a director, made a good mood during the story and give reality of this plot. So, my overall score for this film is

Three words describing yourself

     In the ocean, lots of fish exist. And, one of the fish in the ocean represents me. I change my feature to survive in the ocean, like adopting gills and fins. Like a real world, winners and losers exist in the ocean and I have to be strong to win the competition, to secure foods and to protect family. Also, I as a ocean, I accept many other fish, changing myself as fish's characteristics. I change temperature and transparency that best fits to the fish. I change myself to make peaceful atmosphere among fish, it's like a solar system. Solar system stay in the best balance, spinning around Sun, that is harmonious. I try hard to keep harmony between friends or teachers. People do not interfere with others very much but take effect from others, like one planet take effect from other planets' gravity. Fish, ocean and solar system describe me as I exist.

Reading Journal-The body

           Metafiction is a word that readers have to think about during reading this story: The Body. And, there is a part of story that is written by Gordon. But, I want to be specific about the very first part of The Body. Where it starts with “The most important things are the hardest things to say.” While I read this part, I could not understand it, although I read it several times.

           Why the most important things are the hardest things to say. There are much more important things that we could think. Like love, family or friendships and so on. But, why, the hardest things to say are the most important things? Well, the clue to solve this question was on the next sentence: they are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them-words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they’re brought out. There are things that we cannot express with the human expression, it would be better to be stay in our thoughts, imagination. For example, if you married with the girl who you really like, how can you express feeling with the words, or how could you catch the scene of it. We cannot catch or maintain that scene by taking photo or writing in the diary. If we do, we cannot fully express the feelings. And this is the meaning of limiting things that are in your head.

           Also, “the most important things lie too close to wherever your secret heart is buried, like landmarks to a treasure your enemies would love to steal away.” I believe this phrase means that values that are important to us are easily detected from others, although we hide those values in our heart.

           The author also wrote about the “worst case.” He says that it will be so sad when the listeners could not understand the importance of the values that you think it is really important.  

metafiction

BEll

             In 1997, July 15^th, there was a mysterious crime that cops cannot figure how he died: suicide or murder. There are no evidences of invasion but there are sign of resistance. But, the most doubtful thing is the last diary. It said

Where am I? It seems that I am in my room, sleeping and now time to wake up. But, I feel some differences than past few days. I feel lighter than other days and feel some kind of fantasy. Finding that I feel so good, and having ecstasy through this phenomenon; I had a strong desire to stay like this forever. Soon, the bell rang and I feel really disturb. I looked at the clock, it was 8 o’clock, must be call from my boss. My boss, who always disturb me and interrupts me, now, I want to have my own feeling and freedom.

‘Nobody can interrupt me from now on.’

             No matter what I do to keep my feeling, the bell rings again. When I answer phone with INSTINCT voice, I heard

“Hello, Johny Blaze speaking.”

“Hello Mr. Lays. Have a nice day in Holiday Inn.”

I hate this call. I hate traveling. I hate single serving toothbrush they give me. I hate those some old cheese burgers on the road. I HATE EVERYTHING SURROUND ME EXCEPT MY LAPTOP.

             I took my laptop but didn’t type anything. Just gazed the screen for a while and started to click anything that popped up on the Internet.

             Somehow I managed to go to an online book store. While I was hanging around, I found a book that has exactly same contents with my situation. This book seems to be longer than my situation. Then, I saw the author of that book, surprisingly the book was written by ‘Johny Blaze.’ When I want to see the end of this book, I type title of this book on browse, but found nothing but one blog. When I enter that blog it said ‘DEATH.’ I was so scared that I turn off my laptop and woke up.

             I open my eyes, hearing the bell ringing in my room and the door bell is ringing too.

          

           It seems that somebody came to his room and killed him. But, as I said there are no signs of invasion. BUT, ‘DEATH’ was on the monitor when cops enter the room. So, they trace the phone number which made phone bell ringing. But, there was no phone call at that time. Because they cannot find the clues, they ask neighbors about him. Neighbors said that he is a guy who works hard but gets stress about the work. Also, they said he stayed well with his friends and neighbors, meaning there were no enemies or people who hates him. A police stayed alone in the place where the man died, thinking about this mystery. Then, a police decided to report his death as suicide. But, we have to remember there were also no clues of suicide.

             So, a policeman stayed in the place to MAKE evidence, to make a report as a suicide. When he tried to do that, he found that the door is locked. AND, the ‘DEATH’ was on the computer monitor.

response to kim ki duk's movie

     Civilization is a new form of society that was made in modern society. Before the civilization, there was a balance between nature and human society. In that era human society was called culture. But, due to humans' greediness, people tried to conquer nature. This is a moment when civilization found. Human's avarice is a main point of a film and my essay.

