I have to say that in recent years, the development of the Korean film and television industry is still rapid, diverse and international.
If you take a closer look, you will find:
Korean films and televisions, which seem to emerge endlessly and have changeable themes, always have the shadows of other countries.
For example, Jiang Hena's "Insider" combines all the advantages of previous retro Hong Kong films.
"Infernal Affairs" is generally tense, exciting, and some suffocating Korean revenge undercover,
The intertwining of black and white forces, there is no eternal friendship, only eternal interests.
The position of all people is always changing, and no one is an eternal association of interests between people.
This has the complicated human feelings of Hong Kong-style police films and the hardships of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Incorporating a critique of the Korean workplace and reality, "The Insider" has a taste of Hong Kong style and Korean fusion.
There is also the "Squid Game" of the 2021 global fire,
To be honest, there is still a little bit of the taste of the Japanese manga "Alice at the Time of Death",
It is also a game with life as a chip, and the rules of the game are various comics,
However, "Squid Game" also incorporates the human nature Korean content of "people die for money, birds die for eating";
The Japanese manga sense + Korean humanity and fast pace have created a global phenomenon drama in 2021.
Or Netflix's Korean version of "The House of Bills",
Drawing on the romance and idealism of Spain, and incorporating the cultural characteristics of Korean style,
Jeon Jong-sui, a young girl who came to South Korea from North Korea, the life of the bottom suffocated...
The tense and exciting "bank-snatching utopia" also incorporates a Korean drama-style light comedy love plot.
From Hong Kong films to Japanese films, and then to Spain, it can be seen that South Korea has made a lot of efforts to learn from it.
Of course, the biggest impact on the Korean film and television industry is the American drama,
The smooth sense of rhythm, the business model that makes people overwhelmed to watch, the plot of the drama and the distinct character design,
The highs and twists seem to be written in a formula, holding the heartstrings of the audience.
In the second half of 2022, "Witch 2" was launched, and the biochemical transformation plot was deeply influenced by the United States.
The first part, under the interpretation of Jin Duomei, has a subtle and restrained taste of oriental coolness, which can be described as unique.
A genius superpower (biochemical transformation) girl adopted by an ordinary couple,
In fact, this is not a new subject at all.
But "Witch 1" does play with the oriental flavor,
Jin Duomei's round face, the appearance of people and animals eating boiled eggs harmlessly, really made "dressing up as a pig and eating a tiger" to the extreme.
The patience of laying a lot of cushions and long leads, dreaming back to Park Chan-wook's elegant, slow, and appetizing "Revenge Trilogy,
South Korea is good at teenage to the story + American bloody work,
"Witch" + Kim Do-mi's acting skills have actually created a miracle of Korean super-powered science fiction films.
After four years, "Witch 2" finally came late,
It can be seen that the team cares a lot about this cool and trendy big IP,
The heroine was born from the competition of hell mode among 1408 candidates.
The achievement is Jin Tai Pear, Quan Zhong Rui, not achievement.....
Genetic modification, biochemicals, puppets, biochemical sisters, mercenaries, laboratories...
These elements have actually been used quite a lot in American science fiction movies.
And "Witch 2" is also a continuation of the high point after the "long preparation" of "Witch", which is still unfinished.
From the beginning to the end, it is not korean-style good at "dissecting" the witch, showing her humanity and magic,
Obviously, it is a terrifying biological and chemical weapon, and it is connected to the dirty and chaotic laboratory and trading.
And the witch has a sense of "no dispute with the world",
Covered in blood and torn clothes, he walked in a pure snow-white mountain forest.
A thin little girl, kidnapped by a gang of murderous robbers,
Not fear, not begging, but an inexplicable calmness and insensitivity,
And the young woman who was also tied up had to intercede for this innocent little girl when she was unable to protect herself.
Make a love affair with ordinary people, spend an ordinary, loving time,
Watch live streams, eat fried chicken, pizza and Coke,
And the pursuit of the genetically modified world and the involvement of various interests have made the witch throw herself into the entanglement of interests and bloody cruelty.
But in essence, for her, it was nothing more than an effortless final battle.
This is the complexity of the role of the witch itself,
The division she experienced has created a refreshing sensation in Korean-style biochemical films.
Not the American style such as Alice, a mature girl who can fight strongly in "Resident Evil", but a fresh and feminine girly look.
This high-level girlishness is not "Lolita", nor is it a charming man,
It not only brought her a sense of mystery, but also made others let down their vigilance;
This point, Kim Do-mei in "Witch 1" played deep into the bone marrow,
Everyone must remember that before the enemy tried to test, every punch was going to hit her white and round face.
Her eyes widened, her cheeks stuffed with boiled eggs, and her bulging sacs looked cute and simple.
Do not play the American style of the big heroine, but the Oriental "play pig to eat the tiger",
The role of the witch is very interesting.
The life is complex and mysterious, and it is competed for by various powerful forces on the ground and underground,
The witch has a sense of contrast between the simplicity and the hidden depth of "no dispute with the world" and "out of the mud without staining".
For example, she can't watch TV, can't play live on her mobile phone, but can control various wires and devices on the roof;
Others were still talking harshly and noisily trying to fight, but she was bent on throwing herself into the food table.
The last battle can be said to be a backwater battle in which the forces of all sides racked their brains.
Bulletproof vests, sniper rifles, and puppets are fully prepared to fight,
As a result, the witch only watched the fireworks, and incidentally participated in a vicious battle.
This is probably the fatal attraction of the simple and deep role of the witch to us,
The blood-red maiden in the snow, the death of you under the fireworks, the hunting and hunting of the dark forest,
Just don't know who the hunter is...
The sense of scene and atmosphere in "Witch 2" is still the ultimate.
Unfortunately, "Witch 2" is quite good at the Korean box office,
But word of mouth is indeed not as good as the first part of Jin Duomei,
Shen Shiya, who stood out in 1408:1, although beautiful and feminine, calm and deep, lacked the contrast of Jin Duomei.
For example, the witch sister in "Witch 2" can fight only by her mind, without using her hands.
This "phoenix" and "crimson witch" style of the idea hero, the concept first,
But it is also destined not to be full of Jin Duomei's fist to meat fight.
And Choi Min-sik and Kim Do-mi's kind of love and hate, both enemies and sympathy for each other,
It also makes the emotion of "Witch" pull to the extreme.
Why is the witch charming?
Playing is not the American strong fist to the hand of the big heroine, even if it is a girl's body, it is not weak,
On the contrary, there is a sense of oppression brought about by the mysterious unknown,
The witch shows weakness is trapping, and the witch's ruthlessness is full of indifference under the suppression of strength;
High-end hunters often appear as prey,
A barefoot girl running in a dark forest, a single girl covered in blood in the snow,
The girl who "waits for the wind to come" under the fireworks in the sky, do you think it is a prey or a hunter?