The things that made folk and fairytales popular still hold, and while people still can get led astray by hollow form, is that not because they yearn for the echo of Eden, to see the love of the princess' tears coat the blade of hero, for hero to slay the dragon?
To see the human sacrifice that ends all human sacrifice.
Frozen only had one decent song anyway, just that one at the start about ice and labour.
I don't agree about Jinu though, I think this is the strongest part of the movie and his is the most nuanced character.
He isn't a demon (if I understand the ontology on a single viewing) but a human who - at least partly out of desperation - made a terrible bargain with evil. Now he lives haunted by the guilt. But in the end, instead of committing fully to deception (including his own) by having his memory wiped for service of evil, he sacrifices himself for love. Or the world, or the memory of his guilt, or something.
I think the movie gets the morality right here. He has to die, but he is redeemed.
Excellent analysis of the Christian themes of KPop Demon Hunters and the machinations of the devil. I’m waiting though for the Frieren/KPop Demon Hunters crossover movie. Frieren would drop a line like she does to the demon Macht of the Golden Land: “The more you wish to coexist, the more people die by your hand.” Then the real question is if she’d annihilate Rumi as well. Probably.
I loved this analysis and comparison. Thanks for putting it out there!
Thanks for reading!
The things that made folk and fairytales popular still hold, and while people still can get led astray by hollow form, is that not because they yearn for the echo of Eden, to see the love of the princess' tears coat the blade of hero, for hero to slay the dragon?
To see the human sacrifice that ends all human sacrifice.
Frozen only had one decent song anyway, just that one at the start about ice and labour.
Yep this is excellent.
I don't agree about Jinu though, I think this is the strongest part of the movie and his is the most nuanced character.
He isn't a demon (if I understand the ontology on a single viewing) but a human who - at least partly out of desperation - made a terrible bargain with evil. Now he lives haunted by the guilt. But in the end, instead of committing fully to deception (including his own) by having his memory wiped for service of evil, he sacrifices himself for love. Or the world, or the memory of his guilt, or something.
I think the movie gets the morality right here. He has to die, but he is redeemed.
Excellent analysis of the Christian themes of KPop Demon Hunters and the machinations of the devil. I’m waiting though for the Frieren/KPop Demon Hunters crossover movie. Frieren would drop a line like she does to the demon Macht of the Golden Land: “The more you wish to coexist, the more people die by your hand.” Then the real question is if she’d annihilate Rumi as well. Probably.
For the record, I did know about the My Little Pony movie, thanks to younger sisters.