So good, I kinda wish I never saw it.

Rating: 10/10 (10 September 2005)

No spoilers here. I had one minor (very minor)problem with Oldboy. That problem, however, was so far over-shadowed by all that was done right it couldn't lower my rating. 10. I found it so good that I almost wish I'd never seen it. I say that I wish I hadn't watched it because it leaves me with a major dilemma: To tell everyone to watch it, HOWEVER, I'll think each time "wait...will this person get it?" and if they don't, "do I really want to hate them for their opinion?" While visually wonderful, and technically perfect I found myself most often thinking that the creators succeeded in making it work- for me -by the chances they took. The ant on the subway. The octopus. These non-western elements make Oldboy a good choice to cut through hemisphere-bias and see fine direction, story and acting as a pre-Babel language we all can speak.