Thoroughly enjoyed the movie and the history lesson. I had to look up Joseon to understand the significance of the Imperial Seal. But the swashbuckling was awesome and I loved the female protagonist who was admired, feared, loved and adored by all who came in touch with her. I thought the play between being a bandit and a pirate was funny, too, as if there are degrees of lawlessness and a hierarchy among the criminal world.

The tender moments between the two leads were well played as each had to maintain their demeanor as the leader of their crew, so they couldn't show weaknesses, but eventually they both broke down. I enjoyed the back story about the whale and the young girl ( now head pirate) and how what goes around, comes around. Nice touch.

All time funniest part was the bandits finally seeing a real whale compared to a shark and understanding the enormity of their task to try and kill it. Great movie!