Comments on: South Korean film director may re-ignite Korean War

By: Merovign

Merovign — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:31:22 +0000

Bryan’s just seeing the movies that Americans are unwilling to see.

Wait, that’s not right… Seeing the movies that North Koreans can’t…. no…

Selling the… Sending the movie to North Korea?

Dammit.

By: TBinSTL

TBinSTL — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:45:45 +0000

Was it bad?….
it was “Earnest Goes to Camp” bad.

By: ReubenJCogburn

ReubenJCogburn — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:24:37 +0000

They’ve been running commercials for Dragon Wars during wrestling lately, and it just looks godawfully stupid and horrible. And that’s from somebody that willingly watches wrestling.

And I’m definitely not getting near any movie that makes Reign of Fire look good by comparison. That crapfest almost gave me an aneurysm.

By: rw

rw — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:43:36 +0000

Would it have been better or worse to have been done as a typical Korean romantic comedy? After having seen a few clips last week, I can’t imagine that My Sassy Dragon would have been all that much worse….

By: Kini

Kini — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:16:14 +0000

Only Oscar picks are bad.

By: Doctor Zero

Doctor Zero — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:06:49 +0000

If you want to see what South Korean filmakers can do at their *best*, watch “The Host”. There’s a bit of mild America-bashing at the beginning, but it’s very mild and there’s also a remarkably heroic portrayal of an American in a minor role. It drags a bit in the middle, but it’s one of the best monster movies ever, and the only true successor to “Tremors” as a horror-comedy. The first appearance of the creature is so brilliantly staged and audacious that it will make you laugh out loud. It’s out on DVD in the States now.

By: James

James — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:16:52 +0000

I don’t know, have you seen the North Korean movies? Particularly the ones “directed” by Kim-Jong Il? Dragon Wars looks like Gone With The Wind in comparison.

Queasy on September 24, 2007 at 9:26 AM

This is why we must bring them our drek first…we don’t want their heads to explode with how much better our mere crap is than what they’re used to.

I fear that many will never be ready for movies that are actually good.

By: lorien1973

lorien1973 — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:59:41 +0000

I have to question all of Bryan’s posts now. After the previews, even I knew D-War was gonna suck. That he paid to see it makes me sad. :(

By: allie

allie — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:59:21 +0000

this here

By: allie

allie — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:52:29 +0000

sorry-botched the wikipedia link..

By: allie

allie — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:51:38 +0000

Can D-War be any worse than the Turkish Star Wars?

By: Lehosh

Lehosh — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:37:08 +0000

No no no, Meryl… GO SEE IT! Don’t let anyone deter you. Go see it with many people. The social experience is priceless.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:34:51 +0000

Meryl Yourish on September 24, 2007 at 9:31 AM

Reign of Fire and Deanzilla are works of art compared to D-War.

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:31:27 +0000

Really? That bad?

I rented the ‘98 Godzilla on the advice of friends who told me not to pay for a movie ticket. My friend and I spent the two hours laughing and making comments.

Favorite scene: Godzilla chasing helicopter pilot, who radios urgently back to base, “I can’t shake him! I can’t shake him!”

“Fly UP, you moron!” we shouted in unison.

Only we didn’t use the word “moron.”

I had momentarily thought about seeing Dragon Wars. I’ll let Reign of Fire stand in for dumb dragon movies I wish I’d never seen.

By: Queasy

Queasy — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:26:50 +0000

I don’t know, have you seen the North Korean movies? Particularly the ones “directed” by Kim-Jong Il? Dragon Wars looks like Gone With The Wind in comparison.

By: Lehosh

Lehosh — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:09:56 +0000

I’m sorry, but this movie was EPIC.

Not good… epic. It was so bad – I mean SO BAD – that no one in the theater could breathe they were laughing so hard. My friends couldn’t even stop laughing long enough to spit out “that movie sucked ass”.

One character summed up the entire movie in one line near the beginning. “What are you talking about?”

By: ScoopPC11

ScoopPC11 — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:09:32 +0000

Can we make it a double feature and send “Ishtar” with it, as well?

By: tikvah

tikvah — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:38:04 +0000

Drek?? How do you know these words? Have you been reading this?

By: Frozen Tex

Frozen Tex — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:22:01 +0000

Those poor North Koreans; haven’t they suffered enough?