Just as good as the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
For anyone looking for another reason to love Kang Ha-Neul or Han Hyo-Joo (although lets admit, you really don't need another reason for either of them) this movie will be a treat. The cast were hilarious, the CGI was pretty good, the action scenes were great, the music was great, and just the overall experience was a treat.I would ranked this movie maybe not on par with the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie but definitely up there with the second one, and better by far than any after the second.
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keeps the focus on Pirate and treasure
Pirates- The Royal Treasure, for this Korean Pirate movie the captain is a female captain Hae Rang (Han Hyo Joo) with a swordsman turned pirate Wu Mu Chi (Kang Ha Neul) and a comical Mak Yi (Lee Kwang Su) and others.even if I don’t want to but still Can't help but think of Pirates of the Caribbean when I hear pirate, as Johnny Depp has made his character Captain Jack Sparrow iconic, who shows intelligence in deciphering maps, does excellent comedy, and shows excellent action sequence. And for the Korean movie need three characters to show all these.
The story is fast-paced with finding a map, locating the treasure, and successfully getting it. the CGI is good. It kept its pirate theme on spot not delving into characters' past before becoming a pirate. Mak Yi's slapstick comedy and scheming tactics made a good screen time and the rest was covered with the enormous sword fighting. HHJ fighting sword sequences were nice. KHN's hairstyle was too distracting. the acting was good. Chae Soo Bin's thief personality was evident but she didn't get enough screen. actually, the story lacked good scripting.
Overall this was a perfectly comical relief for those who miss "Captain Jack Sparrow" and his witty good sense of humor to save the day.
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"Great Cast doesn't guarantee you a good movie" - babadook
"Great Cast doesn't guarantee you a good movie" - babadook (on his/her review of this movie)Story 5/10
- honestly, there is nothing special in the story for me
Acting/Cast 10/10
- I only watch and finished this movie because of the actors and actresses, they did a great job, amazing actors and actress. I'm so happy seeing them in one movie, I'm really pleased.
Music 4/10
- I didn't even remember the music so I search for it and listening right now while typing, it's just okay , not a fan
Rewatch Value 2/10
- I don't think I'll rewatch this, I had a good laugh, good excitement between lovers or sort but I don't feel like I would want to watch this again, would I recommend this? well kinda because I want the efforts to be appreciated but I won't talk about it enthusiastically.
Suggested overall: 5.5 but I will rate it 6/10
- I expected much because they combine great actors and actress, which I love, but sadly got dissapointed with the plot, there wasn't special in there, the only special here is the acting, casting, fight scenes, overall the actors and actresses only.
- love the characters ; I'm inlove with the character of Chae Soo Bin, Han Hyo Joo is actually my all time favorite but come on Chae Soo Bin, you can't ignore her. Also Kang Haneul & Lee Kwang Soo are just amazingly funny and all especially Kwang Soo. Sehun has a cool character. Kwon Sang Woo is amazing too. I'm really happy they are in the same movie I'm just sad that I don't like this movie at all.
- I'm a fan of movies with great plots so yeah even I love the casting I won't be bias on this, but the efforts should be appreciated, then the making of this should be appreciated so that's 6 overall
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Do not take it seriously
Aight, it's entertainment if you can bare absolute nonsense. I do wonder, if the writers of these movies research more than 1 min about, well, anything.But, the cast indeed is great and gives it their all - and they are the reason that I watched the movie till the end.
In short: lost treasure. Several parties want to find it, due to different reasons. Adventure follows. Small romance plot. Kick-ass fighting (that indeed was good).
Now, because I have to say this:
Who in their good mind, any mind really, loads a ship's cargo onto the deck of a sailer (without securing said cargo in any way?!). Loading that much gold onto deck means, yes hon everyone can see it, isn't it shiny?! and, oh guess what, there are waves on the ocean. Wave good bye to that gold as soon as you leave port. And I am not even starting on the weight of gold and the freaking impossibility of a ship of that size holding that much weight (if there also is gold below deck that is, maybe the genius who put it on deck just left the whole treasure up there). And with that they got through all the turbulent sea stuff all till the island? Are you kidding me? Guess most of the treasure got lost on the way. Told ya, wave good bye to those gold bars. Ha.
