🌱 oldboy - a movie review

Note: this review contains spoilers. The following review is a stream of consciousness reaction to Oldboy, the 2003 Korean action/thriller/horror movie. Much in the spirit of [[🌰 it’s not about writing, it’s about thinking]], you’ll read my processing and sense-making of the director’s choices in realtime. wtf wtf it’s interesting how after fighting the whole movie for the truth, in the end he chooses the lie also, I’m sure it would feel different to be in Dae Sun’s shoes. But like..Woo Jin slept with his sister. On purpose. Meanwhile he had to…kidnap Dae Sun, murder his wife, kidnap his daughter, raise his daughter from the age of 3 and hypnotize her, presumably drug her repeatedly because she also has that ant thing. Kidnap Dae Sun, keep him hostage for 15 years, torture him, drug him, and hypnotize him. All to get them to sleep with each other. Like, have some self-compassion dude. Do some therapy, tell your daughter, try to build a relationship together. OR get BOTH yourselves…