A really overall Good movie with passionate acting
It's been already two years ago I watched a movie in Theaters This movie is the first movie I watched after hiatus watching a movie in theaters. Very pleasing experience. I really didn't expected I would be understand it more than When I read the novel which very boring and totally confusing for me. The storeytelling is being presentQuite well by the director. They present it well about the world building which conveyed by the male lead who drive the story . Despite stereotype storyline, I enjoy it alot. Really passionate performances by the actor especially Ahn Hyo Seop. His character drive the story. Without his acting performances and his versatility, this movie won't be as enjoyable and work for me. I really appreciate his performances here which is one of his best. Yet. Imo
I'm glad I don't listen to the haters. This is peak cinema based how much I enjoy the acting. The plot want to showing it too much at times just for 2 hours. The character other than dokja is just not being well present because this is too focus on the mc. For an ensemble cast this huge, it's pretty surprising. But nevertheless, i enjot it alot.
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Disappointment
I was really hype because of the story , i am very being fan of the manhwa . i was really excited and thats why i watched the sole episode of omniscient reader point of view. i wish i never have watched it . they butchered the story line and they missed everything the manhwa was live up to. where is the Constellation monolog? do they even tried to make a good movie? this is by far the worst adaption and worst flow of dialogue .. jongshuk died in battle? fire dragon ? come on man.. it was the 3rd regression of him and there was so much story if they could have adapted it correctly panel by panel it would have broke the internet unfornate a miss opportunity. They didnt event show main character real power the Omniscient reader LMAO.. I pray to god they suffer whose pityful idea was itWas this review helpful to you?
the first half is yawn fest
I never read the novel so idk about the story. My favorite character are Dokkaebi, Junhyeok, Jihye, Heewon. For the movie, I find Dokja contradicting himself many time; on train he seems to care to save people but then all his thoughts is about "if I want to survive I must make sure the hero don't die". So is he selfish or is he trying to save everyone? In green zone, his 1st thought is to save himself bcos Jihye said so like what...and Jihye, her role is literally being like added just to add a member. The part she killed the human-monster and shattered the green spot are cool but the scenes are def filmed separately despite they're supposed to be together. she appears out of nowhere and suddenly mentioning "master". The master never mention her what even is this? And how did she get the gun and speed? They show how Sangah, Heewon, Hyuseung, Gilyeong got their skills/weapon, but Jihye just appears as is. Then after she shot 1 bullet to fire dragon when everyone else did something too But on 2nd round when everyone fought the dragon she's not seen even for a sec? So is her role not important there? Then in end scene she's there ready for next scenario. It's really an odd character like should I care about her bcs the director don't show much of her but seems like she's importantI kinda not rooting for Dokja at all and hope that blue dokkaebi will eat his ass. Sangah Heewon Hyuseung Gilyeong can survive by themselves. And I think he should be shorter and skinnier if they want to make him look weak and easy bully target bcos he's so well built,no way he's a loser irl even as office boy like be fr. But after they killed the fire dragon, I still want to know what will happen next since Dokja knows stuff others don't so we still need him just bcos of that. They barely show Junhyeok backstory too like it's too simple to narrate a supposed hero when some other's scene being unnecessary
Everyone acting skills are just about the same. The game and coin concept are cool BUT the vfx is really bad. I only stayed til the end bcos I know Jisoo going to show up soon. Idk how many times I yawned during the train and that dinosaur stomach scenes, he took like forever. I'll only rewatch to see Jihye and Dokkaebi he's kinda evil-cute
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An absolute mockery and insult to the original webnovel
If you are interested in such a trope, I’d advise you to actually read the ongoing manwha or webnovel instead, because this movie absolutely butchered it. From completely discarding the initial literature work to subtracting the complexity of the characters, this media could be considered basically trash — or much worse.Starting by the main character, Kim Dokja, originally a morally grey protagonist equipped with a highly abusive past who navigates through the apocalyptic world with carefully thought-out (for years) plans, has been reduced to a mainstream apocalypse survivor who dreams of saving the world through the power of the bonds he’s made along the way. Him, who has proved to be selfish, manipulative but extremely deprecating of his own life many times in the webnovel, has become not only the complete opposite, but his own abuse has been crumpled like paper and thrown in a metaphorical bin! Gone now the unhealthy family bonds and harassment he was forced to face, and now face the one-dimensional ambitious mc who is supposed to have the past of a bully?? Because TWSA’s protagonist Yoo Joonghyuk ‘told’ him to??? What in the deepest pits of hell is this? Not only does it show completely illogical morals from the supposed saviour of this world, but it also becomes a personal insult to the original Kim Dokja, because never in this lifetime would ORV’s protagonist inflict the abuse that has been thrown at him to endure.
