Comments on: Old Boy (Oldeuboi)

By: haber

haber — Wed, 19 May 2010 13:49:01 +0000

this movie was a lame disgusting thing with no sence and no consistence.

By: Guide to Reviewed Products

Guide to Reviewed Products — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:09:47 +0000

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By: girlzoot

girlzoot — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:03:11 +0000

I think what I loved best about this movie is there was no way to know what was going to happen at the end. I see so many movies that the experience of not knowing was just so novel as to be almost earth shattering.

Thanks for stopping by my site. The watching of the movies is easy, it is the writing about them that is killing me! I look forward to more of your reviews.

By: Darren

Darren — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:27:05 +0000

Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve actually seen this. I’ll try to articulate a halfway decent reply.

I think the movie could have easily fallen into the category of “just another Korean horror flick” if not for the ability to associate with the main character. Plans of revenge are things which seem to produce feelings which border on madness, even when such plans are only idle thoughts. Seeing the revenge play out in this film and the ultimate despair brought on by it, is something I think most people can easily associate with. It demonstrates why revenge can be such a perilous course of action; likely the feeling is mutual.

Thanks for commenting. I like your site. You’re doing a far better job of reducing your Netflix queue than I am.

By: girlzoot

girlzoot — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:02:37 +0000

The gore in this film is beautifully filmed and there are a ton of really breathtaking visuals as well.

Did you find that it was a more distressing film once you knew the plot behind the revenge?

Because the violence in this film is disturbing, I still can’t decide what I find more distressing. The joy I felt for him getting some revenge, or the horror I felt as he has his world further destroyed.

Once things do get going and plot point after plot point is revealed as to why he has been kept and that he might have been safer inside rather than outside no matter the glee in the violent rampage he has perpetrated begins to wane.

Do you think the movie lingers as long as it does because it is so easy to associate with the loneliness or the need for revenge or just the performances or the beauty of the horror presented?