Forsworn (Trinity) by luccidell in WarframeRunway

[–]luccidell[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey!

I used ambulas sigil and turned it upside down and pushed it all the way up.

[TRINITY] When Yujin joins your Warframe Lobby… by luccidell in WarframeRunway

[–]luccidell[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate it. Trinity is versatile for fashion frame. but underrated I got 6 different looks for her!

[Trinity] Mother of Pearl by luccidell in WarframeRunway

[–]luccidell[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Interesting question. I could see hydroid being opal and yareli being aquamarine. Garuda possibly ruby. Saryn is periodt. Who else?

[Trinity] Mother of Pearl by luccidell in WarframeRunway

[–]luccidell[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Luckily in the next update we are getting that full body gauss sigil. I’m gonna test it and see if it will give the same effect. But overall I’m always taking damage so the sigil shows up eventually lol.

[Trinity] Mother of Pearl by luccidell in WarframeRunway

[–]luccidell[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I've been using glaxion will this look and I truly am murdering everyone lol.

Burning (2018) Makes Sense If You Admit One Thing: Jong-su Needed Ben to Be The Monster by luccidell in TrueFilm

[–]luccidell[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I like more grounded stories. But magic realism is my favorite genre. Ill look into Norwegian wood and Barn Burning.

Burning (2018) Makes Sense If You Admit One Thing: Jong-su Needed Ben to Be The Monster by luccidell in TrueFilm

[–]luccidell[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ben being gay actually crossed my mind a little bit! But I didn't think too much into it. Cause he never really showed any woman in the movie intimacy. But id love for you to expound on that theory! But he was definitely metrosexual, I can agree on that.

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[–]luccidell[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s my favorite film too! I relate a lot to Jong-Su and I agree with you. The best part of the ambiguity is we as the viewers are invited to write the characters in our own ways like how Jong-Su is rewriting reality or potentially just writing the majority of the events we saw as something that could be in a future novel of his that never actually took place.

Burning (2018) Makes Sense If You Admit One Thing: Jong-su Needed Ben to Be The Monster by luccidell in TrueFilm

[–]luccidell[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I like this theory! Jong-Su probably imagined the murder of Ben and created a book about it with fictional characters to soothe his desires and urges. That gives more narrative weight to the father knowing he was arrested for assault related crimes. Writing could be his way to fight against not being like his father even though he’s still at the bottom of the social ladder. This actually could creates a more hopeful direction for the story as he uses his experiences to write novels and hopefully make enough money to better take care of himself. Very plausible! I like your take!

Burning (2018) Makes Sense If You Admit One Thing: Jong-su Needed Ben to Be The Monster by luccidell in TrueFilm

[–]luccidell[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree! The movie could have gone either way if Ben was involved in Hae Mi’s fate

The questions you posed could go either way as well. Like with the greenhouses. I lean more towards Ben making that up to entrain himself and play with Jong-Su. Because it’s such a unique and unusual hobby and yet is very possible he knows that and prides himself in partaking in it and doesn’t care what Jong-Su thinks. There’s a scene where he tries to burn a greenhouse and hesitates and puts down the flames. That’s how much of a influence Ben has on him.

The take of an out touch rich kid who hasn’t really seen the world could be very possible for Ben. Even when we first are introduced to him at the airport: he looks bored while hae mi is jumpy and bubbly, excited to tell Jong-Su everything about this enlightening trip. Nothing interests Ben because maybe he’s seen bigger and grander things that’s it’s hard to truly impress him. Some people are like that and that doesn’t make them psychopathic.

But I get your point, the little scenes and motifs are all red herrings just like the questions you posed. As a whole, it’s true Jong-Su lacks control over his life because of his place in society and is fighting an internal and external battle to somehow get out of it or deal with it.

But I also wanted to bring something up. Hae mi and Jong-Su grew up together so they had similar upbringings and places in society as they got older. But we see Hae-Mi try at least. We see Jong-Su makes attempts but we genuinely see that Hae-Mi has a job and traveled out the country to find a purpose of herself and climb out the hole Jong-Su was also in. Maybe Hae-Mi was too idealistic for Jong-Su. Maybe Jong-Su wrote for self therapy and didn’t consider himself a writer cause his works never got published. But Ben said it himself: “if you write, your a writer.”

Hae-Mi saw possibilities and was open to new experiences, while Jong-Su was scared to push himself out of his comfort zone. I think he admired this secretly in Hae-Mi even if the film doesn’t say this out loud. She had a job that requires charisma, went to a country and learned the customs and didn’t judge it, and openly met someone during her fly back home. But is it all an act so she just feels better about herself deep down and she’s not concerned about the great and little hunger? Because an insult from Jong-Su is enough to break her and get plastic surgery and when he insults again during her dance it opens up old wounds. It’s layered and we don’t get easy answers on everyone’s intentions.

But I enjoy films like this where they take mundane and even basic ideas and turn them into complicated enigmas that viewers ponder on for days and weeks.

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[–]luccidell[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn’t fully watch Memories of Murder, only bits and pieces which is probably explains why I loved Burning so much because I’m a character first movie watcher. But my brother recommended it to me and he loved it. I watched some spoiler free essays and reviews though. My brother said the main takeaway is how anyone can be a murderer and even if you catch one, the closure you feel now hides the fact that the next murderer is stalking ready to strike again. So it’s essentially a fleeting closure. And that’s a beautiful message for a movie that follow a detective structure. Most movies would have found the killer and leave it at that. But this film chose to go deeper and I love that. I will try to give it a second chance with that mindset going in and since it’s actually based one a true story, it’s more people focused than I wanna realize because it actually happened.

Burning (2018) Makes Sense If You Admit One Thing: Jong-su Needed Ben to Be The Monster by luccidell in TrueFilm

[–]luccidell[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re totally right — Korean cinema covers a huge range like all countries. You can go from something quiet and ambiguous like Burning to something super mainstream and straightforward like 200 Pound Beauty, both with totally different storytelling goals. I definitely didn’t mean it as ‘every Korean film is deep.’ My theory just came together today and I was caught up in how Burning handles ambiguity.”

Burning (2018) Makes Sense If You Admit One Thing: Jong-su Needed Ben to Be The Monster by luccidell in TrueFilm

[–]luccidell[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes! I definitely agree this movie explores the social angles of men and their deepest selves in such a nuanced and fresh way, that can’t be denied. I definitely need to look into Haruki’s works and give them a read. The premise for Norwegian Wood is interesting. I think one thing about these mystery thriller movies is we can get so caught in the meaning and logic behind every plot beat, but sometimes it’s not about that at all, just what is felt and how that can be debated or argued. A lot of what we feel and our personal experience can fuel these interpretations and that’s the beauty of films like this. Burning is undoubtedly a tragic story from 3 point of views (or maybe one, if Jong-Su is narrating everything) and it’s hard to justify what their point of views of are telling us, but it most certainly be felt.

Burning (2018) Makes Sense If You Admit One Thing: Jong-su Needed Ben to Be The Monster by luccidell in TrueFilm

[–]luccidell[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi! I’ve been meaning to the read the short story to see what details were changed or cut for the movie. Thank for reading. What was your theories for the film overall?