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I know - it rained the whole time and hardly looked like Eden!

That said, Jeju Island is a famous holiday spot for Koreans and probably a paradisical-like break from the inner-city daily grind.

It's really good... until its overly savage, spiteful, black-hearted ending that almost made me turn it off.
To make matters worse: the ending is both predicable and nothing new!
What a tremendously shitty way to ruin what should have been a pretty great film.

5/10.

P.S.
No, I don't always want a happy ending, but that was unnecessary and kind of traumatising.

I like action - when we know it's all fake - but I've always hated on-screen violence that tries to be real.
If the film features this, I'm glad I saw your comment, so I'll skip it.

I had to look up, Minas Tirith Battle, because I had no idea what you were on about.

Since I never cared for LotR (the first film bored the crap out of me, so I skipped the others, watched ,The Hobbit, with a mate and kind of hated it), your references really lost me... and there I was thinking you were on about real life historical events.

I enjoyed it for what it was, but the fact that the first film is one of the greatest achievements of Korean film-making, meant that this - like the sequel before it - was always going to fall short.

There were a couple of bits that weren't entirely logical (like ordering the punishment of some dude for lying, when the next sentence from the leader's mouth tells us he believed him), and the motivation for not allowing a peaceful retreat never really came across as believable, but the sets are amazing, the costumes realistic, the acting never forced and the battle - when it arrives after a very enjoyable hour of what many may be bored by as "talk" - was EPIC.

A very respectable 7/10, albeit, because it's a sequel to The Admiral, it feels a tad disappointing despite all its qualities.

No, I haven't seen it yet.

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Gotcha. Yeah, it's always disappointing when our expectations aren't met, but at least you've the sense to not punish a rating for this.

That's pretty rare on this site (just as rating sensibly in general is).

7/10 is high when your words before it would've made me think it was 4-6 range.

Hmm, so against my better judgement, I watched the end... and it remained as insipid.
This wasn't a horrible film, but it was incredibly uninspiring with dull set-pieces and a lame ending.

I gave it 5/10.

Two things about this film:

1) the lead is BEAUTIFUL. The picture above does no justice to how she appears in this - every shot she has pristine hair, make-up and a body to kill for!
If I was a fan-boy, I'd say she's now my "waifu". Luckily, I admired her as a work of art and don't obsess.

2) the film is BORING. It starts out nicely - very stylish - and where I don't mind a slower pace if the story's worth it, this one isn't. Throw in some pretty trashy action sequences and it's difficult to hold the attention.
I paused this around the hour mark to do something... and then couldn't find the motivation to sit through the next 20 minutes (it's over 2 hours).
Perhaps I'll watch the end tomorrow... but maybe not? It's uninspiring and I have better things to do.

You're asking me if I've "ever heard of journalism?", yet you clearly missed the tone of the interview... which very likely catered for its readers.

I think you're trying to have a pissing competition for no reason - the interviewer went in with an angle of attack, believing that such was what the majority of readers would want to know.

There's no pleasing everybody; I just hope that the interviewer was satisfied with her results... I know that it made an interesting read for many.

Well, "Claire", maybe she's been asked those basic questions SOOOO MANY TIMES that the interviewers went for something else... something that would make gossip-loving teenage girls who dream about those kinds of dudes, want to read yet another interview of hers?

Or, they could've asked about her hobbies, influences and all the kinds of things she likely already has listed on her numerous fansites.

All the reason I need to check it out. Thanks.

I remember reading how the YAKUZA dispatched helicopters and aid... while the government sat on its collective butt (probably wondering how the repair costs would affect their pay raises).

This was definitely a film aimed at Japanese audiences - with anyone else watching being a bonus - but I'm pretty sure that most who followed world news at the time could get the gist of where all the jabs were aimed.

As I wrote above: it's a completely different film! Try not to compare the two and you'll be more open to enjoying it.

I'm actually curious as to what your take on this will be...

Put your phone away and start again.

I'm glad I've learned to click on spoilers AFTER watching the film.

Anyway, I 100% disagree. If you think ML was "supposed to die", you completely missed the whole point of the film!
This film is about hope after devastation, about finding the will to go on - NOT about throwing one's life away!

Dude, Godzilla -1 is AMAZING!

I mean: I really liked this film, but this kind of broke the mould of what a monster film should be, so I appreciate how it was hit-and-miss with viewers, but instead of trying yet again to reinvent the genre, -1 embraces it... and kicks arse!

I respect your opinion - and, indeed, I can see why you made it - but this was never a film made for non-Japanese... it just carried over to us all because it's Godzilla.
Personally, I preferred the drama of watching the "people talking in boardrooms" to to the idea of an extra 10% of a giant monster smashing shit up!

Hollywood should certainly learn from this!