I live in a small town in the middle of nowhere in the U.S. so I was extra surprised to find this book translated from Korean to English at my local library. Then when I learned that a movie adaptation was being made I was definitely hyped to watch it.
Unfortunately since I live in America, it took a while for it to be released over here. I finally watched it on AsiaFlix, but the English translation was most likely done by Google or A.I. I understood maybe 30% of the dialogue and maybe 20% of what I was watching.
I waited a few more months for it to be released on DramaCool and it was worth the wait. This was a good movie! It was faithful to the book/author. The characters were brought to life really well.
Lee Hye Young did a fantastic job of portraying Hornclaw. She looked EXACTLY how I pictured the character in my imagination while reading the book. Kim Sung Cheol was excellent as Bullfight. His hatred of Hornclaw was thoroughly fleshed out. I had more sympathy for movie Bullfight than I did for the book version. So Kim and the directors did a fantastic job, imho.
The fight scenes were top notch. I saw a YouTube video of how badly Lee got injured while shooting this movie. For an actor/actress to go through that to to entertain is awe-inspiring and a little bit scary. I hope she has fully recovered.
Overall, a great movie to watch for Korean Movie Night.
Unfortunately since I live in America, it took a while for it to be released over here. I finally watched it on AsiaFlix, but the English translation was most likely done by Google or A.I. I understood maybe 30% of the dialogue and maybe 20% of what I was watching.
I waited a few more months for it to be released on DramaCool and it was worth the wait. This was a good movie! It was faithful to the book/author. The characters were brought to life really well.
Lee Hye Young did a fantastic job of portraying Hornclaw. She looked EXACTLY how I pictured the character in my imagination while reading the book. Kim Sung Cheol was excellent as Bullfight. His hatred of Hornclaw was thoroughly fleshed out. I had more sympathy for movie Bullfight than I did for the book version. So Kim and the directors did a fantastic job, imho.
The fight scenes were top notch. I saw a YouTube video of how badly Lee got injured while shooting this movie. For an actor/actress to go through that to to entertain is awe-inspiring and a little bit scary. I hope she has fully recovered.
Overall, a great movie to watch for Korean Movie Night.
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