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it sucks

read the original novel or even the webtoon. don't watch this shit. make it flop let the director suffer for even trying to ruin it for the people who love orv.

dokja is a victim of bullying and violence and yet they painted him as a bully and a fucking murderer? seriously? if you didnt have time to read the novel then you should've just not made the damn movie. why is gilyoung a fucking toddler? why is jihye a grown as woman? why do they have guns? removing the abuse dokja faced, the pain he has suffered through just to cater to incels. removing SA faced by heewon, domestic violence faced by dokja and his mother and the whole coin farming part really tells us about your misogynist mindset. take this la and shove it up your ass you misogynist motherfucker.

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Absolute garbage. go read the novel instead.

when i heard there was a live action of ORV, i was definitely interested. i had high hopes for it since ORV the novel and the adapted manhwa were both beautiful and i loved them both. However, after learning more about this live action, to say i'm disappointed is a huge understatement. What do you mean Dokja hated TWSA? it saved his life. What do you mean Yoo Sangah is a healer? she was put back in the misogynistic stereotypes she fought so hard against and that entirely ruins her character. What do you mean Dokjas favorite TWSA character was jung heewon? Jung heewon didnt even appear in the original TWSA. Yoo joonghyuk, who plays an incredibly major role in ORV, has been reduced to a more supporting character in this trash live action. dont watch it, i would never recommend it and for it to even share a name with ORV is practically a disgrace to the original omniscient readers viewpoint. if you're interested in the story, i'd highly suggest reading the light novel online, purchasing it in stores, or reading the manhwa adaption on Webtoon or something of the like. either way, it's far better than this terrible live action.

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Nice face, but the story line is very unreasonable

It's a good movie, really. It's really good, but the execution is so lacking and doesn't make much sense.
You will really hate Ahn Hyo Seop here and will frown when you see Jisoo.
If we look back, All Of Us Are Dead is a masterpiece, but when we look at the main characters in All Of Us Are Dead, we will be annoyed in the first episode with their slow and naive characters. That's Ahn Hyo Seop here. He is the one who knows the whole story, yet he moves very stupidly and slowly. I would say Ahn Hyo Seop here, since Dokja is a character who is alert and can read the situation.
Here we can get the greatness of Nana and Lee Minho, surprisingly. I think Lee Minho is the only character who can adapt to his acting.
I would say the most bizarre and unreasonable character is Jisoo. Because he's a schoolboy, he adapts too quickly to situations. I even noticed that without any explanation of his skills or how to use them.

I won't lie if the movie is good, but it doesn't deserve a score higher than 5. Because instead of being cool, all the characters are very burdensome except for Nana and Lee Minho. Rather than a very lovable character, Ahn Hyo Seop here is a character worth hating. Especially after he brought Lee Minho to life in a very unreasonable way.

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ONE OF THE WORST ADAPTATIONS OUT THERE

This LA was made by stripping away the soul, message, complexity, themes and symbolism of the beloved Novel ORV
It's sooo bad! As an adaptation it has so no similarities to the story expect for the names of the character and a little bit of power system, the characters are absolutely butchered!!
Goated KDJ's character, traits, skills and backstory is ineptly adapted, made him a saint, a fccking saint?? When he's clearly a morally grey character
Orvla kdj is stupid, idiotic, impulsive and perpetrator who indirectly caused someone's demise, hes all panicking before YJH and in 1st scenario like be frr reading a novel for 10yrs and u didnt think of it before? Where is his calmness, smart, calculative, strategic thinking? His snarky and annoying traits? His quick thinking?
YJH doesnt even feel like protagonist, him using guns is sooo dumb he's regressed multiple times so ofc he would know guns are useless, why does he have multiple swords? Why is his screentime less?
Ysh is a healer why? In novel YSH is kind but ruthless when wanted, understanding but can be dangerous, she is empathetic, has high emotional intelligence, has good ppl and managing skills, is veryy smart! Highly intelligent, a hardworker, knows multiple languages, has historical knowledge,
Ntm Making her a healer through adriadne's web is sooo unnecessary, she is not lee seolhwa!!
Jhw has two daggers?? Even tho she knows kendo and has sword in novel? Why remove the implied S.A. scene in movie? Afraid to piss off Korean men? Srsly? Also made Kim Dokja's mom Lee Sookyung a widow? Instead a women who is a survivor of domestic abuse?
We can see who this movie is made for
Jihye, well im tired of complaining bout the drastic changes made to her character w her not being her bratty self, having a gun when she should be having a sword with Yi Sunshin as her constellation, speciality in sea/ocean battles omfg.... i just cant
Not a single character done good in this la, even Lee hyunsung, Lee gilyoung, Gong pildu, cheon inho have flaws and dont make sense with the novel
Even as a movie, this is so bad, cuz orvla kdj's personality doesnt make sense, dumb director is trying to potray him as saviour of world? As a saint but wasnt he the one to indirectly cause the demise of other kid?
The CGI is cheap cuz the budget was spent on the actors

