'Revenant' bores many Koreans
Scenes from "Revenant" / AP-Yonhap
Increasing numbers of Korean theater-goers are saying online that the Hollywood movie “Revenant” is a disappointment because its vapid storyline lacks action.
Comments include, “Don’t be fooled by the movie’s preview because that’s all the action there is,” “It’s hard to say the movie was enjoyable . . . the three hours certainly felt like they would never end” and “I cried out to my boyfriend that the Discovery channel movie ruined our Friday night.”
Online daily OhmyStar said the movie, despite its great screenplay, “was too simple” for Korean viewers.
“Koreans tend to like movies with an extremely dramatic plot or elements of a drastic conflict,” the report said. “TV dramas like MBC’s ‘My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol,’ SBS’s ‘Remember’ and movies such as ‘The Chaser’ (2008), ‘New World’ (2012) and ‘Veteran’ (2015) are good examples. The movie is well made but it failed to click with general Korean viewers.”
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy, the American epic western adventure film depicts the ordeal of Hugh Glass (DiCaprio), a trapper who is attacked by a bear and left for dead by his hunting team.
Aiming for vengeance, Glass uses his survival skills to track down the others.