Then comes Yoo Joonghyuk, the once 2nd MOST IMPORTANT character in the whole webnovel who shares an extremely deep, complex emotional bond with Kim Dokja, who has been turned into your average random sidekick who is somehow very skilled in.. shooting?? Proficient in a sort of weapon that proved itself to be meaninglessly useless in the original work? Which is why they should all be wielding swords, but instead you see all the characters equipped with a variety of guns??? And not only does Yoo Joonghyuk become an easily forgettable character in the shadow of the main character, but his relation to the latter became oversimplified and overlooked?! His complicated personality forced to fit the one-dimensional model of a stoic, repressed and asocial clown; everything that was interesting about him has been thrown in said metaphorical bin, all that just to highlight Kim Dokja even more. Instead of making them complementary with one of the most gut-wrenching relationships I have ever read, Kim Dokja instead takes Yoo Joonghyuk like an all-brawn no-brained idiot and just tells him “Yoo Joonghyuk! I’m literally the prophet!!”. That would have made NO sense in the novel (YJH has a skill detecting lies!!!) but, of course, because this is a half-assed remake, that blatant lie worked.
Then we move on to Yoo Sangah, a character who once embodied a woman’s struggles with misogyny in a society but also has a lot of cultural, historical knowledge along with communicating skills, has become.. a simple soft hearted healer. Dumbing her down to this mainstream trope is not only extremely misleading and misogynistic, but is also ironic, considering this was exactly what she was initially fighting against: the real reason why she was on the subway was modified, for example. She was supposed to be on it because her bike was stolen by Han Myungoh, who, in a twisted way of courtship, intended on forcing her to let him ride her home (in some Mercedes, if my memory is good). Obviously, Sangah refused and went on the subway instead. And, like adding salt to a wound, not only has this part of her lore been removed but also her fierceness that balanced her empathy, her fighting skills (Ariadne’s wires!!), and vast knowledge; all of it thrown, again, in a metaphorical bin to make way for a one-dimensional soft healer.
There is much, much more to criticise about this mess of a cinematic work (example: more misogyny by purposeful omission of Jung Heewon’s SA, removing the horror parts of the webnovel by making the dokkaebi Bihyung like a colourful labubu doll, bad CGI, Lee Gilhyeong becoming a whiny cockroach-manipulating kid, etc.), but I will stop here, and just add these final words: even without knowledge of Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint, the movie is just very confusing — due to not explaining key points of the lore (example: constellations, skills), pretty boring and appears to the audience as a tragic replica of a popular trope (apocalypse). As such, I again recommend reading the book instead.. even if you’d be in for a long, melancholic and emotional road.
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mid
After I watched it, I understood why fans of the original are upset. There is so much to the story that it is hard to condense it into a two hour movie and feel satisfied with the result. An anime remake or even a K-drama would have been better than this. I cannot believe the director and production team really put this out and felt proud of their work.Can I even blame Ahn Hyo Seop for his portrayal of Dokja when the director and screenwriter made his character appear like that? If you are a fan of the original, you would feel really frustrated watching it because of the preconceived standards you already had. If you have no prior exposure to the webtoon or novel, then you might enjoy it.
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Just try the novel or manhwa and you'll get why this movie gets only 1 star
If you haven't read the manhwa/novel maybe you'll think its okay? but honestly at least try out the manhwa on webtoon its free and you'll see all the plot points and character development that they cut out. you might be confused when you first read it because it'll seem like a totally different story. It'll show different abilities and characters you were never able to meet, they'll have different motives and approaches than the movie version, and their backstory's will be different. That's why most of the reviews are this low. This adaptation is like if the original story was flipped upside down and put into a blender full of sht. it is so disappointing and deserves to be rated this low because they genuinely had a masterpiece to work with and instead turned around and said "actually idgaf and we're going to do whatever tf we want to these characters" which is so sad because lwk all the characters are so real n maybe sometimes you'll hate them for a little but they have sm development. Aside from the characters, the actual action is also better in the original and they cut out alotttt of what happens which is also really disappointing. If you truly are a fan of this genre but maybe can't bring yourself to read 551 pages tbh i get it, but try the manhwa and give it a while its so peak i swear 🙏Was this review helpful to you?
