OldBoy is great

Rating: 9/10 (1 April 2005)

*Very Slight Spoilers*
OldBoy is a great movie..... Crazy thing is when I read most of the user comments on here they all seem to be negative. I don't think people really understand whats going on in the movie.

You have to understand, and get it beat in your head that this man was locked up for 15 years of his life! To me people don't seem to keep that in their mind while watching this movie.

A few Complaints I heard about the movie

"It drags" If you were locked up for 15 years, and released. You had no clues on where, or how to find the person you are looking for, things might take a little bit of time.

"How can any one man beat up that many people" Once again he was locked up for 15 years, his wife was killed, daughter was missing. All the self inflicted pain he did to himself while locked up, and all the training he did in that room for 15 years. Of course he is going to beat some ass, you think if you went through all of that in your life that some guys punching you is going to effect you, or slow you down to get your revenge?

"The ending was disappointing" They say ONE line in that movie that should be a little warning to all watching the movie. "No matter if its a grain of salt, or a rock, in water it sinks the same" Right when that was said, and seeing how the movie unfolded you should have expected an ending like that.

I am convinced that the people who didn't like this movie, or were disappointed really didn't think about what was going on while watching it. You HAVE to remember he was locked up for 15 years, his family was killed, he cant go to any of his friends anymore, in that 15 years he was locked up he lost his ENTIRE life. I think the scenes were they showed him locked up people just look at that as another scene, and not what it really was. The scenes of him locked up, gradually showed him losing his mind, and when released it transfered over into his quest of revenge. Don't let the negative comments keep you from seeing this movie. Its a classic movie. Go see it