https://re-st.github.io/blog/%EC%98%81%ED%99%94%EA%B0%90%EC%83%81%EB%AC%B8/ Recent content in 영화감상문 on Park, Geon (re-st) Hugo ko-kr Copyright © 2026, Geon Park. Fri, 01 May 2026 18:45:34 +0900 https://re-st.github.io/essay/hss217-%EA%B8%B0%EB%A7%90-journey-to-the-west%EC%99%80-shrek-2-%ED%8F%AC%EC%9A%A9%EC%9C%BC%EB%A1%9C-%EA%B7%B9%EB%B3%B5%ED%95%98%EA%B8%B0-%ED%92%8D%EC%9E%90%EB%A1%9C-%EA%B7%B9%EB%B3%B5%ED%95%98%EA%B8%B0/ Mon, 01 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0900 https://re-st.github.io/essay/hss217-%EA%B8%B0%EB%A7%90-journey-to-the-west%EC%99%80-shrek-2-%ED%8F%AC%EC%9A%A9%EC%9C%BC%EB%A1%9C-%EA%B7%B9%EB%B3%B5%ED%95%98%EA%B8%B0-%ED%92%8D%EC%9E%90%EB%A1%9C-%EA%B7%B9%EB%B3%B5%ED%95%98%EA%B8%B0/ <blockquote> <p>KAIST HSS217 Fantasy Film 수업 기말 에세이 (2020)</p> </blockquote> <h1 id="the-journey-to-the-west-and-shrek-2-overcoming-by-embrace-overcoming-by-satire">The <em>Journey to the West</em> and <em>Shrek 2</em>: Overcoming by embrace, overcoming by satire</h1> <p>Two films, which are both very comedic with unexpected jokes, has different type of using the story to spread ideas and use defamiliarization.</p> <p>Stephen Chow has been my favorite comedy actor because he&rsquo;s always armed with absurd jokes and brilliant punchlines with an underdog protagonist. But the first time I met his works was <em>CJ7</em>, where he worked as a director too, by a heartwarming Sci-fi. He definitely has talent in making touching films, I thought. And by seeing another directed film <em>Journey to the West</em>, I double-checked this is true. A heartbreaking farewell to the female coworker he secretly loved, and overcoming his feelings by master&rsquo;s teachings and embracing foes was an unexpected twist that made me moved. As his fan, this film has a strong Stephen Chow taste so it was not an easy task to identify distinctive nationalist underpinnings and messages. But surprisingly, as looking deep inside the film, I got that the film is sending us certain message using defamiliarization, and those messages we received as a lesson without doubt, is underneath a communist ideology.</p> https://re-st.github.io/essay/hss217-%EC%A4%91%EA%B0%84-green-mile%EC%9D%80-%EC%99%9C-%ED%8C%90%ED%83%80%EC%A7%80-%EC%98%81%ED%99%94%EC%9D%B8%EA%B0%80/ Tue, 21 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0900 https://re-st.github.io/essay/hss217-%EC%A4%91%EA%B0%84-green-mile%EC%9D%80-%EC%99%9C-%ED%8C%90%ED%83%80%EC%A7%80-%EC%98%81%ED%99%94%EC%9D%B8%EA%B0%80/ <blockquote> <p>KAIST HSS217 Fantasy Film 수업 중간 에세이 (2020)</p> </blockquote> <h1 id="why-is-green-mile-a-fantasy-film">Why is <em>Green Mile</em> a Fantasy film</h1> <p>I didn&rsquo;t watch lots of fantasy movies before attending this class; my interest was in comedy films and drama. Therefore, when I got the assignment and wanted to find a fantasy film that is not &lsquo;obviously&rsquo; fantasy (like Greek Tales, epic, or fantasy adventure), it was not so easy. After several digressions (like &lsquo;Time Bandits&rsquo;, a witty comedic film but obviously looking a childhood dream fantasy), I met this thrilling 3-hour film that passed like an arrow, with a simple slow plot that culminated to a sorrowful ending and an unexpected twist about the speaker&rsquo;s age. If it was before attending this lecture, I would have stopped the essay here and acclaimed this film a dark but heartwarming humanity fiction. But the concepts of the lecture gave an insight to analysis why this film — which looks like a mixture of human drama and fantasy, or crudely speaking, not belonging to any genre from before — is a very dark fantasy.</p>