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[roadrunnertwice]

So Greg and I watched Old Boy tonight, and we were in agreement -- it was one of those rare, special movies that one actually regrets having watched. It was a skillfully, beautifully, expensively made slice of evil; totally gratuitous, and bad on every level I care about. I am a worse person for having seen this movie.

EDIT: And then I watched some Ouran Host Club and everything was better again. (I finally grabbed the rest of the series.)

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[coldjones.livejournal.com]

I thought Old Boy was pretty damn good right up until the end; the initial scenes where he's a prisoner, the octopus scene and the hammer scene are all great. It's the ending that's terrible - it's an unbelievable situation, and the actions of the characters are ridiculous.

[roadrunnertwice]

I'd agree with that. The setup was great, and then the story just refused to play fair. Meanwhile, the depravity level was getting jacked up through the roof, the characters were refusing to act like real people, and I'm sorry, but if your plot relies on HYPNOSIS, you just plain lose. Grawr.

Oh, and then the feel-good ending! Loved that.

[shaenon.livejournal.com]

I have an intense, perverse love for that movie, possibly because I can still make Andrew scream just by saying, "Hey, remember when we saw Old Boy?"

Also, Old Boy is by no means the most depraved and creepy Korean action movie. I have no idea what's going on over there. The close proximity to North Korea may be warping people's minds.

[roadrunnertwice]

That sounds like a neat trick!

I admit, it was a bonding experience. It'll be one of those things we constantly refer to, like getting lost in a swamp for a month or being captured by guerrillas or something!