Review Netflix Movie Okja

For academic use : Oral Commentary Movie Okja (2017)

1: Title of Movie: OKJA

2: Genre: Combination of Action ,Adventures ,Science fiction and drama.

3:Production details.
i) Years of production/release: 19 May 2017.
ii) Name of production company:
-Plan B Entertainment.
-Lewis Pictures.
-Kate Street Picture Company.
iii)Name of producer: Bong Joon Ho and Dede Gardner.
iv)Name of director: Bong Joon Ho.
v)Name of writer: Bong Joon Ho and Jon Ronson.
vi)Length of duration of film: 120 Minutes.

4: Cast/ Characters

i)                    Ahn Seo hyun - as Mija, a young farmgirl who takes care of Okja.

ii)                  Tilda Swinton -  as Lucy Mirando, the eccentric powerful CEO of the Mirando
                            Corporation looking to profit from Okja.
                          -Swinton also plays Nancy Mirando, Lucy's twin sister, the cruel
                             former CEO of the Mirando Corporation.

iii)                Paul Dano -     as Jay, the leader of an animal-rights activist group, the Animal
                          Liberation Front (ALF).

5:Place setting:. -2007, New York.
                           -2017,Seoul, Korean

6: Time Setting : Modern and present time.

7:Plot

In 2007, self-styled 'environmentalist' Lucy Mirando becomes CEO of the Mirando Corporation, succeeding her twin sister Nancy. She announces that they have been breeding a special kind of “super pig”. The twenty-six produced specimens are sent to farmers in different locations around the world, and ten years later, one of them will be crowned the winner of a competition to breed the best pig.

In 2017, a young girl named Mija lives in South Korea with her grandfather and their super pig, Okja. They are visited by Mirando spokesperson and zoologist Dr. Johnny Wilcox, who declares Okja the best super pig and announces they will take her to New York City. Mija's grandfather presents her with a gold pig and explains to her that he saved up money to buy the solid gold item to replace Okja when she was taken away. Devastated, Mija runs away to Seoul to find Okja, where she sees her as she is being loaded onto a truck. Mija chases down the truck but it is intercepted by the Animal Liberation Front (ALF). In the resulting chaos, Mija and Okja run away but are eventually saved by the ALF, led by Jay. Jay uses another ALF member, K, as a translator to tell Mija that they plan to put a recording device in Okja's ear and let her be re-captured by the Mirando corporation to show how they mistreat their animals. Mija tells them to return her to the mountains but K tells the group that Mija is in agreement with their plan. They abandon her, and Okja is recaptured.

To minimise the PR damage to the company, Lucy pays for Mija to come to New York to be reunited with her pig. Okja is taken to a laboratory where she is forcibly bred with another super pig and flesh is taken from her for a taste test. After the ALF sees the footage, K reveals that he lied to the rest of the group about Mija's support of the plan. Jay attacks K, and expels him from the ALF.

In New York City, Mija is forced to agree to the wishes of the Mirando corporation. Jay slips into her room and tells her that they plan to rescue Okja while on stage. A parade is put on by the Mirando Corporation. Okja, blinded and battered, does not recognize Mija and attacks. Jay tries to hurt Okja, but Mija prevents him, calming Okja down. A video of the mistreatment of Okja is screened by the ALF to the public, who quickly turn on the Mirando Corporation. Mija and the ALF attempt to escape with Okja but fail. Okja is recaptured and the ALF members are arrested, except for Mija and Jay who are rescued by K. Nancy, having returned to control the company, closes the lab, scraps all of Lucy's promotional marketing, and starts full-time operations at their slaughterhouse.

Jay and K take Mija to find Okja at the processing plant and find her being forced up a ramp leading into a slaughterhouse. Mija finds Okja as she is about to be killed and shows the Mirando employee a photograph of herself with a baby Okja. Nancy arrives and Mija offers the golden pig in exchange for Okja's life. Nancy agrees to the deal and has Jay and K arrested. As Mija and Okja are escorted away, a pair of superpigs manages to push their newborn through the fence, and Okja hides it within her mouth to take it away.

Back in the countryside, Mija resumes her life with her grandfather, Okja, and the new piglet.
In a post-credits scene, Jay is released from prison and gets on board a bus with K and the other members of the organization. With their newest member Kim Woo-shik, a former driver for Mirando Corporation, they plan to disrupt a major meeting involving all of the Mirando shareholders.

8: Cinematography: future evolution.
                                 

9:Values

i. Best Friends Come in All Shapes and Sizes

Despite Okja being hundreds of pounds bigger than Mija and of an entirely different species, just like we have seen with other inter-species friendships, best friends come in all shapes and sizes.
ii. Friendship and bonds with animal
Mija refuse to see Okja leave seoul for goes to Super Big Piglet Competion and chased all the way to New York to bring okja back.

10: Awards and accolades

-Nominated as Best television Presentation.
-Bong Joon Ho nominated as Palme d’or at 70^th Cannes Film festival.