Harmony
13 Mar 2011 Leave a Comment
in Korean Movies 2010 Tags: Harmony, Korean Movie, Quarter 3 2011, Yunjin Kim
HARMONY, The beautiful sound held from the very lowest part of our society. The group of female singers’ singing are held beyond the fence surrounded at lockup.
Post image of movie, HARMONIE
The actual definition of harmony is simply “the combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce chords and chord progression having a pleasing effect (Oxford).” But I want to define it as a movie that produces scenes and a plot line that spurs strong sensations and emotions among the audience. This movie is about 31-year old female prisoner forming a choir in the prison. Her main motivation behind forming the singing group is mainly to have an (outside)day-trip with her 17-month-old son; the high positioned policeman promises her that he will permit their trip. Not surprisingly, there is a tremendous amount of difficulty in order for the protagonist to assemble an organized group of singers in the prison, a place mostly filed with people who have difficulties controlling their temper. Furthermore, the main character, herself, blows up a clash between the members of the choir group, resulting from her painful past. Fortunately, she succeeds her goal by coordinating and executing a superb concert. However, the jubilant moment was temporary. The day for her day0trip with her beloved son is the day she must say good bye to him since another woman will be adopting him. Her goodbye is short because the prison guards limit the time between the two. I will end the summary of the movie to this point, so I don’t spoil the rest of it.
The whole point of my blog entry today is to discuss the impact the film had on me. From this movie, my thought about criminals totally changed. In the past, I was highly for capital punishment and didn’t understand those who were not advocates as well. Nevertheless, the movie shifted my opinions about crime and punishment. It made me comprehend that humans always have a reason behind their actions, including even the illegal ones. I know that there are hard, evil criminals who might not fit into my generalization, like psychopaths. For further explanation, I will use examples from this movie. The motives of protagonist’s crime, murder, was due to her abusive husband, who constantly beat her and the baby inside her stomach. in another case, the youngest member of the choir is in prison for killing her step father in order to stop the beast-like men from sexually abusing her. Most of the detainee seem to have a some sort of justification behind their unlawful acts. Again, these examples made me think about the causes and effects of crimes. I think because the protagonist’s husband insanely beats his wife, he is killed. Because the girl’s stepfather sexually assaults her, he is hit by a vase. Hence, I didn’t think the law should punish them because it was right for two weak people to defend them.
PHOTO CITATION: http://kr.news.yahoo.com/show_img.html?img_url=http://l.yimg.com/go/news/picture/2010/2/20100213/2010021310120152302_101528_0.jpg
“International Criminal Court | Uniosil.” Human Rights, United Nations, International Laws, International Court, Humanitarian Law.. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2011. <http://www.uniosil.org/international-criminal-court.html>.
Citation: “Definition of harmony from Oxford Dictionaries Online.” Oxford Dictionaries Online . N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2011. <http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/harmony?view=uk>.
