The movie "Masquerade" was featured in the major newspaper, LA Times.
Last month, "Masquerade" premiered at the LA County Museum of Art's Bing Theater's "Film Independent". Afterwards, it received positive reviews from critics, producers, and etc. Even regular movie-goers were giving the movie high praise.
In reflection of this reaction, on the 30th, the movie was introduced on the front page of the LA Time's "Sunday Calendar". Also, Lee Byung Hun, as the starring actor, had a full-page interview as well.
LA Times reported, "The entire plotline was very emotional; there is an earnest quality to the movie. Lee Byung Hun plays two characters, the cruel ruler Gwang Hae and Ha Sun, who cared for his people. He played both roles perfectly." The newspaper also wrote that, as an ambitious and influential movie, the movie was picked as the one to perhaps open more doors for him in America.
LA Weekly's critic Christina Bravo said, "The movie is like a captivating jewel." LA Time's critic, Robert Abele praised Lee Byung Hun's shocking acting skills. He also wrote about the plotline of "Masquerade", Lee Byung Hun in Hollywood, his hand-printing, etc. In the previous week, LA Times in the review of "Masquerade", Chu Chang Min was highly praised for his directing skills.
In Korea, the movie premiered 21 days ago and passed the 7 million mark in tickets sold on October 3rd. CJ Entertainment, the distributor for the movie, announced that it surpassed that mark around 2 pm. The movie passed the 6 million mark just one day ago on the 2nd. This movie broke Lee Byung Hun's personal record of 6.68 million tickets sold for the movie "The Good, The Bad, and The Weird".
Because of the Korean Thanksgiving and National Foundation Day of Korea, there is a long vacation period. However, this is the off-season for movie-goers so the movie's fast pace of ticket sales is shocking. It is worth noting what other records the movie will break.
