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Gisaengchung (2019)
What does this movie mean?
So, you think you're going to "fast track" your way to the good life huh? By taking a short cut here, a little lying and deceiving there.
Well maybe.. it seems to work for some, why not for you? (I mean how else did they get there, right? By being honest? ..oh please!)
So you decide to take the "easy" road. One lie opens one door, then another, and yet another.
Things seem to be going so well for you. You're getting ahead without having to make any real sacrifices. All of this unearned wealth is just within your reach.
But one night...
~~~~~LIGHTNING! ~~~ THUNDER! ~~~~~
...comes a flood.
And the entire foundation your life is built on, washes away.
Turns out all those lies, short cuts, and easy way outs were not good building material.
You had the wrong plan. You walked the wrong path. And you made the wrong sacrifices.
You thought you were taking the easy way out, the short cut.
Look at how wrong you were.
In the end, you lost everything: Your sister. Your father. Your home. Your freedom. Your health.
Tell me again how this was suppose to be the easy way out?
My god... would it not have been easier to have made the proper sacrifices right from the start?
I guess we all have to learn are lessons somehow.
So today I have a new plan. I will go to university, study, graduate. I will get a job and work very hard. I will become rich. And I will get back the house. And one day, you will walk out of the basement father, and we all be reunited in the sunshine of the courtyard.
Until then.
Donald Cried (2016)
So real it hurts.
I don't think I've ever watched a movie that resonated as much as this one.
I have a Donald in my life. One of my best friends in high school. Now 10 years out he still lives with his mom, works a dead end job, smokes weed, and hangs out with the same dead beat friends. Snags a girl, only to have it all fall apart.
I'll come into town once every few years and we catch up. It's just like Donald Cried. Drive around, see old faces that have not gone anywhere, have a few fun moments like the old days. Then by the end of it all, reality returns and I go back to my life and he stay right where he is in his.
This movie made me laugh,
It made me smile,
And it broke my heart.
Most movies sell "magic". The happy ending. The guy we like bettering himself and his life. The loser/underdog coming out on top. Not this one. No, this movie is as close to reality as it gets. And it hurts. I still feel like there's an arrow in my heart.
This movie will never be popular. Reality sucks. And people don't go to the movies for "reality", they want magic. Reality is a hard sell. Never the less, I'm glad I saw Donald Cried and I recommend it.
I don't think I'll ever forget this movie.