User Reviews: Tae Guk Gi (2004)
An Interesting Perspective on the Korean War
Pros: Excellent cinematography that llustrates the complexity of a civil war.
Cons: The story unfolds like a run-on sentence.
This is an outstanding peice of work from a Korean director and cast. It is well acted and directed with all of the effects of a large-budget film. More intriguing still is that it is a told through a uniquely Korean perspective--and not through the historical perspective of the western militaries.
The problem is that I AM a westerner. I want the story to unfold in an expected, predictable format--an introduction to the issue, character development, a climax (read "change" here) and closure. And while "Flag" comes closer to this format than many other Asian/European movies, this story also rambles on through too many sub-plots. It has trouble deciding when to end...though the director does manage to tie the ending to the beginning very nicely.
My only other gripe about this otherwise excellent addition to any war genre collection would be to say that it is not entirely historically accurate in that it pretty much omits the contributions of dozens of natiWas this review helpful? Yes - Noawsomeness
Pros: everything
Cons: nothing
what can i say but,WOW. i'm korean and when i learned about the korean war i figured it was any other war like the civil war shown in the patriot.but the movie captures everything: the action,the drama,etc.but personally,what i think makes this film great is that it is based sort of on a korean drama storyline mixed with saving private ryan,the patriot,etc.this movie is excellent and it takes you to the depths of the korean war while focusing on individuals.how many other historical films can brag about that?i personally feel that Tae Guk Gi should have at least been nominated for a foreign film academy award.so what a short film has been nominated from korea?whatever.i hope this reviews been helpful.
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