Sometimes we lose our sense of being open-minded. Other cultures and personalities are always different and they see through different colors glasses, but we cannot see that because we see their glasses through hours. It is only when we take our glasses off that we can truly see where they are coming from. We don't have to emulate or even internally accept that view but we must respect that view and adapt it to our own world, it is only through understanding that peace will come and friendship will follow.
JSA, wow what a movie! I typically don’t really care for overly macho movies, and for sure not constant-tension movies, but I still find that this movie has a lot to offer about the point of borders, enemies, and the brainwashing that happens on opposing border lines. It is a movie that shows that, as vulnerable little humans, we have pride, fear, loneliness, boredom, and the pursuit of a friend’s love. Sometimes the extremes that one must go to protect that love and to protect the appearance of peace, and that sometimes lies are the most humanitarian thing one can do. Park-Chan Wook knows the warmth and sheer ice-coldness of any man’s heart and he articulately puts it on display. To show you that no matter what your illusion of control you have, you are nothing but a puppet of circumstance. 8/10

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