Oldboy (2013)

[theprestige85]

Originally Posted by lolwut

To many, myself included, it is. It's one of my five favorite films of all time. I think it's a masterpiece.

You need to see more films.

Tom Hanks.....Castaway???

No, my friend. Bad example. Castaway is a forgettable film in which Tom Hanks' performance screamed 'gimme an oscar!'. The production design that conveyed the isolated environments were the highlight for me.

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.

Fair enough, I suppose. I get that it's SUPPOSED to be tragic, but the film seems to rely upon shocking violent scene/revelation after the other. It does have a good mood, I do think that there are better and more interesting vengeance themed films that don't resort to these gimmicks.