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I'm watching the movie in the topic title, fully expecting the usual way of speech as having been completely spoiled by the widespread use of the "High-Korean Hollywood dialect", which is called Seoul/Standard Korean. 99% of the best Korean movies and TV Shows use it..
Not this time!
To my surprise in this movie multiple actors are speaking in some kind of a clicking-klacking "Moon bug language".. ?!
I'm used to South Korean expressions, surprise exclamations, swearing, apology words, etc.. their 'normal way speech', so I imagined that all South Koreans speak like the actors in their movies..
But here it sounds like some kind of Australian aboriginal or African language. With Chinese movies I love Cantonese and Mandarin, especially when its spoken theatrically, its like listening to some super-skilled orator / prose reader / theater artist. Japanese are famous for their "intonation mastery" / masterfully overplayed theatrical way of speaking as well and at least 50% of the fun comes from superb narration, when watching Japanese movies and anime [cartoon] shows...
So it turns out there are five Korean dialects! As you can hear below, they do differ significantly!
Since Laura hammered into us the importance of research, frequently I just stop watching a good movie or TV Show and begin to look up on the net any technicality I encounter in them that stand out. So here is an interesting technical tidbit:
The movie in question I'm talking about is:
The Witch: Part 2 - The Other One (2022)
action, mystery, thriller, sci-fi
Along with the higher rated first movie - The Witch: Part 1 - The Subversion - the sequel is also excellent. Contains no Anti-Life / inhuman = psychopathic elements, despite plenty of gore.. But its done so skillfully - that it perfectly avoids the display of psychopathic cruelty done to normal people. Violence in this movie is completely distanced from reality anyway - since these superhumans have super-strength, database-browsing super-speed, regeneration. They are well contrasted to humans. They are shown as definitely not human - since they have lots of superhuman abilities - and thanks to this, the feeling is that they are rather human-shaped super-creatures, so violence doesn't do too much harm to them..
The story is about compartmentalized Deep State projects competing with each other, because they have created heavily DNA-modified supersoldiers, who can procreate without problem. They are implanted and can regenerate cut wounds or bullet wounds with time. Even a headshot isn't enough..
Not this time!
To my surprise in this movie multiple actors are speaking in some kind of a clicking-klacking "Moon bug language".. ?!
I'm used to South Korean expressions, surprise exclamations, swearing, apology words, etc.. their 'normal way speech', so I imagined that all South Koreans speak like the actors in their movies..
But here it sounds like some kind of Australian aboriginal or African language. With Chinese movies I love Cantonese and Mandarin, especially when its spoken theatrically, its like listening to some super-skilled orator / prose reader / theater artist. Japanese are famous for their "intonation mastery" / masterfully overplayed theatrical way of speaking as well and at least 50% of the fun comes from superb narration, when watching Japanese movies and anime [cartoon] shows...
So it turns out there are five Korean dialects! As you can hear below, they do differ significantly!
Since Laura hammered into us the importance of research, frequently I just stop watching a good movie or TV Show and begin to look up on the net any technicality I encounter in them that stand out. So here is an interesting technical tidbit:
Above especially intriguing after listening to the excellent Radio Show with Juliana Barembuem:From a linguist’s perspective, South Korea is interesting for several reasons.
- the Korean alphabet is uniquely mathematical and logical,
- its separation from North Korea has led to interesting linguistic deviations,
- and Korean is a language isolate, meaning that it has no discernible links to any other current language.
- Its diverse and interesting dialects, too, only add to Korean’s status as an interesting language worthy of study.
MindMatters: Meaning All the Way Down: The Wonders and Mysteries of Language with Juliana Barembuem
The movie in question I'm talking about is:
The Witch: Part 2 - The Other One (2022)
action, mystery, thriller, sci-fi
Along with the higher rated first movie - The Witch: Part 1 - The Subversion - the sequel is also excellent. Contains no Anti-Life / inhuman = psychopathic elements, despite plenty of gore.. But its done so skillfully - that it perfectly avoids the display of psychopathic cruelty done to normal people. Violence in this movie is completely distanced from reality anyway - since these superhumans have super-strength, database-browsing super-speed, regeneration. They are well contrasted to humans. They are shown as definitely not human - since they have lots of superhuman abilities - and thanks to this, the feeling is that they are rather human-shaped super-creatures, so violence doesn't do too much harm to them..
The story is about compartmentalized Deep State projects competing with each other, because they have created heavily DNA-modified supersoldiers, who can procreate without problem. They are implanted and can regenerate cut wounds or bullet wounds with time. Even a headshot isn't enough..
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