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rismo63

11-21-2005, 05:59 AM

Same reaction, here. Liked the scene where the hero, armed only with a hammer, takes on the hallway-full of henchmen. A clueless colleague screened the film as part of his Korean Film Series, resulting in first-run-Exorcist-style reactions from a good number of unsuspecting undergraduates.

marshal99

11-21-2005, 06:50 AM

Check out this trailer of the unauthorised indian remake of oldboy. ;)

http://d.indiafm.com/videos/ram/05/zinda150.ram

Leave it to Bollywood to rip off a good movie (be it asian or western)

Lester C.

11-21-2005, 07:59 AM

See Yogo I told you Old Boy was a great movie. Me and Barrios have been vindicated by a top ten Wizard writer. A Korean Greek epic tragedy is one hell of a good time.

Just_A_Rat

11-21-2005, 09:10 AM

Caught that at the Toronto Film Festival last year - it was one of those movies that had a very visceral effect. Those are always some of my favorites to see, particularly in that environment.

taintedlunch

11-21-2005, 10:56 AM

Drags on a little too long but time well spent. I'd read something about a US remake but don't recall who they had starring in it.

Royal

11-21-2005, 11:03 AM

Drags on a little too long but time well spent. I'd read something about a US remake but don't recall who they had starring in it.

Jane.

It's written an directed by the Better Luck Tomorrow crew & produced by Vertigo Ent./Universal.

Meaning as soon as it hits theatres, it's cookie cutter garbage.

taintedlunch

11-21-2005, 11:31 AM

Jane.

It's written an directed by the Better Luck Tomorrow crew & produced by Vertigo Ent./Universal.

Meaning as soon as it hits theatres, it's cookie cutter garbage.

Ah, that doesn't sound good. Well, if it gets more people to see the original...

Oh, and if you're looking for another import to watch check out the eerie film Kairo aka Pulse, which Craven is remaking.

El Santo

11-21-2005, 11:38 AM

A really disappointing movie for me. 1 hour of plot and maybe 10 minutes of bloodshed stretched into about 2 hours of wannabe avant-garde nonsense. By the time they revealed the whole reason behind what was going on, I wasn't even sure I cared. And once I found out...well, that just made the movie even worse. I've seen much better Korean films, much better revenge flicks, much better....well, everything. 2 hours of my life that I want back.

Lunar Daydreamer

11-21-2005, 11:54 AM

taintedlunch

11-21-2005, 10:15 PM

I watched Sympathy For Mr Vengence and thought it was near perfect, brilliantly written, fabulously acted and had a feeling of can't look/can't look away.

As such I eargly powered up Old Boy (same director) and it just feels *empty* in comparison. I've tried to get through it twice now and am genuinely struggling. Great lead actor (you have to be to eat a live octupus!) and some interesting moments (chair...back of a hammer..masking tape...!!!) but... ?! I want to like it damn it!

I kinda know what you're feeling. While I liked it, it didn't live up to the hype. It's so relentlessly downbeat, I don't know if I could sit through it twice. That's also why I'm afraid to watch Mr Vengeance, but I've heard so much about it I pretty much have to.

YoGo

11-22-2005, 07:32 AM

And now we know how Villains United got written.

Gilda Dent

12-22-2005, 11:36 PM

I just saw it yesterday on DVD, and loved it. The badass battle in the hallway was very nice, especially because it feels like a single shot from beginning to end--I know it isn't, but it isn't one of those American hack jobs with three cuts a second that make it impossible to see what's going on.

I had the big ending revelation figured out pretty early on because they telegraphed it--

When the sushi chef says, "Do I know you? You look familiar," it became obvious to me who she was, though all of the machinations that led to that point weren't quite so obvious.

And the ending. I'll echo Gail's YIKES! I could describe that as the hero gets the girl he loves in the end to a friend and lull him or her into a false sense of security, though. Hee hee.

Gilda

Lester C.

12-22-2005, 11:40 PM

I just saw it yesterday on DVD, and loved it. The badass battle in the hallway was very nice, especially because it feels like a single shot from beginning to end--I know it isn't, but it isn't one of those American hack jobs with three cuts a second that make it impossible to see what's going on.

