Quote:
Originally Posted by theprestige85
One lone performance is not enough to make a film. It's good, but come on, it's not exactly five stars is it?
|
It's utterly brilliant and well worth five stars.
The slick style, the disturbing imagery, the tragedy and aimlessness of revenge personified, it's tense and terrifying. The performances are superb and the craftsmanship impeccable.
I'll be watching the remake on Tuesday, so I'll decide then if it's worthwhile, from the sounds of it, the cultural change hinders the film more than provides a new spin on it, and any changes are really for changes sake. I'll try and judge it as it's own film but chances are only a small percentage of people would be interested in Oldboy yet not want to watch the original.