Hindsight

Park Chan-wook’s “Oldboy” (2003) was showing at the University Edwards theater, across from where I used to attend college.

Well aware that this film was available as a bootleg, I preferred to catch it on a big screen. I’m glad i did.

“Oldboy” is very twisted and ultra-violent. The squeamish may find themselves looking away from the screen ever so often to avoid the [understated] painful bits. But those others who enjoy violence and stories without restraint will get a big kick out of it. Mari and I were pretty much floored and were still bringing it up later that night.

Lead actor Choi Min-sik is in his prime here. I expected no less.

After catching the film, we had a hankering for Korean food. The kimchee soondobu (Tofu Soup) that I ordered was very spicy – next time I will not ask for “medium” as the spice strength…