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“I would give nine out of 10 for this movie,” said 47-year-old movie lover Heather Um during an interview with JSR.
She agreed that there were some flaws, such as a long introduction, but she also added that the storyline that carries the great naval battle of Myeongnyang was good enough to make up for the flaws.
“If you know the history,” Um said, “you will already know that Admiral Yi Sun-Sin made the impossible into the possible. Even though Choi Min-Sik does not really look like Admiral Yi, he expressed the emotions of Admiral Yi so well.
Yet not everyone has left the theater with satisfaction.
Sarah Bang, a 19-year-old viewer, told JSR, “I would give 6.5 out of 10. The CG was bad, the plot line was not explaining what was happening, and Choi Min-Sik was too taciturn.”
Bang speculates that many people viewed this movie with a positive perspective because the history itself was significantly great.
“I honestly think that all this audience came to watch this movie because it contains such a great history,” she said. “The thing is, the movie did not have enough impact.”
According to Bang, the movie did not explain the depicted situation well, which made people who do not know the history of the battle confused and lost.
“[Everything] just happened all of the sudden,” Bang said. “Japanese ships just got destroyed all of the sudden, and Joseon won the war all of the sudden.”
The film is still showing in Korea and has also been released in Los Angeles. To make up your own mind about “The Admiral: Roaring Currents,” you can watch it at CGV Cinemas LA in Koreatown or La Habra 16 in La Habra. The film has not been rated by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).
