Oldboy
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Movie Reviews of Oldboy
Movie Review: OLD BOY IS THE PERFECT FILM.
Summary: 5 Stars
Old boy by Chan-wook Park is the only evidence of God I have ever seen in cinema. This film is perfect. Period. Every single element of this film is flawless. It is raw, chiseled, perfection. The PLOT. The cast. The directing. The music. The set design. The cinematography. The acting. The Foley artists. The choreography. This film is a masterpiece. It is pristine. It is the very paragon of cinema as we know it. This film should be cherished. Revered. Adored..., perhaps even worshiped.
Chan-wook Park has created something that simply can not be glorified enough by mere words. Please see this wonder of cinema before Hollywood gets its bloody, thieving, insipid, ruinous, GREEDY hands on it. There is talk of a remake, which I must say, makes me physically ill! Was it not enough that there were American remakes of Juon and Ringu and Dark Water? Now they have to think of corrupting the BEST FILM EVER MADE? Please God NO! I am begging all the powers that be, to please crush the infidels who dare trespass upon the sanctified celluloid of Old Boy.
And to all you movie fans who read this, please, see Chan-wook Parks ORIGINAL MASTERPIECE in all it's horrific, malevolent, stark, beautiful, glory, before Hollywood gets it's miserable, putrid, pathetic little hands on it. LONG LIVE CHAN-WOOK PARK'S OLD BOY! May it reign forever in it's sublime, unparalleled excellence.
Movie Review: What an intense two hours!
Summary: 5 Stars
This was an extremely difficult film to watch. It starts off Kafkaesque, and even from the beginning it is very hard, if not impossible, to know what is fantasy and what is real.
Oh Dae-su has been inmprisoned for 15 years and he has no idea why, or who has done this to him. Upon his release, he finds a young woman, Mi-do, who is extemely attentive to him. The rest of the movie centers around these two people and uncovering the secrets which led them to each other, and in identifying and dealing with his nemesis.
In particular, the relationip betweeen the young woman, Mi-do, and the protagonist, Oh Dae-su, does not appear credible, but this and other happenings which appear to be unexplainable come together at the end.
The musical score is beautiful, and forms a counter-point of sorts with the violence of the film.
There is a lot of violence, and some of it is so extreme that I did not know if the violence was meant to be real, or was it a fantasy, a dream in the mind of Oh Dae-su.
While the ending ties most of the movie together, you have to have a strong stomach to get there.
This has to be one of the strangest films that I have recently seen, and although I finally came away with a sense of satisfaction with it, it is too intense, too difficult a film for me to recommend to anyone I know.
Movie Review: Help me get this film out of my brain.......
Summary: 5 Stars
Hello God, it's me.......ummmm, I can't really remember my name right now. I just watched the biggest mind f@#* of my life last night and still can't shake it from my head. Not really sure what to write other than the fact that I was pretty sure that I had seen it all, but I guess it's good to know that there are some things in this world can still shake you to your core.....for better or for worse.
All I know is that if I was ever abducted and locked away for 15 years....trust me, I wouldn't have been able to handle it quite as well as Oh Dae-Su.
Nothing I could write down here should be able to influence you as to whether or not you should see this movie. If you've got a strong stomach and a good moral center than you should be able to walk away from this movie somewhat numb but knowing that maybe your life isn't really that bad after all.
However, if you've ever really hurt somebody in your life, maybe not physically or even intentionally, to the point where they have dedicated their whole life to making yours a living hell.......then might I suggest that you sleep with one eye open.....
I think maybe I'll go to church today, something I haven't done in years. And I'm not saying that to be funny either.
Movie Review: Please Read: Nothing is Cut!
Summary: 5 Stars
For those of you worrying that this is an edited version due to the difference in running time, STOP WORRYING.
This is indeed the original, uncut version of the film. The difference in total running time comes from the conversion from PAL to the U.S. NTSC format. The Oldboy DVD here is a PAL version because PAL runs at 25 frames/second while NTSC is at 29. Hence you lose 4 frames/second leaving you with the total time difference.
Also if that is not enough for you, I know people who have viewed this DVD and said nothing was cut so rest assure you are getting the complete film.
Now for the DVD: The movie is easily 5 stars. The DVD I would give 4 stars. In Korea, they have two editions, a regular 2 disc one and a mega 4 disc set. You can imagine the features we are missing out on. I have the Korean 2 disc set (not Region 1), and I'm getting this so I can play it on my region 1 DVD player. There could be more features and Tartan has been known to issue two different sets (one regular, the other deluxe). Regardless, if you're not a stickler about features get this version. It is uncut, has a few good features, and is in 5.1 DTS sound. The film is easily one of the best I've seen in the last five years. Get it.
Movie Review: What a shocker, a masterpiece!
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't even want to analyze or write anything about the plot since I see a whole lot of helpful reviews already on this site that makes most major reviewers to same. Thanks for the great reviews!
But I want to say that "Oldboy" is one of the best shocking films I've ever seen, and I watch a lot of movies. Trust me when everyone writes about 'what a great ending' one must be curious of the ending and maybe for that reason one should buy or rent this movie to atleast experience the buzz. This movie could be watched many times and each time the viewer will discover new clues and messages and foreshadowing. This isn't the type of movie an American viewer should wait for the Hollywood to remake, because this isn't the type of movie hollywood will ever have the guts to make or remake. So watch this Asian movie (Asian movies are good people and subtitles aren't a taboo) and the dvd also have english language dubbed. I really don't see the fuss about the movie being short for American release because it did read 120 minutes as the original is supposed to run, so don't buy into those comments that this is a cut version (because I'm surprised they even got a R-rating and they haven't cut anything or I wouldn't be surprised, right).