The whole generation sympathized..Revealing the points for viewing 'Land of Happiness' through lingering and angry
Aug 20, 2024
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First of all, teenagers and people in their 20s responded the most to the interest in a little-known story in modern history that they learned through textbooks and the long lingering feeling and emotion of the movie. The film tells the story of various characters caught up in a whirlwind of history, focusing on the 10.26 presidential assassination and a single trial that penetrates the 12.12 incident, which cannot be left out of modern Korean history. The unfair trial conducted in a shoddy manner between these two cases is historical facts unknown to the public and is sufficient to attract the audience's attention. In addition, the changing relationship, emotional line, and sincere friendship between Park Tae-joo (Lee Sun-kyun), who participated in the assassination of the president by orders of his superiors, and lawyer Jeong In-hoo (Cho Jung-seok), who entered the trial to save him, cause deep emotion in the audience and leave a long lingering feeling that cannot easily happen even after the movie is over.
Those in their 30s are angry about the historical situation with the enthusiastic performances of familiar actors. In 'Happiness Country', many actors who trust Korea's representative acting actors Cho Jung-seok, Lee Sun-kyun, Yoo Jae-myung, Woo-hyun, Lee Won-jong, Jeon Bae-soo, Song Young-gyu, and Choi Won-young appear, raising the sense of immersion in the film with overwhelming enthusiasm. They show a variety of human figures, including the irrational trials that took place in the 1979s, and those who abuse power and those who fall victim to that power, causing anger and regret among the audience. At the same time, office workers sympathize with the situation of Park Tae-joo, who participated in the assassination of the president by the order of his superiors, and the spread of 'true reviews' online is drawing attention as an office worker Pilam movie.
Audiences in their 40s regarded 'Land of Happiness' as a work that can be watched with their children, and at the same time, through 'Gwanghae, Man Who Became King', they expressed their trust in director Choo Chang-min, who is Korea's best storyteller and joined the 10 million director's ranks. Not only children who have learned modern Korean history at school, but also young children who do not know modern history yet, 'Land of Happiness' is considered one of the movies that parents want to show their children. Trust in director Choo Chang-min also contributes to attracting people in their 40s to the theater. Director Chu Chang-min demonstrated his excellent sense of cinematic reconstruction of characters and events hidden in historical events through 『Gwanghae, Man Who Became King』. 'Land of Happiness' also succeeded in bringing an unknown story out of the world in big modern history, proving its true skills, and at the same time, the audience's eyes are on the story newly created by director Chu Chang-min.
Audiences in their 50s and older experienced the era they experienced directly through the screen once again, sympathizing with the story in the movie and getting angry. Audiences who went through the times attract attention by being more immersed in and empathizing with stories they already knew or did not know. As the production team is dealing with an event that actually happened in 1979, it has made constant efforts to guide the audience into the background of the era. In particular, the movie's highlight, the court scene, was filmed perfectly in line with the location of the lawyers, the audience, and the number of defendants based on the documentary. The detailed scene in the movie gave audiences in their 50s and older a feeling of returning to those days, creating a higher sense of immersion and deep empathy.
Audiences who watched the movie are sending a variety of reviews, including actors' acting, interest in unknown stories, and lingering feelings and emotions given by the work. As such, 'Happiness Country' evokes sympathy from all generations, from students to parents with children and those who lived together in that era. At the same time, it satisfies the audience with different points and is rapidly emerging as a 'Pilam Movie for All Generations' to be checked on screen this summer, raising expectations for its second week of box office success.
'Land of Happiness' is a story of a secretary accompanying the intelligence chief who was involved in the assassination of the president by orders of his superiors and a lawyer who entered Korea's worst political trial by defending him. This film depicts the true story of Army Colonel Park Heung-joo, who was involved in the murder of former President Park Chung-hee on Oct. 26, 1979, and lawyer Tae Yoon-ki, who defended him. Cho Jung-seok, Lee Sun-kyun, and Yoo Jae-myung appeared, and director Choo Chang-min of 'Gwanghae, The Man Who Became King'7 Years' Night' took the megaphone.
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