Old Boy

Rating: 9/10 (24 April 2005)

So many people, so many visions. When I heard Oldboy was said to be one of the best movies of 2004, I was curious. It is always difficult for a movie that blasts some taboos into the theater's to hold on outside of them. Until half the movie I would give it a 7.5, but the final chapter of it makes the jigsaw complete and the it is a 8.5. Then I came to see here, and 8.5 it was as an average of about 8000 viewers. I think I saw around 100 movies, new and old, only this year. And matching old boy to only them, it is a great movie. A movie isn't only great in acting or writing, it is the total concept that takes u. (or not) It is a true vengeance story with, for me, slices of Seven, Kill Bill, other asiamania movies, big brother. An example of a vengeance movie: Abril Despedaçado (Behind the sun) has a 7.6 on 1000 hits and lots of people are going to find this a better movie, but it is a complete different atmosphere and u know what's coming and Oldboy takes u the hardest on the end and that's what people remember most.