I just watched Oldboy

[TheTravis!]

Yeah. Aside from the fight scene in the hallway, I hated just about every minute of this movie.

[FedEx Fanboy]

Why am I not surprised...

:roll:

[TheTravis!]

Why am I not surprised...

:roll:

I dunno, Giggles. Why?

[andrew french]

i really liked this movie.

[The Roman Candle]

I haven't seen it, I'm ashamed to say. I saw "Sympathy for Mr. Vengence," which rocked.

[FedEx Fanboy]

I dunno, Giggles. Why?

Honestly...

Because why you watch LOST. It just makes perfect sense.

[TheTravis!]

Honestly...

Because why you watch LOST. It just makes perfect sense.

"Because why you watch LOST"?

Is that even english?

[St.-]

"Because why you watch LOST"?

Is that even english?

A modern sthyphish I presume.

[Need_A_Kiss]

"Because why you watch LOST"?

Is that even english?

LOL,

i'm with Travis, Oldboy was good but i really thought it unbelievable and well... it really wasn't all that good even with the twists and turns.

i mean honestly, how the fuck can someone be locked away for how many bloody years?? by a gang of thugs? as if one of them wouldnt talk or get nabbed by the coppers and confess the whole thing in return for lighter punishment or something... basically the first premise i did not buy at all hence why i really didnt think the film was all that great.

[TheTravis!]

LOL,

i'm with Travis, Oldboy was good but i really thought it unbelievable and well... it really wasn't all that good even with the twists and turns.

i mean honestly, how the fuck can someone be locked away for how many bloody years?? by a gang of thugs? as if one of them wouldnt talk or get nabbed by the coppers and confess the whole thing in return for lighter punishment or something... basically the first premise i did not buy at all hence why i really didnt think the film was all that great.

Yeah, and also
It kind of seems like they have at least a few other guys held captive there. And our dipshit hero doesn't think of freeing them?

[sans serif]

I completely agree with you.

And it was a really awesome fight scene.

[Need_A_Kiss]

Yeah, and also
It kind of seems like they have at least a few other guys held captive there. And our dipshit hero doesn't think of freeing them?

Yeah exactly, and as i thought it everyone else there were only captive for a few weeks or months at the most... so it means either they were freed (which should mean at least some mahfuckah telling their experience) ...or killed... ...but seriously the who organised crime able to pull something like that together and keep it together for that long seems absolute bullshit. I cant see common gangsters having that discipline

[FedEx Fanboy]

"Because why you watch LOST"?

Is that even english?


I was attempting to bring my logical reasoning down to your level while being as simple as possible. Obviously I got through.

[andrew french]

Yeah exactly, and as i thought it everyone else there were only captive for a few weeks or months at the most... so it means either they were freed (which should mean at least some mahfuckah telling their experience) ...or killed... ...but seriously the who organised crime able to pull something like that together and keep it together for that long seems absolute bullshit. I cant see common gangsters having that discipline

i don't think the movie relied on realism.

[TheTravis!]

I was attempting to bring my logical reasoning down to your level while being as simple as possible. Obviously I got through.

Was the message that you're a dick? Because I got that one loud and clear.

[Natty P]

I thought the first 15 or so minutes were some of the best filmmaking I've ever seen.


The movie as a whole I find to be hugely overrated.


I would give it a 6 out of ten.

[Need_A_Kiss]

i don't think the movie relied on realism.


They rely on the audience at least accepting a fim's premise... i didn't so the plot tanked big time for me. And i'm sorry, unless the film is something wildly fictional such as sci fi or whatever, they will always be criticisms about realism, or in the very least consistency.

[FedEx Fanboy]

Was the message that you're a dick? Because I got that one loud and clear.

Hey now, there's no need for name calling here...


Did I mention this is OLDBOY THREAD #72,543 on the Benbo?

It's still lagging behind Equilibrium, which is at a massive 127,972 threads!!!

[Need_A_Kiss]

Hey now, there's no need for name calling here...


Did I mention this is OLDBOY THREAD #72,543 on the Benbo?

It's still lagging behind Equilibrium, which is at a massive 127,972 threads!!!

Dude, you're starting to act like a dick now ;)

[TheTravis!]

Dude, you're starting to act like a dick now ;)

STARTING?

[Kefky]

*sigh* Some people have no taste. Oh well, what're ya gonna do? :no:

[madmartigan]

I just bought Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Oldboy was good, but I'm liking Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance more and more upon further viewings.

[Need_A_Kiss]

*sigh* Some people have no taste. Oh well, what're ya gonna do? :no:

hmmm some people just can't accept different opinions. Pffft. Republicans. :roll:



;-)

Sympathy for Lady Vengeance was a damn good film.

[Kefky]

I just bought Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Oldboy was good, but I'm liking Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance more and more upon further viewings.

Oldboy's a very entertaining movie, but mr. vengeance is a goddam masterpiece of modern cinema. I don't think I've been so thoroughly disturbed by a movie that seemed to be trying to LITTLE to disturb me.

