bye bye Hollywood

Rating: 10/10 (21 March 2005)

masterpiece....genius....awesome...great... all these words can't really describe how magnificent this movie is ... simply this is the best film ever made. i think it deserves much more rating on IMDb and a place in the top five at least ... after getting sick and bored of what Hollywood made in the last decade which was nothing but kids tales i discovered Asian cinema about a year ago. Asian cinema was only Kurosawa i thought but when i first watched some Jap horror movies i was fainted by those Asian they were the real shelter for real horror fans who had been abused by Hollywood horror crab. Then I fall with love with Takashi Miike this man who made Lynch and Cronenberg movies look like Disney tales... The Koreans grabbed my attention when i watched the other great movie "Memories of Murder" it was my first Korean experience it really encouraged me to got "oldboy" and when i watched it ... simply I was astonished ... this the first movie in cinema history make me sat for 125 minutes fully concentrated ... guessing .... sympathizing... and ultimately enjoying .. it's a great piece of art from the first moment till the ending credits ... the directing was astonishing the acting was great .. the editing was great .. the score was haunting ... this is real cinema ...
***this part may contain spoilers****
the first scene of the movie was a thrilling beginning it was just a message from Mr. Park to the audience that you will be edge to seat for the coming 2 hours and the music of this scene was one of the best ever made .... the scene when Oh Dae Su remembering what he had done was awesome he sounded like he chased his memories ... the editing and the camera work of that scene was top notch ... the final confrontation and the twist was the greatest in cinema history it made other twists in seven and other Hollywood movies like child's tale your heart will suffer from flutter when Dae Su open the box and watch the what's inside and the reaction was great!!! no it was much more than great the acting in this scene was awesome you will tear when you see Dae Su imitate dog and pleads for mercy and reaction of Lee-Jin was horrific he was laughing and then the shocking climax was when Dae Su cut his own tongue what a scene .... this scene will haunt you for weeks.... i was surprised by the negative reviews about this movie and i think most of it was may be racist and i say to those people please don't hurt you eyes by watching the great and brave and mature Asian movies and go watch Hollywood brainless crab... at the end i wanna thank Mr. Park and all the cast of this movie and i'm dying to watch more ambitious work in the future... and please Hollywood we don't want a silly remake...