Promoting this LA which is unfortunately an adaptation of a beloved novel ORV whose themes are clearly against AI and Capitalism - it was a turn off for the fandom is who very much against the use of AI

Other themes of LOVE is also potrayed with flaws, the relationship between Tls123 and Kim Dokja is ruined, Kim dokja and Yoo joonghyuk dont have kuch chemistry and screentime together
The love kim dokja has for twsa is also ruined by this good for nothing LA
HE LOVES TWSA! Why would he say the novel is worst to tls123?
WHERE THE HELL IS HAN SOOYOUNG good thing she isnt here, her character would be butchered too

Another theme being feminism, well ofc SK would be pissed off with this theme haha
YSH being burdened with her family telling her to marry, her being the target of sexual assault in the male dominated workplace, ended up giving her the "healer" skill which is usually given to wome cuz they cant apparently be intelligent and use weapons and more skillfull than a man
Jung heewon almost being graped, they erased it
And how dare jihye receive the blessings of yi sunshin a historical figure??? A teen girl, a girl! receiving his stigma? And use swords? Ofc they removed it Haha
Lee sookyung not being a survivor of domesic abuse but being a widow says a lot

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THIS ADAPTATION SHOULDN'T EXIST

You didn’t adapt ORV. You just used its name.

From the moment they announced the cast, it was already giving POPULARITY over accuracy. Jisoo as Lee Jihye? Lee Minho as Junghyook? Be serious. Did they even read the novel? Jihye is one of the most uniquely written characters in ORV—“We added the gun because Lee Jihye js not interesting enough” my ass. She didn’t need the gun, Jisoo does. She had her sword because she’s literally the incarnation of the Martial General. They didn’t give her a gun because of plot, they did it because Jisoo couldn’t handle the stunts. Don’t reduce a whole character just because your idol can’t swing two swords.

And Bihyung. My fluffy brown-clothed dokkaebi 🥺. They turned him into a Labubu-looking creature. You really took the most beloved chaos creature in ORV and made him unrecognizable. I actually cried when I saw him. That was NOT my lovable bihyung.

But the worst part? This. The plot. The core of ORV is how much Dokja LOVED the novel. He lived, suffered, and D!ED because of that story. And the author? They wrote it for HIM! “This novel is just for that one reader.” That line DEFINES the whole thing. TLS123/Han Sooyoung shaped the plot to fit what Dokja needed—she literally created entire characters for him (Hayoung??). So to have her say “write it yourself”?? That’s not just OOC. That’s erasure. That's disrespect.

This isn’t a reinterpretation. It’s not a creative twist. It’s straight-up bowdlerization. A shallow, fame-chasing rewrite of something deeply personal to us, fragments. YOU CANNOT BE CALLED A FRAGMENT IF YOU WATCH THE LA. Don’t watch it.

[This is a review from a member of our ORV GROUP PAGE; I sent this here for more people to know.]

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THIS ADAPTATION MAKES US FEEL LIKE DYING

