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A+ |
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A+ |
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B+ |
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| Direction: |
A |
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A+ |
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Not bad at all as people say!!
by Byoung Y (movies profile)
Jan 23, 2008
75
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103 people found this review helpful
Stop ranting and raving about this movie. I really enjoyed the whole movie from the beginning to the ending credit.
The story is very interesting because it transforms the old legend of Korea into the story of modern day LA very well, which synergistically elevates the originality of the story line. The time and space of the scenes are also very mystically arranged to enhance the relation between ancient Korea and modern LA. Although the characters change from Koreans to Caucasians, the creatures and evil army are the missing links connecting the entirely dichotic elements of the time and space.
The LA battle scene is one of the most exhilarating movie battle scene I have ever seen. The fight between Apache helicopters and flying dragons are nothing like any other movies. Whenever the helicopters bump into flying dragons, I felt as if I was attacked by the awesome creatures.
The story is not as awkward as some people said. I found myself pretty well dove into the story line without much glitches. The plot flows fluently thanks to the detailed directing. Things are exactly where they supposed to be. If any single element of the scenes are missing, probably the scenes would not connect well, however, when time passes or the place changes, the reason of the transition is well explained.
Oriental dragons are different from western ones. For example, they don't have wings. They metamorphose from a serpent into a celestial dragon with the power of dragon ball (Yo yi ju). They are not monsters which sometimes do harmful deed to the people like the western ones. Rather they are creatures which rules the sky, weather, rain which are all critical everyday elements in traditionally agricultural oriental society. So,the dragon is a symbol of emperors in ancient dynasties in China and Korea, also a symbol of good luck, health, wealth and fertility.
Just seeing an oriental dragon visualized in such a detail makes this movie worth to see. Besides, old Korean village, costume and soldiers and guards are surprisingly well presented in this movie, which is very educational to any people who has little or no exposure to that culture. The music used for ending credit is a Korean folk song called 'Arirang'.
Watch this movie. This movie is like a Christmas gift package. It has fun, excitement, culture, myth, visuals and music. The ten bucks you paid for you and your children have never been worth this much. |
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