영화를 돈아깝지 않게 보았고 심감독을 응원하며 꼭 미국에서 성공하기를 기원했습니다.

오히려 우리 나라보다 미국에서 더 성공할지 모른다고 기대하기도 했습니다.

근래 심감독이 쇼프로 나오면서 "용가리가 무슨 국제적 망신을 시켰냐, 영화제에서 오줌을 쌌냐, 스파게티

먹고 돈을 안냈냐"며 농담을 하는 것을 자주 보았습니다.

물론 저는 D-war라는 영화를 통해 한국 sf의 희망을 가졌으므로 만족하고 심감독을 응원하는 마음이지만

현실은 어느정도 망신을 당하고 있는 것이 맞는 듯 싶습니다.

씨네스트 회원님들의 세계적 시야를 위해 외국인 평들만 좀 옮겨봤습니다.

제일 아래 프랑스인의 평이 젤 맘 아프더군요.

@ 핵심 부분 색칠이라도 하고 싶은데 기능이 없네요 죄송합니다. ^^;


funny how all the people from "south Korea" rated 10, 5 August 2007

Author: yinayun from United States


this movie was HORRENDOUS.

the story was cheesy and there was such a HUGE gap distinguishing the computer graphics and the live acting.

The comments above that gave 10's CLEARLY are biased because the director was Korean. That can be the only explanation for a person from Harvard University Films Studies to applaud this movie to such an extent; No?

I TOO am Korean and I watched the movie just yesterday but I refuse to be biased about it. I'll say it as it is, the movie was horrible.

The TRAILER was actually more entertaining than the movie itself. D-war just didn't meet my expectations.





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Horrible movie - Top candidate for the Golden Raspberry Award, 5 August 2007

Author: hermapower from Italy


Went to see D-War with a couple of friends. Just expecting hardcore action, not the deep-sense-and-romantic-thing.

After, we felt ripped off. The trailers and other poster adverts (and the title) promise ways too much. The title is inappropriate : There is no war in that movie.

Had to flush it down with a couple of beers afterward.

Some people gave it a 10 star rating on IMDb !! Don't believe that !!

It was so boring. And the plot's execution is so dilettantish. At times I had to laugh, not because it was funny but because I felt embarrassed. It was just too ridiculous: The FBI appears out of nowhere; a sudden, obligatory kiss; sequences bluntly copied from 'StarWars' and 'Hidden Dragon'; characters appearing without us knowing what they are for ...

One of the most ridiculous things : The main actors are eternally chased in the city, they can never escape. But suddenly, somehow they managed to escape to Mexico. At that moment, I was about to leave the theater.

Terrible.

There are few basic rules with which you can easily turn a bad movie into a mediocre one. The director apparently doesn't know any of those. One of those rules is to let your actors act.

The actors : Under that director it was just impossible for them to develop any decent acting. Even if this is a debut movie for some of them, they may just have ruined their career. I feel so sorry for them.

That movie has the best conditions to become number 1 for the Golden Raspberry Award.







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Do yourself a favour and don't bother ..., 4 August 2007

Author: Regina_Philange1979 from United Kingdom


*** This comment may contain spoilers ***


Well, on a whim my friends and I decided to see this. Mistake.

The movie kind of starts of interesting, talking about a Korean legend of Dragons. Fair enough. But when the villain came in with mythological beasts that were a poor man's rip off from movies such as LOTR, I lost interest. That and the fact that despite it being set (in this part) in medieval times, the beasts could launch rockets. Yes, rockets.

Then we cut to the present day, I thought at least with Jason Behr I'd have some eye candy. I'm shallow at times, but even this couldn't save it for me.

The snake/dragon had now been transported from Korea to being a fossil in Los Angeles. Of course. And Jason Behr just HAPPENED to recognise it. Because he had an ancient Korean medallion that led to a long and windy flashback, culminating in him being the reincarnation of the protector of a girl who had to be sacrificed in order for a GOOD serpent/Dragon to absorb her special energy thing and thus save the world. Riiiiiiight.

He manages to locate the reincarnated girl, and after 5 minutes together they're on a beach and having an obligatory kiss. He just HAPPENS to know a doctor who can help her to regress, to understand her dreams about the past.

Meanwhile, the FBI are searching for the girl. They eventually locate Jason Behr and the girl, they know all about the serpent because 'The FBI have a very good paranormal section' (Guess Mulder and Scully are still working?).

Anyway, they have to get to this cave, but before they do the bad nasty serpent and its owner find Sarah (the girl) and Mr Behr, transporting them to this magical realm (sooooo the point of the cave?) ...

The medallion grows a pretty colour, but Mr Behr doesn't really save the day. The girl does, it's horrendous and basically the movie made me groan.

The special effects, whilst I suppose I should commend them, are light years behind other movies.

Overall it's a bad, bad movie that hopefully will NOT be released in other countries.

I wonder if Jason Behr regrets making it .. because I know I would if I were in it.









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The rating is biased by (nationalist) Koreans - that movie is really bad and boring, 5 August 2007

Author: nagatire from France


Don't be motivated by the rating of that movie. It's biased by the (nationalist) Koreans who want to support 'their' director. Ridiculous. Koreans are well known for such childish behavior (When Korea dropped out of the soccer world cup 2006, Koreans attacked the FIFA server so heavily that FIFA had to block all IP addresses from Korea ...)

To put is short, this movie is bad.

And boring.

This movie is not just a wannabe mix of Hollywood's StarWars, Lord of the Rings, Black Hawk Down and Jurassic Part. No, it's a very, very bad wannabe mix of all that. With all respect, Mr Shim, what have you been doing over the past 5 years of directing that movie ?

I think he wanted to do the sort of epic sci-fi action movie. But for that you need much more than just a cluster of mega-flop computers. Instead of relying on actors, the director relied on computer power. Even worse, the director tries to impress the audience by showing some selected martial art sequences which are nothing but blunt copies of 'Crouchint tiger, hidden dragon'. Those sequences don't even fit into the overall making style of the movie.

For sure we can not reward this director for finding new and innovative ways of action-movie making.

What the sci-fi action thrillers Jurassic Parc and Co. have in common is at least a decent plot, thrilling moments and some good, authentic acting. But this movie doesn't have any of that.

Moreover, the actors don't reveal any special characteristic of the person they act. It's so sterile. A kiss, what even in mediocre movies is a long suspected and awaited moment comes here as an unexpected sudden and sterile act (at the beach ... how romantic) The director should have used the computer for the main actors as well, it wouldn't have made any difference and he could have saved time and money.

No thrills, no surprising moments, no dramatic, nothing.

Don't waste your time on that movie. I recommend to rent a DVD of Jurassic Parc 1 instead. Even if you saw that one already 4 times.