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SCENES THAT ALTERED MY BRAIN CHEMISTRY AFTER WATCHING BALLERINA (2023): A KOREAN REVENGE MOVIE

So Ballerina is a korean movie that talks about an ex-bodyguard named Ok-ju who takes revenge for her friend Min-hee, who takes her own life because of a guy.

Since I love action movies where women are the main characters (for ex. Charlie's Angels), I watched this movie. The first time I watched it, I was just surprised how good the story line is and how fierce Ok-ju is (the protagonist in the movie), the very reason why I love everything about the movie, especially its fighting scenes and the cinematography BUT it didn't capture my emotions rather it didn't stay in my mind for a long time, not until I decided to watch it again. And swear, I didn't expect that it will leave me heartbroken at the end. I didn't expect that it will gave me an emotional damage. I DIDN'T EXPECT THAT THIS MOVIE WOULD BE THIS PAINFUL.

So let's talk some scenes in the said movie that altered my brain chemistry. Let's start with this scene.

Choi Pro, the guy in the picture, is a member of an organization that has illegal businesses such as sex trafficking which he enjoys very much. Min-hee—Ok-ju's friend—became one of Choi Pro's victims, the very reason why she takes her own life.

So do you guys believe in karma? Because I do. Also, do you believe that a single "sorry" is enough to pay someone's sin? If not then let's analyze this line of Choi Pro:

"I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING BAD ENOUGH TO DESERVE TO BE F***ING DIE!"

Funny, isn't it? "I didn't do anything bad enough" then what you call by drugging girls and then taking a video on them while making malicious moves on them and make it as a tool to threatened them, to ruin their life. To make them obey you for something very inappropriate and inhumane.

"To deserve to fucking die" In what way/things a person do for them to be deserving to live or deserving to die?

Choi Pro threatened Min-hee to spread her s** video and ruin her life making Min-hee to get anxious and depress that leads to her, taking her own life.

Did Min-hee deserve to die like that? Clearly, it's not. So how can Choi Pro can easily said that he didn't do anything bad enough to be deserved to be killed when in fact, HE JUST MADE SOMEONE TO TAKE HER OWN LIFE.

Who should be accountable for Min-hee's death? Clearly, it's Choi Pro. Don't get me wrong, I am very aware that it is Min-hee's decision to take her own life BUT we can't still deny that Choi Pro is the main reason on why she did that. Her way of stopping the pain is wrong, but can we blame her for just wanting to be free?

So that's it. Now, let's move on to the next scene.

The two picture is when she before k*ll Choi Pro and the second picture is when she's at the process of killing him.

I love how it shows the swift of emotions in her face. The first picture that shows hurting to anger to revenge. And then the second picture in reverse—to revenge without any regret, the anger she had within her, and her, being hurt at the fact that her friend is already gone, rather the pain of losing someone very important to you.

Ok-ju didn't say any line in that part but I can feel these line at the sequence of the pictures:

"You deserved that."

"How could you do that to her?"

"Why.. why did you take her away from me?"

There it is, again. Now, let's move to the third & last scene which made me sob so hard.

"Didn't I tell you, I'm gonna come back as a fish in my next life"

Okju choosing the sea as the location of making Choi Pro paid for the consequences of his wrongdoings just made more sense. She choose sea so Min-hee can witness everything, to made her heart & mind at ease now. It's like it's saying directly to her that she can now get the justice she deserves, that she can now dance & rest freely.

#BALLERINA #jeonjongseo