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Thank you, ORV! Praying for an actual Netflix release soon...
What's up with the countless accounts created on the first day it was released in Korea to give 1/10 reviews??? I've read so much of what they didn't like back then and when I watched it, I was stunned by how good it was and how twisted some of these claims were.
I loved Dokja’s personality in the movie, so it annoyed me to see people saying the original version is “cooler.” The characters and their stories might not be the same, and sure, they don’t use firearms in the original—but so what? The movie was incredible and diverse as it was (and honestly, I’ll take a sniper over yet another sword any day). The overall storyline stayed the same according to a friend (yes fans who loved it exist, they are just not the noisy crowd), and the CGI is insane, which they claimed to be bad when I've never seen something that good. Many of them either didn't watch it or in a bad quality, because there is literally no way you can say that. I downloaded it in 1080p so it was perfect.
On top of that, the entire cast was amazing. Their performances were genuinely strong, yet the criticism started the moment the actors were announced. At that point, it feels less like criticism and more like bias.
People also forget that the novel is huge. You can’t adapt 2,000 pages to the screen just like that—there are limits. Honestly, it’s better if the adaptation is different because it offers a new perspective, and this is only the first movie out of five. It would be such an amazing journey if the live-action were to continue as planned.
The video-game-like elements and style (even first-person angles), the psychology, the camaraderie, the concept of rewriting the ending you didn't like (and why), the whole “this character wasn’t important and I changed that” mindset—at what point was any of that bad?
And the final fight? Pure adrenaline.
I've rarely had so much fun and it had strong emotional parts too. This was a dream come true for me (especially as an SAO fan, but it also reminded me of As the Gods Will). Loved how it was cosmology mixed with Korean mythology, haha.
P.S. My favorite characters were Dokja, Sangah (she was so cute and I love healers/supports), Jihye (always been a fan of snipers) and Bihyung the Streamer Dokkaebi.
Thank you for reading <3
I loved Dokja’s personality in the movie, so it annoyed me to see people saying the original version is “cooler.” The characters and their stories might not be the same, and sure, they don’t use firearms in the original—but so what? The movie was incredible and diverse as it was (and honestly, I’ll take a sniper over yet another sword any day). The overall storyline stayed the same according to a friend (yes fans who loved it exist, they are just not the noisy crowd), and the CGI is insane, which they claimed to be bad when I've never seen something that good. Many of them either didn't watch it or in a bad quality, because there is literally no way you can say that. I downloaded it in 1080p so it was perfect.
On top of that, the entire cast was amazing. Their performances were genuinely strong, yet the criticism started the moment the actors were announced. At that point, it feels less like criticism and more like bias.
People also forget that the novel is huge. You can’t adapt 2,000 pages to the screen just like that—there are limits. Honestly, it’s better if the adaptation is different because it offers a new perspective, and this is only the first movie out of five. It would be such an amazing journey if the live-action were to continue as planned.
The video-game-like elements and style (even first-person angles), the psychology, the camaraderie, the concept of rewriting the ending you didn't like (and why), the whole “this character wasn’t important and I changed that” mindset—at what point was any of that bad?
And the final fight? Pure adrenaline.
I've rarely had so much fun and it had strong emotional parts too. This was a dream come true for me (especially as an SAO fan, but it also reminded me of As the Gods Will). Loved how it was cosmology mixed with Korean mythology, haha.
P.S. My favorite characters were Dokja, Sangah (she was so cute and I love healers/supports), Jihye (always been a fan of snipers) and Bihyung the Streamer Dokkaebi.
Thank you for reading <3
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