Old Boy

Malt Refund · #1 10-18-2006, 08:25 AM

Ya Oldboy is awesome.. the best part was like the 10 minute scene in the hallway where he is kicking everyone's ass. It's goes on forever and it's all in one take. I saw it in theaters a second time just so I could see that part again.

Also check out "Sympathy for Mr. Vengence" which is by the same director, you can probably find it at Blockbuster now.

Tiger · #2 10-18-2006, 08:55 AM

true thats the fight scene i was talking about, and i think i need a breather before taking on another of his films, they're hardly easy watching; but will check it out

Deckard · #3 10-18-2006, 08:58 AM

I also caught this for the first time when it was on Film 4 recently, they're showing some good stuff at the moment. Getting me back into asian cinema big time.

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Originally Posted by Malt Refund

the best part was like the 10 minute scene in the hallway where he is kicking everyone's ass. It's goes on forever and it's all in one take.

Oh yeah, they should put that scene on a continuous loop and hang it in an art gallery, it was just pure class! Reminded me of those parallax scrolling 8-bit games.

Watching him devour that particular delicacy in the diner though, near the beginning of the film, was a bit icky.

adam · #4 10-18-2006, 09:03 AM

It really annoys me that they're remaking this as an American movie. I don't like this need to remake great non-American films because mainstream audiences won't see films with subtitles. Just drop 25 million in advertising and get people to see the original. It deserves the props.

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance I thought was also great, but not nearly as stylized as Old Boy, so don't expect an entirely similar experience. Haven't had a chance to see the third one yet.

Malt Refund · #5 10-18-2006, 09:21 AM

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Haven't had a chance to see the third one yet.

Lady Vengence (the third one.. whats with these titles?) should be coming to DVD soon hopefully. ^__^

b.miller · #6 10-18-2006, 10:43 AM

Lady Vengeance is good too but neither Lady nor Mr. can touch oldboy in my opinion.

I know there's been like 2 or 3 threads about this movie before but I'm too lazy to search/link them.

but yeah Oldboy is great. I'm pretty lucky to have gotten to see the whole trilogy in a theater but Oldboy is a movie that I'll see whenever it plays

Tiger · #7 10-19-2006, 02:09 AM

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I know there's been like 2 or 3 threads about this movie before but I'm too lazy to search/link them.

i did try the search option before posting, but nothing came up for old boy. perhaps i didn't search enough in the past???

Malt Refund · #8 10-19-2006, 05:29 AM

Search for Oldboy (one word).

Stephen · #9 10-18-2006, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Malt Refund

the best part was like the 10 minute scene in the hallway where he is kicking everyone's ass. It's goes on forever and it's all in one take.

I bought this last weekend after having recommended it to me for ages and have to agree with you. I was mesmerised by this sequence. About 3/4 of the way through the shot he's still ducking blows coming in from behind him and you barely see a punch/kinch/hammer blow that doesn't seem real.

Another thing that really got me with this film was the heavily stylised music, and how it was used in the film. Almost every piece seemed simultaneously inappropriate and yet perfect for that particular moment of the film.