     In this film, kid restrict animals movement by connecting rocks to their body, and he enjoy it. Restricting the behavior is a symbol of human's desire of possess. People does not want things to go out from them, but just to stay with them. So, human made a right to possess things near them. For example, there was a time in my life that I like bugs and like to collect those. In the book, I saw a praying manit. A praying manit is an insect that is most powerful in insect world. Because I was young I liked the things that are strong and fancy. So, I went to plain to catch it. Finally, I found one and kept it in my house. Few days later, it died. Like this people have desire to possess things that they like, not knowing this desire interrupts harmony of nature.

     Rocks and threads are goods that made me think kid's behavior as a human's avarice to possess. When, I saw the scene of animals trapped with rocks and threads, I had an image of pay tags that can be easily seen in the market.  

 

book report

10b3

Lee Do Hyun

Reading Journal-Different Seasons

Camouflage

           This book ‘Different Seasons’ is well known as movie ‘Shawshank redemption.’ As I read this book, I had a question that who is main character: Red or Andy. People would think Red is just a character who narrates Andy’s story, and Andy is a character who actually gives theme of this book. So, people would think that Andy is the main character of this story. But, I believe that main character of ‘Different Season’ is ‘Red’ and this story is about interaction between Andy and Red.  

           The most crucial evidence is in the end of this story. In the end, the story only focuses on the Red who lives in outer life, another name for life as non-prisoner’s life. But as he lives in the outer life, Red finds out that he could not adjust to new world. At the end, the book mentions ‘It’s all about me, every damned word of it.’ In this book Red is using Andy to reflect himself as a change man or a man who are looking for hope.

           One part of the hero’s journey is a ‘meeting mentor,’ and many readers think ‘Red’ as a mentor of ‘Andy.’ But, I believe that Red’s mentor is Andy. Red as you see, he failed to parole. Although, it is not only his problem to get fail on the parole, but it means that he didn’t rehabilitated. But, he met freshman ‘Andy,’ who have good attitude and who is really ‘innocent.’ He adjusted to the Shawshank life not like others but morally. Red is interested on Andy and became a friend with him, and he changed the mind. He was just a prisoner who lived without ‘HOPE.’ But, as he talks with Andy and learning from Andy’s behaviors, he had hope to live. To live morally who regret himself as a prisoner, and who have hope to have new life. Like this, Andy is mentor of Red who gave him HOPE to start a new life.

           Hope is a main theme of this Shawshank redemption. There are many things that symbolize hope in this story as well. The picture of Rita Hayworth is one of them. Including poster of Rita Hayworth, other women represent outside world, hope, and desire to live normally. Rita Hayworth is a woman who reminds Andy to look forward to live outside life and keeps him alive. This picture gives motivation to Andy, to break the wall and go to the outer life. Also, rocks and hammers is another symbol of hope to normal life. By keeping his habits of making arts, he could remain different from other inmates. This behavior is one of his behaviors to pursue normal life. He also gives his works to other prisoners which mean spreading hope to the others.

           Not only hope but also, it shows the corruption and bad side of human. People living in the Shawshank are literally bad guys, who made crimes: murder, thief and so on. But, I am not going to talk about the things that prisoners did to come to the Shawshank. People in the Shawshank are looking for self-satisfactory in corrupted way like drugs, gay sex and violence. They are always looking for ecstasy not happiness.  

chain writing

International English class

Mr. Garrioch

Do Hyun Lee

BEll

             Where am I? It seems that I am in my room, sleeping and now time to wake up. But, I feel some differences than past few days. I feel lighter than other days and feel some kind of fantasy. Finding that I feel so good, and having ecstasy through this phenomenon; I had a strong desire to stay like this forever. Soon, the bell rang and I feel really disturb. I looked at the clock, it was 8 o’clock, must be call from my boss. My boss, who always disturb me and interrupts me, now, I want to have my own feeling and freedom.

‘Nobody can interrupt me from now on.’

             No matter what I do to keep my feeling, the bell rings again. When I answer phone with INSTINCT voice, I heard

“Hello, Johny Blaze speaking.”

“Hello Mr. Lays. Have a nice day in Holiday Inn.”

I hate this call. I hate traveling. I hate single serving toothbrush they give me. I hate those some old cheese burgers on the road. I HATE EVERYTHING SURROUND ME EXCEPT MY LAPTOP.

             I took my laptop but didn’t type anything. Just gazed the screen for a while and started to click anything that popped up on the Internet.

             Somehow I managed to go to an online book store. While I was hanging around, I found a book that has exactly same contents with my situation. This book seems to be longer than my situation. Then, I saw the author of that book, surprisingly the book was written by ‘Johny Blaze.’ When I want to see the end of this book, I type title of this book on browse, but found nothing but one blog. When I enter that blog it said ‘DEATH.’ I was so scared that I turn off my laptop and woke up.

             I open my eyes, hearing the bell ringing in my room.