Well what can I say? I went into this expecting a super great movie. I was clueless as what the hell I was gonna watch cuz I didn't even watch a trailer beforehand so I went into this knowing nothing about it except having heard it was amazing. Buuuuuuuuuut I got to say i was left kinda unsatisfied. In terms of the CGI and the action scenes I was blown away. Korea has improved alot in that area. I mostly liked seeing those than the story itself. Yes the CGI was done brilliantly and the acting was good too but i was left stranded. There wasn't that much plot in it except that the main character went through so many trials with his ridiculously good looking defense team. Actually I went in for Cha Tae Hyun but came out loving Ju Ji Hoon. Like someone else mentioned previously, Ju Ji Hoon was the gems here. Having seen Ju Ji Hoon in very serious roles, I was pretty surprised by him here. He managed to keep the funny scenes hilarious. I loved his expressions here. Even his crying scenes had me giggling (sorry if it sounds rude here)
One scene that resounded with me was the simple scene where the grandfather sees the Grim Reaper and says to himself that he might be closing near death. When the grandkid cried there something tugged at my heartstrings. How a life can be so precious. It might seems silly but that scene was the start where I started getting emotional with the whole story.
One plus side of this story is we see sooooooo many amazing cameos. Each trial brings out so many old faces we just love seeing on screen, that was a reason that made me keep watching till the end. To see who else is gonna pop in my screen. I won't say it was a bad film, no doubt it was a really really good film but I won't say brilliant. Watching this few minutes after Tori Girl, I felt even though Tori Girl was much less mature than this, it was done more brilliantly than Along with the Gods. But that won't stop me from watching the sequel of this.
Also if you are in doubt, just watch it for the sake of Ju Ji Hoon. The fellow is amazingly hilarious in this. You won't regret it. I only gave these ratings just for his expressions.