I had the big ending revelation figured out pretty early on because they telegraphed it--

[spoil]When the sushi chef says, "Do I know you? You look familiar," it became obvious to me who she was, though all of the machinations that led to that point weren't quite so obvious.

And the ending. I'll echo Gail's YIKES! I could describe that as the hero gets the girl he loves in the end to a friend and lull him or her into a false sense of security, though. Hee hee.

Gilda

I should have figured out the big revelation but didn’t because I have a problem estimating ages of everyone once they hit their twenties especially Asians. I would have pegged the woman to be in her twenties and the protagonist in his thirties

Cam63

12-22-2005, 11:41 PM

See Yogo I told you Old Boy was a great movie. Me and Barrios have been vindicated by a top ten Wizard writer.

Former top ten Wizard writer. :D

But what do those hacks know ?

Lester C.

11-20-2006, 10:19 PM

Circuit City had this movie mispriced for a very low price so I bought it. This movie is more badass than an Australian after drinking a case of VB. Now I'm in a mood to kick someone's ass.

Tobias March

11-21-2006, 01:34 AM

Now you just need to watch Lady Vengeance. But yes - Oh Dae Su!

WhiteRose

11-21-2006, 03:12 AM

Gah, SJ made me watch it about 8 months ago, and it still gives me the heebie jeebies whenever I think about it.

But yes, the hallway scene remains one of my favourite fight scenes, especially when he spends half of it with a knife lodged in his back.

The hammer-teeth thing creeped me out.

Just... gah. That's a hella mind-fuck movie.

Monkey Boy

11-21-2006, 03:54 AM

i just recently watched this movie and i must say that i loved it. this kind of stuff is right up my alley.

geordiesteve

11-21-2006, 05:20 AM

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, YIKES!

I loved it, but...YIKES!

Gail

It freaked me out!!! It still does. I watched it, with one eye open most of the time, and by the end.................eeeeeggghhhhh!!!! No!!!!!

I think it's based on a comic and there was even a rumour of doing a western version of this!!!! So yet another remake for the Western audiences masses who can't work out how to watch a film with subtitles, or simply won't go and see a foreign film, ala Grudge, Dark water, The Ring, etc etc.

Incredibly twisted altogether. A real mind (expletive).

hellokittykat

11-21-2006, 05:24 AM

What's 'Oldboy'? I thought it was a brand of dogfood:confused:

geordiesteve

11-21-2006, 05:31 AM

What's 'Oldboy'? I thought it was a brand of dogfood:confused:

A freaky freaky FREAKY South Korean film directed by Park Chan-wook based on a Japanese manga of the same name. Eeeeeeeshkkkkk!!

WhiteRose

11-21-2006, 05:55 PM

I think it's based on a comic and there was even a rumour of doing a western version of this!!!! So yet another remake for the Western audiences masses who can't work out how to watch a film with subtitles, or simply won't go and see a foreign film, ala Grudge, Dark water, The Ring, etc etc.

Dammit, not again. I HATE it when people can't come up with an original idea, so they resort to a western remake of a fantastic eastern movie. I saw the Japanese version of The Grudge, and then I stupidly watched the Buffy version. RUINED.

Lester C.

11-21-2006, 05:59 PM

Dammit, not again. I HATE it when people can't come up with an original idea, so they resort to a western remake of a fantastic eastern movie. I saw the Japanese version of The Grudge, and then I stupidly watched the Buffy version. RUINED.
This happens all the time. At least The Grudge was honest about unlike people like George Lucas who steal and refuse to give credit to the original creators.

Lester C.

11-21-2006, 07:37 PM

What's 'Oldboy'? I thought it was a brand of dogfood:confused:
Here is the preview trailer. If you like it you can rent it at your local Blockbuster.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_slRMbU9ww

berk

11-21-2006, 09:17 PM

In this movie filled with memorable scenes, I think the one that's imprinted the deepest is near the end, in the elevator (don't want to give too much away) and the guy says something like, "Oh, what joy will I live for now?"

