Fantastic film, not without faults

Rating: 9/10 (28 July 2005)

Wow, the reviews of this film on IMDb astound me. Now I'm not one of those hyperactive film students, a person who watches "films" instead of "movies" or someone who's trying to work their way in the business. I'm simply a college student who enjoys movies. That being said, I have to say, I absolutely loved this movie. The story (which I won't go into because it's pretty much everywhere else) was well written and acted. Dae-su does in fact appear to be quite the afflicted protagonist. It was refreshing to see a character that the audience was supposed to sympathize with not exactly be of the highest (or even a normal) moral character.
The psychology of all the characters presented in the film seems dead on to me. Many a times during the movie I couldn't help but say "if it weren't for my morals I would do the exact same thing." Those who can't understand why certain characters do certain things need to stop observing and think "if that had happened to me..." As for the ending... maybe I just don't have the negative outlook on life that some others on the board have, but I found it very surprising. Not only that, but I went with my roommate and we're both in the Navy, we've seen some crazy stuff, yet we both were sickened by how twisted it was. It was so surprising that anyone could end a movie in such a messed up fashion.
Well, that's enough ranting for me; I just wanted to put my two cents in for what I felt was a fantastic movie.