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'-- does Oldboy pander?' I'd say there are ingredients in 'Oldboy' that Park Chan Wook and others, assuming there were others, involved in deciding what the ingredients in the film would be expected a certain type of audience to like/appreciate/expect to be in it. And they were surely put in so that the film would be appreciated. If some moron responded by saying, 'Jeeze, dude, so that sick incest stuff was put in...

If some moron responded by saying, 'Jeeze, dude, so that sick incest stuff was put in to please an audience?', You know, I bet someone has made that comment in the past. If so, I'd like to shake that brainiac's hand. You surely don't think 'Oldboy' was not in any way a commercial venture. Movies are all commercial ventures in the sense that they have to make money, but I think it's sort of folly to...

That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard in my life. Stand By For Action!

Feeling sympathy for a character and being engaged with his/her story are two very different things. When i watch a movie i want to see interesting characters, characters with stories i want to follow. If i "like them" or not is beyond the point. In that sense, a story and it's characters should be evaluated for what they're portraying, not by using just visceral measures. Woojin is a complex and engaging character,...

When I saw this the first time I thought 'great, no way Hollywood can remake this! Without the incest and the tongue cutting it will be pointless' Seems hollywood are out to prove me wrong! Heres hoping it's another remake flop.

Note: Yes, I know the spoiler is mainly in the title. But if a person hasn't seen the film, knowing it involves a pregnancy can't hurt them. Plus, the first lesson you learn on IMDb is not to come on the boards before to watch the film. So there. Watching the film, I really assumed she (can't remember her actual name) was really pregnant. Her brother had gone through such a guilt trip after her death that he convinced himself...

He didn't say you're supposed to feel sorry because he's rich, he's saying we should feel a little sad because... But he doesn't have his sister, and worse than that he knows that he's partially complicit in the "why" of that particular statement. If we get past the wrongness of his relationship with his sister, he's just a guy who has lost someone so essential to his person that literally...

Judging by the title and by the content,I guess you are not talking about oh-dae-su,and you are just interested about what would people do in his position??? Just a particular situation ? If that's the case,then here is my answer: I would let him live temporarily to discover why he did it. Of course I can't be sure of that,but here is what I think I would do in a situation like that (my english is not that good,so please sorry for...

lol i c not wut u did thair

I believe Michael Moore already made this point... The boys in Columbine went bowling the night before the shooting.... does that mean we should ban bowling?