old boys

Mossie 2022-04-22 07:01:02

In the process of revenge, the male protagonist Wu Daxiu suffered a deeper and more painful blow. Not only was he seriously injured but also lost his tongue. What is even more terrifying is that he knew the truth that his lover was a daughter, and his revenge was only to further hurt himself. Li Youzhen seems to have completed his revenge against Wu Daxiu for 15 years, but his enemy is not Wu Daxiu, but the whole society that prevents him from incest. What he does is to let Wu Daxiu experience his own feelings, the pain of loving someone but not being able to love them. . The director actually left us an open topic, what is the meaning of revenge.

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  • Hubert 2022-03-24 09:01:06

    I don't like it intellectually, but it is indeed a five-star work. His original intention was to take a third-rate vulgar story into a top and elegant artwork, adding a lot of his own nutrients, the ancient Greek mythology of extreme drama, the evil B Movie, and most importantly Hitchcock. Of course he knows what the audience wants, so pornography and violence are presented in the most entertaining way, and a lot of work has been done. In short, he is an artist with good taste but a bit perverted. He definitely has a place in history.

  • Krista 2022-04-24 07:01:01

    "Even if I am a beast, am I not qualified to survive?" — The most emotional sentence in the film.

Oldboy quotes

  • Dae-su Oh: Revenge is good for your health, but pain will find you again.

  • Dae-su Oh: [on receiving three chopsticks with his prison rations] All I could think about in that moment was the guy in the next room was eating with only one chopstick.