Bichunmoo

OK, this movie is no Lord of the Rings, or even Crouching Tiger.

So what? It might not be a masterpiece of world cinema, but it's rather fun.

The plot is cheesy (big plot holes as well) and the love story severely cliché, however the art design and sets are beautiful, the fights fun enough (though a bit puzzling), the leads are all appealing and there is melodrama and angst galore.

Yeah, you could do better (Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Musa). But if star-crossed lovers, revenge and period movies are your thing, and you don't mind a few bits where the plot is confusing and/or over-the-top, you can do much worse than Bichunmoo.

Well, I bought the DVD and afterword's I read the reviews on IMDb before I saw it, and they're not good, so my expectations was really low.

But I liked it. The story line is a bit confusing and a bit to cliché, but its still good.

The fighting scenes are great though. Yes, there might be some blood spurts as in the old movies(and Kill Bill), but so what? Its one of those movies you have to see, if you like martial arts ad sword fighting, but if you're going for a love story with some action, choose another one.

Not bad. This korean movie is a mix between an epic story and an action movie... Combats are very good. The plot is a bit confused. I had to watch it twice to understand some things. Dark warriors, with a large hat on their heads are very picturesque and the technique used by the main character remembers some techniques used is some video game (do you remember Ken and Ryu in Street Fighters and their "Aduken" shot?).

Saw it if you like wuxia movies. You could spend a glad evening watching it.

well maybe if the storyline made a little bit more sense. I enjoyed this movie considerably. The story is very confusing, but if you watch it 5 times it starts to make more sense. The cinematography is beautiful the colors are wonderful, red is a theme running throughout the entire movie. The costuming was great except in one scene where I'd swear the aggressor was using a toy sword from KB Toys. Also, as a previous comentator on the IMDB pointed out, the hero does have an unusual nose, which I found myself staring at more than watching the movie at times. I don't see any reason for people to compare this film to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon except they are both asian martial arts films. Truth be told, I liked Bichunmoo much more. But then, I like a thrilling romance that goes right to my heart.

This movie does a fairly good job of tying together a bunch of clichéd tragic plots. The action is okay but a bit cheesy. The wire work isn't too ridiculous. It doesn't really have anything to offer martial arts fans. A lot of the fighting is supernatural and the blows don't even connect.

It has some problems with the plot. Every few minutes a character will run off and do something stupid just to make the viewer sad. There is a gap of about 15 years in the middle of the film during which important things happen but the film just continues without explaining them. You never actually find out why all the characters are where and they are and doing what they're doing after this gap.