Wednesday, 12 July 2017

MPOV: Okja

My rating: 3/5
IMDb rating: 7.6/10
Released: June 28, 2017
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Casts: Ahn Seo-hyun, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tilda Swinton, Lily Collins, Steven Yuen, Paul Dano
Category: A 2017 action adventure film




The above taken from Wikipedia.

I honestly thought it was another Korean scary movie due to it's title LOL! Then I noticed the few American actors and I was like ok... and then it's about super pigs O.O

Overall, it was a good movie about humanity, a good cross-over between American and Korean with a traditional, local look and modern technology feel. Though Okja was a CGI creation, it's so realistic like any other pigs but in gigantic size. The young Korean actress definitely brought the movie to another level of sensitivity. In the end, the animal abuse made me feel nausea... it's like hinting that I should go vegan =.=

This movie did reminds me of a duck my dad had brought back many moons ago when I was around 10 years old. I had treated it like a pet, talked to it after I have returned from school every single day. But a few weeks later, it went missing. It was not there anymore. Then I saw a new dish on the dinner table... I bit my tongue and held back my tears thinking how could they?! I just couldn't eat it and have not eaten ducks ever since. Such trauma over a duck but this movie resonates with me.

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