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D-War Official Website

And the trailer: :lol:

D-War trailer

Isn't this movie great or what? It will be released in South Korea in August while in the US it will be in September. Here's the info:

Dragon Wars (2007)

I'm sooo looking forward to this; one way or another! :plot:

FREAKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dude that looks sooo cool! I hope its showing near my town. So Burnout Beau, Where do you live? I really envy you gettin this movie a month before us. I just wish though that the giant serpent transformed on the trailer.

Lady in Car: Just Drive!!!!
Serpent Strikes and picks up car in mouth.
Lady:AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

It does look cool, but I hope it's not just a "monsters on a rampage" movie. I like watching giant reptiles of course, but I'd also like to see something deeper in the story. I guess we'll know soon as the release date is almost here. :)

i just hope it shows in Denver

looks uber drac

The movie looks very cool. And it have bi-pedal dragon and some kind of bull dragons too, like Dragon Booster. Look here -->D-war

I'm from Malaysia, man... :)

There's nothing to envy about, Hydrag, 'cuz I'm in an even worse position...

The movie may not show here in Malaysia! <_< If that's the case, I may have to wait for the DVD to be released... :(

The reviews of the movie haven't exactly been positive, judging from the comments on one trailer I found.

'Unimpressive reviews by critics' versus 'impressive popularity by fans'. Is this good or bad? :unsure:

But for me, regardless, I'm still gonna watch it one way or another. :plot:

Well, I went to go see "Dragon Wars" tonight out of curiosity. Frankly, I didn't expect much and that's pretty much what I got. My overall reaction to the movie could be summed up with a shrug and an "eh".

The special effects and creatures are acceptable quality, though nothing close to say "Lord of the Rings" or "Star Wars" quality of course. The story's not that great, and the movie has plot holes, continuity and logistical problems. The acting and the actors are forgettable and the creatures don't show any personality beyond the fact that they all seem to be really ticked off. :) At least it moved along at a good pace since there's nothing worse than when a mediocre movie bogs down. And you do get to watch monsters on a rampage and stuff blowing up. ;)

I really wish someone would make an epic "Lord of Rings" quality movie with dragons as the central characters someday, but it looks like I'll have to keep waiting. Maybe our friends at The Story Hat will give us that some day. :cookie:

Aww, shucks...I myself heard that the movie received lots of negative reviews in America (in contrast to Korea). :unsure:

To anyone who's reading this, does it strike anyone that so far, all dragon movies (except Dragonheart 1) appeared to have either average or bad reviews? :mellow:

Yep, that's been the case alright. Of course, just about every dragon movie has been a mediocre "monsters on a rampage" type movie, and they're not much different than watching a Godzilla movie. Dragonheart is the exception of course, which has a dragon that's an actual character in the story and not just a creature causing mayhem. That's why the movie did as well as it did and got superior reviews.

"Dragon Wars" probably plays better to audiences that grew up with eastern philosophies, at least that would be my guess. Plus I think it's difficult to pull off creatures fighting the military in a modern day urban setting and not have it look corny. The movie might have worked better if the whole thing was set in a lost ancient time. At least they could have omitted the failed attempts at humor with the zoo keeper.

The movie also begins with an unusual double-flashback: the main character in the present day has a flashback to his childhood, and then a character in the flashback tells a story and we flashback again for that. Kind of odd when you think about it.

There are other odd things about the story, like where was the good imoogi the whole time? Was he stuck in the LA traffic and couldn't show up until the end? :P And how come the evil imoogi could amass a huge army of followers while the good imoogi only has three humans on his side, two of which are reluctant?

I think the biggest weak point of the story is that the main characters and the audience know too much about what's supposed to happen too early in the movie. I think it would have played much better if Ethan an Sarah didn't know about their destiny and had to discover it along the way as they were being pursued, particularly the part about the Yuh Yi Joo and Sarah's fate in relation to that. Not knowing what's supposed to happen would have kept the suspense going and made the ending more poignant.

Oh well. At least the movie had some nice eye candy. :) Just have to keep waiting for a good dragon movie to come along.

Hey, Furox. Do you know if the Magna Draconis or someone is making a DB movie?

I know The Story Hat has a screenplay for a DB movie but they don't have a movie studio that wants to buy it yet.

:lol: Just discovered yesterday that there's gonna be a sequel to the movie. Apparently, it involves Ethan (the main character) going to Korea where he will meet a lady and something to do with another giant serpent.

Not bad for a movie that has received lots of negative reviews. :D

But on the other note, I also heard that the movie received high earnings from Korea and America. Not sure how much, but in my country's currency, it's about RM 233 million (sorry for not providing an American dollar value).

Next up: Serpents on an Inclined Plane.

swwweeeeettttt! i like the bulco the most!

According to the Yahoo Movie Database, D-War made about $11 million in the US, which in general is pretty poor by today's standards (it's basically a bomb). For comparison, "Ratatouille" made about $47 million in the first weekend alone. Of course, this is skewed since Ratatouille opened in a lot more theaters than D-War, but there's a huge difference in popularity none the less.

It's a shame really since this is another movie I really wanted to like but couldn't. It doesn't look to me like D-War was all that expensive to make, so it's quite possible that the movie was profitable in terms of worldwide ticket sales, which is probably what's motivating the sequel. The basic premise of the story wasn't bad really, it's just that the execution fell flat since it ends up being just a "monsters on a rampage" movie. Though I do tend to wonder if this is in part due to an East/West cultural difference. For example, Hong Kong action movies don't really play well in the US either, with Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee being the only such actors to make it big here. Could be something like that.

It's hard to get exciting about a sequel, but I'll probably go see it anyway just cause it has dragons. ;)

Wikipedia's D-War page states that the budget was 30 million Korean won, or $33 million in US money.

Again from Wikipedia:

So it wasn't a bomb, given how much it earned in South Korea.

Of course, the chances it gets released outside the US and South Korea are practically zero given how it got dropped.

Yeah, I figured it must have made money elsewhere for them to be interested in a sequel. So it looks like it netted about $20 million worldwide which isn't bad in the eyes of a small studio. I really hope they do some market research and understand why it didn't play well in North America. The sequel could do a lot better if they'd come to grips with that.

I think it's unfair for critics to call it the "worst movie" though. That distinction is generally awarded to "Plan 9 From Outer Space" by most critics and it's so bad that it's famous for being bad. :) Another famously bad movie is "Manos - The Hands of Fate" which was lampooned on Mystery Science Theater 3000. You watch these movies and wonder how anyone could have thought they were making a good movie. :D

i havent seen it yet and i would like to see it though.

The movie's out now on DVD (at least in North America). If you're a dragon fan, I'd say the movie is worth renting once.