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Over the past few days, I've watched two good movies, and I was very pleased with both. One is a rather famous Japanese film, Battle Royale, and the other is a Korean drama, Castaway on the Moon, which I wanted to tell you about. At first, I decided not to describe the plot, as it might spoil the experience for anyone who decides to watch it, but then I thought that there probably wouldn't be anyone like that.
So, it starts with a guy who decides to end his life by jumping off a bridge into a river. By a stroke of luck, he survives and is washed ashore on an island under that bridge. Blaming himself for "not even being able to die properly," he notices the skyscraper from which he had planned to jump. His phone quickly runs out of battery, allowing him to make only a few calls. His cries for help to the emergency services, stating that he is stuck on a "deserted island," are dismissed as a prank. Then, he tries to overcome his fear and force himself to enter the water and swim, but since he can't swim, the result is that he swallows a lot of water and gets soaking wet. He also writes "Help" in the sand. For some time, he tries to get off the island, but then he gets used to life there and even starts to enjoy it. He eats unfamiliar mushrooms, thinking, "Who cares if I die from it?" Later, he starts catching fish and birds. He begins to set up his dwelling. This, in essence, parodies Robinson Crusoe.
Then, we are told about the life of a girl who has not left her apartment for three years (and mostly just the room) and spends most of her time on the computer, wasting her life on the internet. In her "blogs," she uses other people's photos. It is worth noting that she herself was much more attractive than these girls, in my opinion. She has a professional camera placed by her window, which she uses to photograph the moon late at night – this is her hobby. Twice a year, military exercises take place in the city, so during these moments, she enjoys the empty streets, photographing them and dreaming that it would always be like this. By chance, she notices the same guy who is stuck on the island. After observing him for several days, she decides to write a note, put it in a bottle, and throw it onto the island. She does so, overcoming her fears and leaving her apartment, and heads to the bridge. After carrying out her plan, she returns home and every new day waits for a reply, which never comes. Only after three months does he find the bottle and the note. The inscription in the sand changes to "Hello," and they begin to communicate in this way.
One day, he asks her, "Who are you?" and the girl decides to print out someone else's photo and put it in a bottle, as she did before with the notes. When she comes to the bridge and raises her arm to throw it, and then hesitates for a while, wondering whether to do it or not, I actually thought to myself, "Don't do it," and this small moment created some tension.
A couple of days later, the guy is found and "evicted" by force, as they think he is a homeless person. The girl leaves her house during the day for the first time in three years and runs to find him. He, in turn, heads towards the skyscraper that I mentioned at the beginning. During the last minutes of the film, I was worried, fearing that he would still die, and the girl would return to her anti-social life, and although the genre implied a happy ending, I was still nervous. In the end, they meet face to face.
So, it starts with a guy who decides to end his life by jumping off a bridge into a river. By a stroke of luck, he survives and is washed ashore on an island under that bridge. Blaming himself for "not even being able to die properly," he notices the skyscraper from which he had planned to jump. His phone quickly runs out of battery, allowing him to make only a few calls. His cries for help to the emergency services, stating that he is stuck on a "deserted island," are dismissed as a prank. Then, he tries to overcome his fear and force himself to enter the water and swim, but since he can't swim, the result is that he swallows a lot of water and gets soaking wet. He also writes "Help" in the sand. For some time, he tries to get off the island, but then he gets used to life there and even starts to enjoy it. He eats unfamiliar mushrooms, thinking, "Who cares if I die from it?" Later, he starts catching fish and birds. He begins to set up his dwelling. This, in essence, parodies Robinson Crusoe.
Then, we are told about the life of a girl who has not left her apartment for three years (and mostly just the room) and spends most of her time on the computer, wasting her life on the internet. In her "blogs," she uses other people's photos. It is worth noting that she herself was much more attractive than these girls, in my opinion. She has a professional camera placed by her window, which she uses to photograph the moon late at night – this is her hobby. Twice a year, military exercises take place in the city, so during these moments, she enjoys the empty streets, photographing them and dreaming that it would always be like this. By chance, she notices the same guy who is stuck on the island. After observing him for several days, she decides to write a note, put it in a bottle, and throw it onto the island. She does so, overcoming her fears and leaving her apartment, and heads to the bridge. After carrying out her plan, she returns home and every new day waits for a reply, which never comes. Only after three months does he find the bottle and the note. The inscription in the sand changes to "Hello," and they begin to communicate in this way.
One day, he asks her, "Who are you?" and the girl decides to print out someone else's photo and put it in a bottle, as she did before with the notes. When she comes to the bridge and raises her arm to throw it, and then hesitates for a while, wondering whether to do it or not, I actually thought to myself, "Don't do it," and this small moment created some tension.
A couple of days later, the guy is found and "evicted" by force, as they think he is a homeless person. The girl leaves her house during the day for the first time in three years and runs to find him. He, in turn, heads towards the skyscraper that I mentioned at the beginning. During the last minutes of the film, I was worried, fearing that he would still die, and the girl would return to her anti-social life, and although the genre implied a happy ending, I was still nervous. In the end, they meet face to face.