[Angel of Distraction]

I respect your opinion, but this to me was a fantastic piece of filmmaking.

Respect your opinion? What am I SAYING? You don't respect mine!

Fuck your opinion! :D

[Los]

The film was good and solid. So fucked up though. The scene in the hallway is one of my favorite moments in film.

[TheTravis!]

I respect your opinion, but this to me was a fantastic piece of filmmaking.

Respect your opinion? What am I SAYING? You don't respect mine!

Fuck your opinion! :D

Now you're learning. :)

[Gene Reginato]

I hated the whole movie too. Worst movie I've seen in a looooong time.

[pornbot2.5]

I saw it before the internet hype, so I wasn't expecting much and was blown away.

[fkettle]

the criticisms listed so far are pretty weak...

people didn't buy the movie because they find it unbelivable that someone would be locked away for so long or because the lesser thugs didn't cop to the police?

You can make those kinds of criticisms about any movie you want if you look hard enough...

Was there something else that you didn't like? the pacing? the dialogue?

[Artie Pink]

I thought Oldboy was good, crazy fun.

Can't wait to see Lady Vengeance on the big screen in my town, next month.

[Cth]

Not that it matters, but consider it's not America where he's being imprisoned.

Their society may not work exactly like ours, so common thugs getting nabbed might not be so common, hence no confessions.

And then there's the whole Korean Yakuza, which would probably scare the same thugs more so than the police.

But yeah, the hype probably killed it for you unfortunately.

[Angel of Distraction]

I saw this movie with only vague comments about something called Oldboy from the board in my mind. That helped.

[Doug]

I liked when he ate the live octopus.

[TheTravis!]

But yeah, the hype probably killed it for you unfortunately.

Yeah. I think that was probably the case.

I can see why people would dig this movie. But it just wasn't my cup of tea:

- Too many plot gaps explained away by someone being hypnotized. The girl was at least 4 or 5 when her dad was taken and her mom killed. She doesn't remember that this happened? She doesn't remember her own father's name? The best friend doesn't keep track of her at all? The bad guy has magically erased her identity? It was a huge leap for me to accept the shock ending (and I called it early on - wouldn't it be odd if that chick was his daughter?) , and it just didn't work for me.
- The main character never clicked for me. Is he out for revenge? Or does he want a normal life again? He's so unbalanced that I can't get behind anything he does. He's hard as nails and then he folds like a newspaper.
- Regarding the chase scene flashback: Did those kids go to MC Escher high school?
- The bad guy's motivation was weak. When it was finally revealed, I was kind of like, "huh"?
- The final confrontation made no fucking sense to me. Our "hero" debases and mutilates himself to prevent the bad guy from revealing his secret. Then he tries to kill the bad guy anyway. When the old remote control trick doesn't work, he just falls to pieces?What about getting up and ripping the guy'slimbs off like you've been planning all along? What the fuck?
- Why the fuck does the hypnotist have an office in the snow?

Parts of the movie were awesome.The scene with him eating the octopus ruled. And like I said, the fight scene in the hallway was goddamned amazing. But it was nowhere near as good as I was hoping for.

[cmoney]

I don't get you. At least, I don't think I do. Oldboy is epic-scale tragedy on a Shakespearean scale, it's fantastic.

[TheTravis!]

I don't get you. At least, I don't think I do.

What can I say? I'm a complicated guy.

[Cth]

What can I say? I'm a effin' dolphin.

JABSEN'd.

[TheTravis!]

JABSEN'd.
:)

[Ashton]

Mr. Vengeance was the only movie I really liked of that trilogy.

[Ashton]

although Lady Vengeance had some hilarious women's prison scenes.

[(akaRyanHoffman)]

I watched this last night and I'm not sure...


I really liked parts of this movie, but as a whole it doesn't hold up. The whole motivation behind the villian of the movie seemed kinda silly and weak.

When he's explaining his motivation to his revenge at the end:
"Do you wanna know why?" "Wait, it gets better!" I was half-expecting the fucker to just burst out with villainous laughter! "hahahahahaha"

[Ryan_ZOOM_Turner]

I have been thinking about renting this.

[Generic Poster]

Who would win a fight? Steamboy or Oldboy? Seems like Steamboy would win - steam takes wrinkles out of things, and old people are wrinkly.

[TheTravis!]

I watched this last night and I'm not sure...


I really liked parts of this movie, but as a whole it doesn't hold up. The whole motivation behind the villian of the movie seemed kinda silly and weak.

When he's explaining his motivation to his revenge at the end:
"Do you wanna know why?" "Wait, it gets better!" I was half-expecting the fucker to just burst out with villainous laughter! "hahahahahaha"
That's how I felt. There were some really cool parts, but ultimately it wasn't that great.

[t00lverine]

I just watched it last night. I liked it quite a bit. It wasn't the revenge movie I was expecting based from my impression of the first fifteen minutes in.