>>340001
ok, I've read dozen of reviews, talked with few people and thought a bit about the plot and here we go
there are three main concepts of the plot:
1) Ben is a psychopath who manipulates people
2) Ben is a killer
3) The entire story is metaphorical, Ben is ok guy, but the director couldn't keep pace and added casual thriller at the end
I like first concept the most, though I can see enough arguments for number two too and also number three might be the case since the entire thing is based on Murakami
for me the psychological manipulation of the person (Haemi) is strong enough, but some people tend to represent Ben even bigger bastard, based on some evidence
> maybe she just wanted to take revenge and fuck him up by letting him fuck her/fall in love with her just to destroy him later on
could be
> I think he is looking for damaged girls and fucks around with them until he is bored and then kills them
could be, but it's too shallow for my taste
> there are many signs too like why would he have all the jewelery and haemis watch, why would he have haemis cat, if haemi just left why didnt she take clothes and stuff with her
I like to imagine that he just ruined her life so she felt into depression and moved out of the town
that "burning a greenhouse" conversation is so strong and I don't want to think he was just a typical maniac
again, I can see why some people tend to agree with this theory
though I have one counter-argument: why did Ben come when Jongsu said he's with Haemi? that would be strange since Ben would knew she's dead
he could come because he was just curious about what Jongsu is going to do, but it's still strange
> why did she clean and order her room in the same style ben has his apartment
dunno, she might have moved out
> haemis last call had sounds of her running, maybe she ran away from ben right when he was about to murder her?
or maybe she just tried to say sorry but couldn't
> also Im pretty sure that second airhead girl was a hooker too
do you mean Ben's new girlfriend or who?
> after ben was visibly bored at that party
he was bored all the time, e.g. when Haemi was dancing
> looked like some death ritual to me with the makeup
or maybe she was just a pupper for him
one thing is not clear is what did Ben do on the lake?
also, what's with masturbation and sun's reflection? he was just being lonely? or it should confirm the 3rd theory?
one more thing, regarding
> why did she invent the well story
> maybe she just wanted to take revenge and fuck him
> I thought she was a prostitute
something is strange with Haemi, yes
she loved him all the time because of the well? (you can't know for sure did it exist or not because one person said there was well)
why did she move to africa if she didn't have enough money? just some sort of escapism/trying to find meaning of the live? sounds strange given her social status, she's too poor for that shit unlike Ben
why did she break with Jongsu that quickly if she loved him? or she didn't love him at all? what's with that naked dancing? korean women don't act like that normally
uh, that's already too many questions