Caltrops - Peter Molyneux's The Movies





	[quote name="Choson"][quote name="Pompei"]The difficulty in talking about Old Boy is that is impossible to do so without ruining the film's major conceit. Unlike Fussbett, I'm incredibly lazy, so I'll let the <a href="http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/old_boy.html">trailer</a> do it for me. The movie has won a bunch of shiny awards, like the Grand Prix at Cannes, and despite the effusive showering of praise it is good. Not great, but good. So don't mistake it for a slow and taut pyschological drama exploring the nature of panoptic imprisonment. See, this is the second in a trilogy of films whose only continuity that of <font color="red"><b>revenge</b></font>. This helps because I haven't seen the first. It also means things get violent and quick. How, you ask? No spoilers, just watch the film. <font color="black">People getting teeth pulled out with a hammer...blah, blah, blah</font> And you should. It coasts by admirably on its quick pace, gallow's humor and for the fun of knowing the scene with the ocotopus was done <font color="yellow">four</font> times. Short review: Good not great, the only thing I truly disliked was the ending which pussies admirably. The rest leading up to it? Worth seeing.[/quote] The only Chan-Wook Park film I'd avoid is Joint Security Area, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Another Korean film that's not that bad, and based on a real crime is "Memories of Murder".[/quote]