"And now?"

Rating: 9/10 (13 February 2006)

This movie is great and anybody saying otherwise is either jealous of its brilliance or hasn't got a clue. I won't bother in explaining the plot since knowing it will only ruin you some surprises (but I saw the movie aware of the final twist and it didn't make it any worse), and, if you already know it, what for? I think the biggest mistake is to take this as a normal movie with a normal plot and characters with normal motivations. Because is not. (SPOILERS AHEAD)This is a movie about revenje and who says revenje needs a reason? stop looking for one: that's OldBoy's whole point: a reason doesn't make any difference. You could take revenje on virtually everything. The whole sister story is probably just there to introduce incest's subject (which is not treated as a sin, but, rather, as a punishement), not to explain anything. This movie is so great because the director seems to know exactly how much information we need at every time to follow him; sequences are never too long or shot (save for the ending maybe?), and include some highlights such as...yeah, the giant ant, and of course the one in which Dae beats up 20 guys in a very Kill Bill fashion. WOrds are concise and beautiful, and music...a world apart. And the details...the line when Guy and Girl are screwing, that seems so pointless, assumes a huge, terrible meaning when we hear it again at the end of the movie. Does that make you think? It is conceivable to sexually hurt a girl, but what happens when you hear it again knowing it is your daughter? Or like the seventy steps the "Monster" takes at the end... Movies that will make you click together with this one: Cube, Fight Club, Kill Bill And I give it a 9/10 just because the final scene really freaked me out. Nothing personal.