old boys

Mossie 2022-04-22 07:01:02

In the process of revenge, the male protagonist Wu Daxiu suffered a deeper and more painful blow. Not only was he seriously injured but also lost his tongue. What is even more terrifying is that he knew the truth that his lover was a daughter, and his revenge was only to further hurt himself. Li Youzhen seems to have completed his revenge against Wu Daxiu for 15 years, but his enemy is not Wu Daxiu, but the whole society that prevents him from incest. What he does is to let Wu Daxiu experience his own feelings, the pain of loving someone but not being able to love them. . The director actually left us an open topic, what is the meaning of revenge.

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  • Hannah 2022-03-25 09:01:04

    It's abnormal and sad.

  • Jordane 2021-10-20 18:59:23

    I especially like the passage about ant hallucinations when I am lonely.

Oldboy quotes

  • Mr. Park: [hands Dae-Su a business card while grinning a big gold-toothed grin] This dentist is really good.

  • Mi-do: Very lonely people that I met... they all hallucinated ants at one time.