effective and brilliant

Rating: 10/10 (18 April 2006)

This was one of my favourite films- I quite like films which are "brutally honest", and this film was just that. The directing was superb- I loved how the camera shots were less obvious than in a lot of films, to give it a more interesting feel, and it helped the film become, to me, a piece of art. I think if I were Korean i may find this less of a masterpiece, as to me this film was new and different, and reading the subtitles meant i didn't get bored easily, and if I missed a few of the words out it left more guess work which i like in a film. I hate it when films show and explain every detail of everything, and show every image possible, leaving nothing to the imagination, and to me, Oldboy didn't do this. The images that were shown were very dramatic and sometimes horrific, which i liked because i like experiencing shock and even disgust, and i have great respect for films such as this one which can bring out such emotions in me.
This is why Oldboy is one of my favourite, if not my favourite film.