this is a great piece of work!

Rating: 9/10 (19 February 2005)

war movies have never been my favorite genre, but i did watch saving private ryan(because of the awards it won). i didn't really enjoy the movie very much, but i must admit that the war scenes were all sooo great, and gory. since i wasn't really into war-kind of movies, i wasn't so excited when my friend gave me Tae Guk Gi DVD to watch. i just took it because i didn't have anything else to watch. i gave it a try. to my surprise, i actually watched it till the end(2.20am), without feeling bored and sleepy at all(seriously, not even one scene!). another thing is, i've never watched any Korean movies before, and i've never expected that they could make a REALLY good movie like this. i was so amazed by the way they make the war scenes. omigosh, they were soooo gory! the hand, the leg, the head, the intestines. yikes! but actually, my favorite part of the whole movie is when it gets to the emotional part. i cried at the early part of the story, the train scene(when they parted from the mom and Young Shi). the two actors did a great job, certainly got 'chemistry' between them as brothers. i think i'm gonna watch this movie again, for the 3rd time.