Sunday, October 3, 2010

'Oldboy'

If you told me 40 minutes into this film that it would almost entirely about incest, I would've thought you were a total nut.

This film's an odd juxtaposition because its so dark, surreal and violent. Then the director takes you to this deeply emotional and human level (extremely Oedipal) that's been retold for 100 generations.

Rumors were that Steven Spielberg and Will Smith were going to adapt the film for American audiences. However, they were going to cut the incest, which is the entire film. American suck. We can make war, make online porn a multi-billion dollar industry and enslave a people for 250 years, but fucking your sister is just too much.

A side note: The lead actor, Choi Min-sik is the Asian Gary Oldman.

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