So
Priest.
I have a few things to say, some spoilery, some not. First, the cinematography was gorgeous. I loved the landscapes and the way scenes were shot. The costumes, too, were awesome. The animation at the beginning was flat-out spectacular.
The story was very paint-by-numbers. I could tell instantly it was manga/manwha, it had all the sort of set-up and awkard scenes that long-running shounen series have in their first few episodes. Go here, do this, run into this guy, pick up your sidekick, set forth on your quest, etc. Also, the dialog. Dear christ, the dialog. When your final showdown scene pulls lines wholesale from Star Wars, you've got issues.
I do have to say I was quite impressed that the two main female characters lived through the movie, especially when Maggie Q's Priest set herself up on a suicide run. Beautiful. Wasn't expecting that at all.
I spent the entire movie muttering to myself that the Villain looked and sounded just like Karl Urban, only to discover upon rolling the credits that it was. Haw.
Overall, I enjoyed the movie, but as we all know I have pretty low standards, hahaha.
I have a few things to say, some spoilery, some not. First, the cinematography was gorgeous. I loved the landscapes and the way scenes were shot. The costumes, too, were awesome. The animation at the beginning was flat-out spectacular.
The story was very paint-by-numbers. I could tell instantly it was manga/manwha, it had all the sort of set-up and awkard scenes that long-running shounen series have in their first few episodes. Go here, do this, run into this guy, pick up your sidekick, set forth on your quest, etc. Also, the dialog. Dear christ, the dialog. When your final showdown scene pulls lines wholesale from Star Wars, you've got issues.
I do have to say I was quite impressed that the two main female characters lived through the movie, especially when Maggie Q's Priest set herself up on a suicide run. Beautiful. Wasn't expecting that at all.
I spent the entire movie muttering to myself that the Villain looked and sounded just like Karl Urban, only to discover upon rolling the credits that it was. Haw.
Overall, I enjoyed the movie, but as we all know I have pretty low standards, hahaha.