It was a great movie all the way through, but the entire last fifth or so of the film took it up to an even higher level, for me - including the epilogue.

Cam63

11-21-2006, 09:22 PM

A freaky freaky FREAKY South Korean film directed by Park Chan-wook based on a Japanese manga of the same name. Eeeeeeeshkkkkk!!

I didn't mind it.

I did see it sober, though.

Smokeyjay

11-21-2006, 10:02 PM

The movie Departed was also based on the Eastern 3 parter movie "Internal Affairs"

Haven't seen Internal Affairs but I found Departed quite good.

I enjoyed Old boy. I also figured out the ending with the sushi scene too. There were plot holes in the movie however, but it didn't exactly bothered me or take away from the coolness of the movie.

I actually like Lady Vengeance better though. Its by the same director. I didn't like Mr. Vengeance that much.

Lester C.

04-17-2007, 03:53 AM

I just saw this movie yet again. I even bought Zinda over at Amazon because I heard it stole the plot from this movie which is one of the greatest movies of all time. So I was wondering if anyone else wants to discuss Old Boy some more?

Cam63

04-17-2007, 04:08 AM

My dad is an old boy.

Lester C.

04-17-2007, 04:17 AM

My dad is an old boy.

Have you seen the movie? Let's just say that you are implying a relationship with your father that you really shouldn't be implying.

Alan Lynch

04-17-2007, 04:26 AM

Squid scene I could take. Fighting and torture I could take. But the end? Where he uses the scissors? I can't get that out of my head. Yikes.

Cam63

04-17-2007, 04:40 AM

Have you seen the movie? Let's just say that you are implying a relationship with your father that you really shouldn't be implying.

Nope, haven't seen the movie yet.

Sounds very intriguin'.

Lunar Daydreamer

04-17-2007, 06:02 AM

It took me a long time to actually sit through it, not because it was scary or violent, but my initial thought was absolute disappointment at the side of Sympathy For Mr Vengeance – which is just plain perfection.

I got the Park Chan-Wook box set and the extras for Old Boy are what lead me back to watching it again and enjoying it. Seeing the maverick film making the director chooses, really filming on the fly and being happy with what he’s shot very quickly and being open to ideas. Plus Ming Sik-Choi is a vegetarian – so it makes those amazing Octopus scenes all the more incredible.

Infra-Man

04-17-2007, 06:10 AM

You know, if I had a dollar for every time I beat down a hallway full of goons with a hammer in one continuous shot, I'd be able to buy a slice of pizza right now.

Mike_Norton

04-17-2007, 06:56 AM

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, YIKES!

I loved it, but...YIKES!

Gail

I felt really bad for about a day after seeing it. I wanted to punch the guy that suggested it.

It IS a good movie though.

Lunar Daydreamer

04-17-2007, 07:30 AM

The Park Chan Wook box set over here comes with a free Old Boy hammer!

Lester C.

04-17-2007, 10:21 AM

Lunar Daydreamer

04-17-2007, 12:24 PM

To be honest I hated sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. The third vengeance movie is okay. Oldboy however is just pure perfection. It's funny how we both can view the same movies but come away with totally different experiences.

Kinda cool actually ^_^

DanGrendell

04-17-2007, 12:26 PM

The manga, on which the movie is based, is also very good though it tends to drag a bit. It's still coming out from Dark Horse, I think.

Check out Lady Vengeance too, I loved that film.

Lunar Daydreamer

04-20-2007, 03:03 AM

I’ve just seen a stunning piece of hillbilly journalism in the Daily Mail, where they try to pin the Virginia Tech massacre on the fact that the nutter involved liked the Korean film ‘Old Boy’ which “seemingly scripted the events of that day”. The tenuous picture link being the bad guy holding a gun to his head towards the end of the movie.

It's been a while since i've seen the film,. but I don't remember a huge amount of gunfire. Now I could see it if he'd gone in with a hammer... but.

