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Jarome_Turner

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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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| My girlfriend wanted to go see it last night. Luckily I convinced her that it "may not be fully subtitled in English" (is it?), and we went to see 1408. Which, by the way, isn't that bad. |
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KOREAN_MAN
Joined: 01 Oct 2006
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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 5:20 am Post subject: |
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| Jarome_Turner wrote: |
| My girlfriend wanted to go see it last night. Luckily I convinced her that it "may not be fully subtitled in English" (is it?), and we went to see 1408. Which, by the way, isn't that bad. |
Well, the movie is actually in English. The subtitle is in Korean for Korean viewers.
This is the first major SCI-FI film made in Korea. So there are a lot of hypes and "nationalism" playing as a factor. The director went through a lot to make this film. It was especially difficult for him because he was originally a comedian and many people thought he wouldn't be successful as a director/producer.
I loved the last five minutes of the movie which I guess was the climax. I think a lot of teenage boys in the U.S. will like the movie, but I dunno about grown-ups. Such an awful story... I don't know why the script was chosen. |
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endo

Joined: 14 Mar 2004 Location: Seoul...my home
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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:51 am Post subject: |
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Worst movie eva!
God it was brutal.
And didn't the FBI agent shoot that Ethan guy?
And how did New Mexico turn into this hell/dragon land?
And why did Wthan and Sarah just leave the black guy behind on two occasions?
The special effect were pretty cool though. But damn the story line was horrible, the acting was forgettable, and the character development was just non-existant. |
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endo

Joined: 14 Mar 2004 Location: Seoul...my home
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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:56 am Post subject: |
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And I didn't even know the Korean connection before I saw it.
Then when they brought up Korea at the beginning of the movie, I was like cool, I hope this will be good.
As much as I hate on Korea from time to time, I still secretly root for the bastards.
But for the love of God that was a TERRIBLE movie! |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:01 am Post subject: |
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Backyard piece o' crap's movie poster. |
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Ilsanman

Joined: 15 Aug 2003 Location: Bucheon, Korea
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 7:13 am Post subject: |
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And that was great when the girl says the word 'congratulate' with her birthday. They even worked Konglish into the movie!!!
Then when the guy quoted a Korean proverb that probably no one has ever heard of or ever cared about, I almost puked. |
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xCustomx

Joined: 06 Jan 2006
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 7:32 am Post subject: |
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| I saw this movie with my girlfriend today, and I have to say it was the WORST movie I have ever seen. When the bad guy with the sword hurled a huge fireball at the SWAT guys near the cave, I thought I was watching the Power Rangers. DO NOT waste your money on this POS movie |
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shifter2009

Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Location: wisconsin
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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Me and my friend saw it and we both had this impression of it: It was better than the American Godzilla movie.
I thought it was pretty damn funny actually, I like how the entire US missed the gigantic snake sneaking around and the giant castle being built. That thing had to be breaking some zoning laws |
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chaz47

Joined: 11 Sep 2003
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Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 2:15 am Post subject: |
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Did anybody mention how kid Ethan's eyes are blue and adult Ethan's eyes are brown? They actually did a change over after his flashback scene where the eyes changed colors.
I guess once he became aware that he was a reincarnated Korean his eyes turned brown... ?
I think the fake beard was meant to make him look like a "Korean" tough guy... ?
Wow...
Oh... also... look at the way that Ethan dresses... maybe I am reading to much into it but it seems totally ajoshi style... just in darker colors. When he makes his first appearance, his jacket has some sort of f*cking racing stripes under the arms... what is that? |
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Ilsanman

Joined: 15 Aug 2003 Location: Bucheon, Korea
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Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 6:28 am Post subject: |
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| D is not for direct...D is for donkey dick...which this movie sucked. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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Jizzo T. Clown

Joined: 27 Mar 2006 Location: at my wit's end
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shetan

Joined: 24 Apr 2006 Location: In front of my PC.
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Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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these are monsters from Koreans past?? I mean... a lot of people went to transformers just because we grew up with them..
maybe that was a reason Korean people like the movie...
Kind of like watching the Dukes of Hazzard...
anyway after reading how terrible it was I have to watch it now...
did anybody actually enjoy it?? |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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| tzechuk wrote: |
| ha... my students told me this morning that it was a great movie. Just goes to show that their standard of good is so much different from ours. |
I just hope your students isn't an adult. |
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just another day

Joined: 12 Jul 2007 Location: Living with the Alaskan Inuits!!
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Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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most hollywood movies are pretty bad nowadays.
most hollywood movies has no plot, no dialogue, is just a bunch of ooh and ahh, look at the shiny character face. im so mesmerized...
anyways, i hope they polish it up before the sept US release!!!
it should be awesome!!! |
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