LIKE WDYM KIM DOKJA HATES TWSA?! WDYM THE AUTHOR TOLD HIM TO WRITE HIS OWN STORY?! KIM DOKJA LOVES TWSA SO MUCH SINCE IT WAS A NOVEL THAT SAVED HIS LIFE WHEN HE IS SUFFERING FROM DEPRESSION. HIS MOTHER WAS IN JAIL FOR TAKING THE BLAME OF KILLING HIS DAD SINCE THE REAL ONE WHO KILLED KIM DOKJA'S DAD IS NONE OTHER THAN KIM DOKJA!! THIS LEADS KIM DOKJA TO HAVE TRAUMA AND SHORT AMNESIA MAKING HIM HAVE NO CLEAR MEMORY OF THAT CRIME AT ALL, AND TO EASE THE STRESS AND PAIN HE GREW UP READING TWSA THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL TO THE DAY HE GOT HIS JOB. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST HATED THING FOR US ORV FANS, BECAUSE CHANGING ONE THING MAKES EVERYTHING HAVE NO SENSE AT ALL. SECOND OF ALL WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY GLORIOUS BIHYUNG?! WHAT IS THAT MONSTER LOOKING LABUBU FLOATING IN THE AIR?! BIHYUNG IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE HORNS WITH FLUFFY PLUSH TOY LIKE BODY. THE BIHYUNG WE KNOW IS SOMEONE THAT YOU WOULD LIKELY TO HUG BECAUSE OF HOW CUTE HE LOOKS. NOT THAT MONSTER LOOKING THING. YEAH THEY ARE MONSTERS BUT THEY LOOK LIKE A CUTIE STUFF TOY. ADD MORE THAT THEY ARE USING GUNS?! IN ORV PEOPLE WHO USE GUNS ARE EXTRAS. SINCE MOST CHARACTERS WAS GIVEN WEAPONS BY THEIR CONSTELLATIONS THAT IS EITHER SWORDS AND ETC. NO MAIN CHARACTER IN ORV USES GUNS! BECAUSE THEY ARE FIGHTING THICK SCALED MONSTERS IN LAND AND WATER!! THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FLEXIBLE TO KILL THE MONSTERS MORE EASILY. THEY DON'T USE GUNS!!! AND WHAT ABOUT THAT SHIT I HEARD THAT YOO JOONGHYUK IS NOT A PROTAGONIST?! HE IS AND WILL EVER BE THE PROTAGONIST OF ORV AND TWSA. KIM DOKJA IS THE ANOMALY OF THE STORY WHICH MAKES BOTH OF THEM THE MAIN CHARACTERS WITH OTHER IMPORTANT CHARACTERS!!! DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE WAY THEY FILMED THE MOVIE!!! IT LOOKS LIKE AN AVERAGE VARIETY TV SHOW!! AND DID YOU KNOW THAT THEY CASTED FAMOUS PEOPLE JUST TO MONEY-GRAB?! THEY DIDN'T EVEN CARE ABOUT WHAT THE OG READERS FEEL AT HOW MUCH THEY BUTCHERED OUR FAVORITE NOVEL AND MANHWA

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I thought Korea was going backwards while watching this movie

I was going to give it 0.5 stars, but cannot be given here. I'm actually a fan of one of the actors, and also a fan of ORV. But seriously? You've made the entire cast almost hateable because their acting is so stiff. Let's leave Lee Minho alone because he has had a long career here. But the rest? You gave the women unnecessary and disgusting aegyo. It would be terrible if this movie were to exist. I hope the production team is not that arrogant and does not let their biases and opinions appear in this film. You want to defeat Demon Slayer? Marvel? Or what? Very bad. Absolutely disgusting. Honestly, Marvel didn't give Captain America a magic glove like you did to Hyunsung. And bastard, Tanjiro doesn't use a gun when fighting. And is Jisoo too lazy to run? What's with that teleportation skill? You want to imitate Flash or what, damn director?

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An Abysmal Disjointed Mess of a Beloved Classic

I am still in utter disbelief of what I just watched on screen for this beloved classic. The movie was a complete disjointed mess. If you are familiar w/ the story and other adaptions you will be incredibly disappointed, bored and even frustratingly annoyed. If you are not familiar with this story you will be utterly lost and confused. For a 2 hour movie, I skipped thru a lot. It was so boring an unengaging.

THE GOOD (its hard to even pull out anything good)
- The they kept the iconic theme song from the 1980s adaption
- Hua Jun (Mongolian Princess) this was a more complex, strong, interesting version of this character compared to previous adaptations of her being a whiny wimp

THE BAD (soooo many to list)
- Storyline and pacing was so rushed and disjointed. Left so many plot holes as to why certain characters are important or related.
- Zero character development, resulting in lack of emotional connection to any one character, even the main lead couple.
- Both ML and FL were utterly miscast. Zero chemistry. Neither one of them could truly portray the iconic characters of the slow-witted, adorable, loyal and freakishly strong Guo Jin or the cute, charismatic, cunning and witty Huang Rong.
- They just boiled it down to Ouyang Feng (West Poison) being the lead antagonist, whereas other adaptions had so many nuanced antagonists. And they made Ouyang Feng out to be some odd comic book character - his look, his acting, etc.

Overall an atrocious adaptation of a beloved class. What a complete waste of time.

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