Penguins are not animals that A want to cuddle. B can pull an adult sized human that struggles along with them in the water. C they smell like really really bad - you do not want to cuddle them actually. Exception might be if you smell like fish, and lay around patiently for a long time, they are quite curious.
AN ICE CAVE ON A TROPICAL ISLAND AT SEA LEVEL?????!!!!
Forget the story with a lot of holes in it, but this at least the writers could have gotten right. Thus my annoyance really, because this is basic stuff that's not that hard to read up about.
Anyhow, again, the cast was good. Really. I don't know why and how they kept me watching, and even got me to smile now and then, and yes, pine a little bit for certain characters, but they did. Kudos to them. NOT the writers. Gee.
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Not quite the sequel you'd expect
Having watched the first film this one was based on, I was expecting a new adventure featuring our favourite pirates and bandits team in action again, despite the change of casts. But it turned out that this film was somewhat of a reimagination of the original Pirates 2014 movie.Like the first movie, this one features a group of pirates led by a female captain as well as a group of bandits who were former Goryeo soldiers. But unlike the first film, this one didn't really spare some time to build up the main character's origins. Unlike Yeowol, Haerang was already a captain of her own ship without revealing much of how she ended up in that position. And as much as Haerang did have a scene where she and Muchi had been saved by a whale, Haerang's connection with the whales wasn't as deep as Yeowol's in the first film. And as much as Haerang kept referring to her crew as her family, I can't quite relate to her the way I did with Yeowol as we're never really shown much of Haerang's past to make us see as to why family was important to her.
Likewise, Wu Muchi also seemed to have some similarities with Jang Sajung, but unlike Sajung... Muchi wasn't really quite as charming and charismatic as Sajung. And similar to Haerang, Muchi's past wasn't as developed as Sajung was. The film didn't really gave impression that Muchi actually spent much time being a bandit prior to being rescued by Haerang. Unlike Sajung, Muchi felt more like a pretentious, homeless man calling himself a bandit. Even as his past as a former Goryeo soldier was revealed, his character still felt unconvincing.
That said, there are few other similar points that was similar with the first film. One, this film also had a mention of Lee Seonggye and other notable characters of the time but unlike the first film, the connection was pretty vague. There were also some parallels between Mo Honggap and Boo Heungsoo who were the sworn enemies of Sajung and Muchi respectively, but like everything else in this film it was depicted very shallow. Kwangsoo's character in the film seemed to take the role of Yoo Haejin's character in the first one, but it felt like this movie relied too much on Kwangsoo's betrayer trope from Running Man to deliver the comic relief, which doesn't really work all the time.
On its own, this film was quite enjoyable with some bit of fighting and adventures on the high seas. But if you've already seen the 2014 film, watching this one would feel a bit underwhelming. The comedic element in this film was more slapstick compared to the first one and personally, I didn't feel that the jokes to be as funny as they were in the 2014 film. The same could be said about the romance element in this movie.
Unlike the first film, this second one was quite weak in terms of story. As much as some of the visuals were quite stunning, I couldn't quite immerse myself into the story as much as I did the first. I feel like this film would've been better without the whole pirate king sequence as well as the wholw Haerang can't cook joke because it took away the opportunity to properly develop the relationship between Haerang and Muchi. Other than Muchi pestering her about liking him or scenes of Haerang cooking badly and force feeding Muchi food, we don't really see how the two ended up really liking each other. Not like how Sajung and Yeowol did because they were forced to stay together for a while due to them being chained together. In that sense, Haerang-Muchi's relationship felt shallow compared to Yeowol-Sajung's relationship.
One can say that this second film was a much sillier take of the 2014 film. And as much as the visuals and CGI was much better in this film, it end up being lacking in terms of writing.
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