*sigh*

Alan Lynch

04-20-2007, 04:47 AM

I’ve just seen a stunning piece of hillbilly journalism in the Daily Mail, where they try to pin the Virginia Tech massacre on the fact that the nutter involved liked the Korean film ‘Old Boy’ which “seemingly scripted the events of that day”.
"Seemingly scripted"? God, I fucking hate the Daily Mail. There's nothing at all in Old Boy that even vaguely suggests anything like what happened at Virginia Tech.

Lunar Daydreamer

04-20-2007, 08:41 AM

"Seemingly scripted"? God, I fucking hate the Daily Mail. There's nothing at all in Old Boy that even vaguely suggests anything like what happened at Virginia Tech.

That would have required research.

Of course now the middle classes who think the're the upper classes will just plain adopt that as their own opinion.

And as Warren Ellis once said, "You're only entitled to an informed opinion"

Suddenly i'm reminded of how the Daily Mail they went for Brasseye after the genius 'pedophile special', missing the point to such a spectacular degree, they should have received an award.

Tobias March

04-20-2007, 10:55 AM

That would have required research.

Of course now the middle classes who think the're the upper classes will just plain adopt that as their own opinion.

And as Warren Ellis once said, "You're only entitled to an informed opinion"

Suddenly i'm reminded of how the Daily Mail they went for Brasseye after the genius 'pedophile special', missing the point to such a spectacular degree, they should have received an award.

Was it the Daily Mail that ran a feature about how the suspected killer of prostitutes some months ago was a fan of Bishop from the X-Men.

I think these articles miss the point by a mile - see Oldboy for the example. Who could take Oh-Dae Su as their idol. What he becomes, what happens to him is so horrible, the thought of modeling yourself upon him is absurd.

Night Swordsman

04-20-2007, 11:38 AM

I think i will go back and watch the Last Unicorn again instead. :)

Lunar Daydreamer

04-20-2007, 01:42 PM

I think i will go back and watch the Last Unicorn again instead. :)

Can we watch Flight Of Dragons afterwards?!

Night Swordsman

04-20-2007, 02:25 PM

Can we watch Flight Of Dragons afterwards?!

oH!!! Someone ELSE who remembers that one! Yes! LETS! :D

Tobias March

04-20-2007, 05:19 PM

oH!!! Someone ELSE who remembers that one! Yes! LETS! :D

Wait. I seem to remember that was very depressing in the end.

And there was implied sex! In a kid's cartoon movie.

Infra-Man

04-20-2007, 05:23 PM

Can we watch Flight Of Dragons afterwards?!

Wasn't that the one where they mentioned there was a small, thimble-like thing in a dragon's mouth that help's 'em breathe fire?

I remember doing a beer and junkfood quadruple feature after finals my freshman year of college in which some friends and I watched movies from our childhood. I'm pretty sure Flight of Dragons was one of them, but I can't remember.

Night Swordsman

04-20-2007, 05:24 PM

Wasn't that the one where they mentioned there was a small, thimble-like thing in a dragon's mouth that help's 'em breathe fire?

I remember doing a beer and junkfood quadruple feature after finals my freshman year of college and some friends and I watched movies from our childhood. I'm pretty sure Flight of Dragons was one of them, but I can't remember.

Yes. I do have it somewhere.I recorded it and saved it(as i did so many thousands of other things during the 80s,no kidding). Should be somewhere in my video library.

Infra-Man

04-20-2007, 05:28 PM

Yes. I do have it somewhere.I recorded it and saved it(as i did so many thousands of other things during the 80s,no kidding). Should be somewhere in my video library.

Awesome. Going to have to look that one up and watch it again. Might have to watch it over beer, Twinkies, and chocolate Home Run Pies for old time's sake.

Night Swordsman

04-20-2007, 06:20 PM

Awesome. Going to have to look that one up and watch it again. Might have to watch it over beer, Twinkies, and chocolate Home Run Pies for old time's sake.

I always prefered Hostess Pies. Mmmm Cherry or Lemon.
Home Run Pies have a REALLY good strawberry one.

Twinkies are a food group to themselves.

Beer...eh. Until i change my name to Cam,it better have the words ROOT in front of it,and NO mention of the words "Barqs" near it. :D