Train to Busan
Jan. 15th, 2024 02:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
iariaRewatched and I think I actually loved it even more then the first time I watched. Such a well made movie on level - great acting, great writing, great characters, great cinematographer, great take on zombies. Definitely one of my top 3 pieces of zombie media.
+ I am just so impressed with the zombies and the stunt work and the physicality the extras and actors put into them. The way they moved was terrifying and amazing to watch.
+ The scoring and music was excellent and super effective. It stuck out a lot this time.
+ I think that one of the main things that works so well is Seok-woo and the journey his character goes on. I love how they have two characters - the CEO and Sang-hwa - as representations of who he could be. When we start the movie he's verging more on being like the CEO, and we see that directly with him listening to the CEO and shutting the door on Seong-kyeong and Sang-hwa. But over the course of the movie as he struggles to protect his daughter and himself he changes from strictly selfish (called out by his daughter on) to someone who cares and helps others, and ultimately someone who will self-sacrifice to protect someone else. Seok-woo ultimately chooses to be more like Sang-hwa, rejecting the selfishness of the CEO, and because of that his daughter ultimately survives.
Which, aside: I love so much that Seok-woo kept his promise to Sang-hwa to protect Seong-kyeong.
+ The end is heartbreaking and Su-an's sobbing breakdown in her final scene with her father always makes me cry. The actress was amazing.
+ Sang-hwa really was the best. My favourite character, I loved him. Compassionate, funny and a complete badass. His relationship with his wife was sweet.
+ I liked the homeless guy a lot (and poor guy doesn't even get a name) and I felt for him. I loved him throwing the coat over the zombie's head - such a smart and kind thing for him to do. His sacrifice at the end to save Su-an and Seong-kyeong was sad and amazing. A subtle thing I picked up this time was that during the scene where everyone was yelling at our group to leave he was the first to start moving I think because he's used to people's disdain and yelling at him, whereas the other's are still in shock at having that directed at them.
+ Su-an's mother tells her "people who say that are not a good person" (agreed) and it proved 100% true with the CEO being revealed to be the worst.
+ I loved that it was Su-an following her father's advice, to finish what you start, that saves her and Seong-kyeong in the tunnel.
+ The CEO really was the absolute worst. The way by the end he is just actively pushing other people into the zombies just, ugh.
+ Despite finding the CEO despicable during the first half I disagreed with him but also found his arguments understandable. When they were in Daejeon Station with zombies around the train and no knowledge where or even if there were other survivors arguing that they needed to leave now and protect those they know are alive wasn't wrong.
+ Also despite the CEO's dickery looming large there was a lot of caring about other people and self-sacrifice happening. From small moments (the train attendants trying to help people, the homeless man throwing his coat over the zombies head) to the big self-sacrifice moments. It felt like a lesson that kindness was the right way to go was emphasised over and over. With Seong-kyeong in particular. She saved In-gil on the platform and then In-gil sacrifices herself to save everyone else. She saved the homeless man by letting him on the train and he saved her and Su-an at the end. She protected Su-an, Su-an singing saved her at the end by singing.
+ Seong-kyeong papering the door was some really quick thinking. I wish she'd gotten more moments like that.
+ The guys wrapping their arms was a good idea. I would have wrapped even more! But Sang-hwa leaving his coat behind was dumb. You want to be more covered.
+ In-gil realising that she wouldn't be able to get into the car and get the door closed before the zombies got there and choosing to sacrifice herself :(
+ There is absolutely a lot of schadenfreude in Jong-gil choosing to open the door to the zombies and sacrificing the people who's actions led to her sister's death. A petty little satisfaction at a sort of karma hitting people who just behaved in a terrible way. But past that initial reaction I just felt bad for those people. That was a genuinely terrible thing she just did. Everyone in that car was rightly terrified. They behaved badly but they didn't deserve to die for it.
+ I am just so impressed with the zombies and the stunt work and the physicality the extras and actors put into them. The way they moved was terrifying and amazing to watch.
+ The scoring and music was excellent and super effective. It stuck out a lot this time.
+ I think that one of the main things that works so well is Seok-woo and the journey his character goes on. I love how they have two characters - the CEO and Sang-hwa - as representations of who he could be. When we start the movie he's verging more on being like the CEO, and we see that directly with him listening to the CEO and shutting the door on Seong-kyeong and Sang-hwa. But over the course of the movie as he struggles to protect his daughter and himself he changes from strictly selfish (called out by his daughter on) to someone who cares and helps others, and ultimately someone who will self-sacrifice to protect someone else. Seok-woo ultimately chooses to be more like Sang-hwa, rejecting the selfishness of the CEO, and because of that his daughter ultimately survives.
Which, aside: I love so much that Seok-woo kept his promise to Sang-hwa to protect Seong-kyeong.
+ The end is heartbreaking and Su-an's sobbing breakdown in her final scene with her father always makes me cry. The actress was amazing.
+ Sang-hwa really was the best. My favourite character, I loved him. Compassionate, funny and a complete badass. His relationship with his wife was sweet.
+ I liked the homeless guy a lot (and poor guy doesn't even get a name) and I felt for him. I loved him throwing the coat over the zombie's head - such a smart and kind thing for him to do. His sacrifice at the end to save Su-an and Seong-kyeong was sad and amazing. A subtle thing I picked up this time was that during the scene where everyone was yelling at our group to leave he was the first to start moving I think because he's used to people's disdain and yelling at him, whereas the other's are still in shock at having that directed at them.
+ Su-an's mother tells her "people who say that are not a good person" (agreed) and it proved 100% true with the CEO being revealed to be the worst.
+ I loved that it was Su-an following her father's advice, to finish what you start, that saves her and Seong-kyeong in the tunnel.
+ The CEO really was the absolute worst. The way by the end he is just actively pushing other people into the zombies just, ugh.
+ Despite finding the CEO despicable during the first half I disagreed with him but also found his arguments understandable. When they were in Daejeon Station with zombies around the train and no knowledge where or even if there were other survivors arguing that they needed to leave now and protect those they know are alive wasn't wrong.
+ Also despite the CEO's dickery looming large there was a lot of caring about other people and self-sacrifice happening. From small moments (the train attendants trying to help people, the homeless man throwing his coat over the zombies head) to the big self-sacrifice moments. It felt like a lesson that kindness was the right way to go was emphasised over and over. With Seong-kyeong in particular. She saved In-gil on the platform and then In-gil sacrifices herself to save everyone else. She saved the homeless man by letting him on the train and he saved her and Su-an at the end. She protected Su-an, Su-an singing saved her at the end by singing.
+ Seong-kyeong papering the door was some really quick thinking. I wish she'd gotten more moments like that.
+ The guys wrapping their arms was a good idea. I would have wrapped even more! But Sang-hwa leaving his coat behind was dumb. You want to be more covered.
+ In-gil realising that she wouldn't be able to get into the car and get the door closed before the zombies got there and choosing to sacrifice herself :(
+ There is absolutely a lot of schadenfreude in Jong-gil choosing to open the door to the zombies and sacrificing the people who's actions led to her sister's death. A petty little satisfaction at a sort of karma hitting people who just behaved in a terrible way. But past that initial reaction I just felt bad for those people. That was a genuinely terrible thing she just did. Everyone in that car was rightly terrified. They behaved badly but they didn't deserve to die for it.
