Time now once again,
to dive into the world of movies.
Sometimes the stories told are too far out,
or just uncomfortably real...
but we just can't get enough!

Thanks for tuning in all you film buffs out there!
This is Daniel Choy's Flixology.
a weekly review or preview of the big pictures.

BG: Dialogue 3

Little is known about the characters.
Especially the main one.

And that makes this piece more powerful
than any other story that backtracks or digs deeper into
the main character's past or his psyche.

BG: 달콤한 인생(Bitter Sweet Life) - Various Artists

The focus is on the moment.
The moment when everything turns around,
and he is in a situation he never imagined he would be knee deep in.

And why?

Like many mythologies and any tragedies that
survived the test of time and is celebrated as a
masterpiece for generations...

it is about a girl.

He feels love for the first time in his
mechanical life.

For a man who lives a dry, organized life
to be spontaneous and go against every little rule
that he vowed not to break... that's pretty something.

For once he tries to follow his heart,
and live a little differently,
but he pays the price.

The role propelled Lee Byung-hun's career to a new stratosphere.
The main reason why he earned the lead role
in G.I. Joe.


Song Break: 달콤한 인생 III(Bitter Sweet Life III) - 양파


BG: Romance - Yuhki Kuramoto

Another actor rose from relative obscurity.
Hwang Jeong-min.
The scar that looks like a drool stretching from his lips to the side...
complemented his character very well.

Before he played super-romantic roles,
this bad to the bone big boss role fit him like a glove.

The female lead played by Shin Min-ah was pivotal,
yet I feel it could have been played by any decent actress.
If anything she couldn't add more life into it.

Great action scenes and shooting scenes are added perks to the movie.
The director Kim Ji-woon, does such an extensive job
doing research for every minute detail of the movie,
that you will have to watch this masterpiece at least a couple of times
to really appreciate all that it has to offer.

From lightning quick action sequences
that really sets the movie apart from any other,
to rarely used weaponry that will turn heads a couple of times more.

Yes, it can seem ultra-violent,
but the violence is used to highlight
the extremities of the situations the characters are thrust into.

They say it's better to have loved
than to have never loved at all,
Perhaps it applies to living life the way you should and could have.
Would you rather live on your knees or die on your feet?
Is it better to have realized what makes you feel
alive even for one brisk moment even if it means
trading a lifetime of monotony and predictability?

I'm not going to give away the ending for the movie of course,
but it quotes a deeply philosophical dialogue.

어느날, 제자는 달콤한 잠에 빠져 있었다.
그런데 잠에서 깨어난 제자는 갑자기 눈물을 흘리며 울기 시작했다.
스승은 걱정이 되어 제자에게 물었다
"왜 우느냐?"
"달콤한 꿈을 꾸었습니다."
스승은 기이하여 다시 물었다
"그런데 어이하여 눈물을 흘리느냐?"
그러자 제자가 답했다
"그 꿈은 이루어질 수 없는 꿈이었기 때문입니다."

Song Break: A Honeyed Question - 황정민