All movie - only watchers can go do whatever in the reviews and comments (i have no......big... problems with the cast at all...it could be better, but this is still fine), the problem lies with the script, changes made to the characters, and overall design of the movie.
Hopefully the anime does better. (also solo leveling live action is coming!??)
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NO
Kim Dokja deserves better.Yoo Joonghyuk deserves better
Jung Heewon deserves better.
Yoo Sangah deserves better.
Lee jihye deserves better.
Bihyung deserves better.
The fans deserve better.
the whole concept of adaptation deserves better.The only thing that didn't deserve better is the direction. Can someone please double check what script was actually being followed?
Please step back from adapting this story.
Leave the set. Drop the camera. move to the other job. Leave my orv alone
This wasn’t a movie.
I know the casting tried their best, but pretty faces can’t carry broken storytelling.
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More like ways to ruin a masterpiece
I was lowkey excited at first when the announcement came out but when they first announced the cast i knew it was goin to be a disaster, almost all of the main cast doesn't fit the original character and a LOT of the parts of the story got change, not just it being shorter, they also added lots of unnecessary changes that effects the story like sword to guns?! , bihyung's appearance?, and why does jihye looks old like she's supposed to be 17 and wields a sword not a gun, i mean her constellation is supposed to be a HISTORICAL figure who literally wields a SWORD ,and the title? Bro kim dokja aint a prophet,with what the title is the mc should've been anna croft lmao, so to all the people who doesn't read the manhwa nor the novel who says that the hate is over or unfair and says that its cuz the movies too short to have all of the details , just be silent, i mean if the movie is too short to hv all of the detail then why do they decide to compress all of the information into a 3 hour movie instead making it into a series? And its clear that they didn't put much effort into it and is probably just hoping to ride on to the fame of the actors they casted without considering the fan of the original work , kim dokja would have exploded from madness if he knew that this thing existed.Was this review helpful to you?
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Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy is a creative and odd fantasy movie. It is very different from what I usually watch, but I still really enjoyed it! While the beginning was a bit confusing and excessive, it swiftly became better and better and I ended up very enthralled! My only other complaint is that the CGI in some parts of the movie looked weird and felt off, but otherwise the movie was produced well.JISOO JISOO JISOO! Tbh I watched the movie because of her and Ahn Hyo Seop. While I now see why she gets critized for her acting, I still enjoyed it pretty much. I'm looking forward to Boyfriend on Demand so much!
I also need to say that the dokkaebi was so cute and it was really nice seeing their moment with Kim Dok Ja!
Note: I haven't read the web novel but I want to do it now.
I truly recommend the movie if you want some action and a break from your usual life!
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Never watch this please
Fist of all i didnt even have high hopes, I watched the first hour thinking it will turn out OKAY the least. But it BROKE my expectations. (In a bad way ofcourse) Lets start it off with Bihyoung (my amazing dokkaebbi), they named him...phil... PHIL?? how did they get PHIL from bihyoung??? And wasnt it a GRASSHOPPER box that gilyoung had in the original storyline? They changed it to..ants. ive never been so disappointed by such a small detail. Anyways, gilyoung turned out to be so rude and mean, he qas the POLITEST kid in the book, like HELLO?? WHERE IS THE ACCURACY. Gilyoung asked dokja to apologize for killing his ANTS.Like bish HE SAVED YOUR ASS?. And when dokja met Joonghyuk. He screamed. FREAKING SCREAMED?,???? WHY????????and second of all, 2 hours in the movie, the writer still didnt make an appearance , whyyyyyyyy the hell? dropped completely, i hate this, dont watch ts.
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DON'T WATCH IF YOU ARE A TRIGGRED PERSON BY NATURE
Movie itself is a part of a bigger plot. the whole point of the movie is to try and test if such stories can be brought to business. It did a good job, surely not everything can be shown as the webtoon or novel. Acting was fine, not below average, but not higher either.CGI is the MAIN card.
Music still feels thrilling enough.
I get the hate tho! its not focused on the story, but rather the leads on why are they as the leads? everyone wants to see they desired cast. but the cast overall performed well.
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