It sounds like you like this film as much as I do, so I'd appreciate if you could maybe help me out with a question…
Ahhh...this makes a lot of sense! Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
I hadn't even caught that he WAS looking out for her. I was a bit confused by that. Was he spying on her in case she collaborated with the NKs? Was he going to pursue her romantically? lol My mind goes to strange places. Which is why, as you said, open endings that keep us wondering, can be a gift.
I get the selflessness of his choosing not to tell her, and to avoid her perhaps arguing that she doesn't WANT him "looking out for her," but it seems to me it would have been of great comfort to her, knowing that her lover's last thoughts were of her.
Maybe he could have chosen to fib about it, and say, "He asked me to tell you that you are the best thing that ever happened to him," or something like that.
Korean and other Asian films have taught me that open endings can be a cool thing, I agree. I was raised on Hollywood stuff, in which we almost always got clearly defined endings, and usually ones that were in some way happy/positive, everything tied off in a neat bow. Over the last seven years of obsessive Asian movie-watching, I've learned how that can be an insulting thing to do to an audience, over and over again.
The rape(???) of Yichen by Lufeng in the latter's office was a bit lame in a couple of waysGiven that the actors/director…
He was likable and forgivable until the rape. I mean, we are supposed to assume a rape took place, right? How does not showing the act, even though the act is implied, leave LF forgivable? The audience still knows he raped Yichen.
It's a chinese series because it was shot in China with (mostly) chinese actors and crew, the way to bypass censorship…
I see. Thanks. I haven't had a clear understanding of how effectively the PRC government is able to control Internet access, one way or the other. I thought it was pretty much a total blackout.
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Thank you.
I don't hate this dude. I don't know this dude.
The reasons I wrote what I wrote are right there in the comment.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
I hadn't even caught that he WAS looking out for her. I was a bit confused by that. Was he spying on her in case she collaborated with the NKs? Was he going to pursue her romantically? lol My mind goes to strange places. Which is why, as you said, open endings that keep us wondering, can be a gift.
I get the selflessness of his choosing not to tell her, and to avoid her perhaps arguing that she doesn't WANT him "looking out for her," but it seems to me it would have been of great comfort to her, knowing that her lover's last thoughts were of her.
Maybe he could have chosen to fib about it, and say, "He asked me to tell you that you are the best thing that ever happened to him," or something like that.
Korean and other Asian films have taught me that open endings can be a cool thing, I agree. I was raised on Hollywood stuff, in which we almost always got clearly defined endings, and usually ones that were in some way happy/positive, everything tied off in a neat bow. Over the last seven years of obsessive Asian movie-watching, I've learned how that can be an insulting thing to do to an audience, over and over again.
You wrote this, correct?
You asked "what the hell" in regard to my comment.
I replied by answering "what the hell" my comment is about.
I don't see how this is confusing. :)
These two are totally in love.
Nothing is black/white, snowflake.
No one cares.
I mean, we are supposed to assume a rape took place, right?
How does not showing the act, even though the act is implied, leave LF forgivable? The audience still knows he raped Yichen.
Dropped.
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Where do you live?