Oldboy - an awesome movie (open spoilers)

Unfortunately, no :frowning:

I work at an independent video store.
We have Oldboy, amidst a couple thousand other cult classics and foreign films.

Support video-stores. Netflix has nothing on us :smiley:

There are a couple of indie stores here but downtown only. Not near me. But the convenience of Netflix is just too good. I could never find anything I really wanted at video stores.

:BUMP:

Saw Oldboy yesterday.

Dude.

That was a really good movie and I have to give mad props to Choi Min-sik for playing an amazing character and delivering a great performance throughout.

I went in clueless about the twists(I knew he was imprisoned, but I didn’t even know he escaped). I was blown away. And disturbed.

The squid eating scene must have been an interesting day at work for the cast and crew.

This may seem odd, but when I was done with the movie, I fried up some Pork Dumplings(jiaozi) and ate them for dinner. I can not imagine eating only those for 15 years(but they were a good treat yesterday).

At the end, are we to suspect his final hypnosis has not worked and he remembers that Mi-do is his daughter? He smiles when she embraces him, but his face looks slightly agonized after a moment.

What an amazing movie. Wasn’t even nominated for best foreign movie that year at the Oscars? Wow.

Great, great, movie.

I read that the actor is, in real life, a Buddhist vegan, making the octopus scene (real!) a helluva committed performance…

Yes, that is exactly the message that should be coming across. Glad you liked it!

Stood, I believe he prayed for the octopus each time. IIRC,there were three takes.