Well while I was watching this movie I kinda liked it but I felt something was missing. Oldboy is one of my favourite movies and I don't think we can compare them. But when I saw the last scene where the main character is fighting against his own image in the glass I thought "Hell yeah, that's a good scene to end this film".
What do you think about that?
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A lot of people get annoyed by the ending because they dismiss it as meaning the whole movie was a dream but I see it differently. To me, it was a flashback to when things were going his way. Throughout the movie, he was shown as having this non-chalant persona perhaps as a way to hide weakness. In that ending scene, when he finds that he's alone he starts shadowboxing and looking to enjoy himself. Only in that scene, and the flashback to when he's listening to hee-soo play music does he show any sense of enjoyment in his face. I think that's kind of what the title represents. He seems to be on top and in good position, but he can't allow himself to embellish in it to prevent showing weakness to his underlings maybe.
shareA lot of people get annoyed by the ending because they dismiss it as meaning the whole movie was a dream but I see it differently. To me, it was a flashback to when things were going his way. Throughout the movie, he was shown as having this non-chalant persona perhaps as a way to hide weakness. In that ending scene, when he finds that he's alone he starts shadowboxing and looking to enjoy himself. Only in that scene, and the flashback to when he's listening to hee-soo play music does he show any sense of enjoyment in his face. I think that's kind of what the title represents. He seems to be on top and in good position, but he can't allow himself to embellish in it to prevent showing weakness to his underlings maybe
great ending, great flick.
shareYeah mynameisjoel summed it up perfectly. I also loved it as it made the earlier scene where (can't remember his name) was mocking him by shadow boxing and telling him how he's always watched. Even in that one private moment where he was allowed to enjoy himself and able to relax someone was watching.
Also i'm suprised so many people seemed to think the ending meant it was all a dream, that never came to my mind when i saw it, it just seemed obvious it was a flashback to an eariler scene. (yeah ok, or possibly a more artistic, this is what he's thinking of as he's dying/the afterlife style thing).
Also i'm suprised so many people seemed to think the ending meant it was all a dream, that never came to my mind when i saw it, it just seemed obvious it was a flashback to an eariler scene. (yeah ok, or possibly a more artistic, this is what he's thinking of as he's dying/the afterlife style thing)
Yeah. No other movie character besides Jason and Michael Myers has been able to sustain multiple stab wounds to the abdomen plus a gunshot to the head yet still be able to walk around like nothing has happened and continue a killing spree. The movie does work as a (albeit, unintentional) comedy.
shareplus a gunshot to the head
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During the final confrontation with the boss, notice the scene where he's looking behind the boss towards the window to see the reflection of his battered image. Right after, you can tell from his expression that he's fighting a surge of emotion. Seconds later, he shoots the boss.
I think here he was thinking back to that flashback scene in the end which was definitely in the past. Back then, he was on top of the world. In the present he sees himself in the window again, only to see a bloody, beat-up dude staring back at him. He realizes he's hit rock-bottom, thinks back to the last time he was staring at the window when everything was going so well for him, sees the contrast, and becomes emotional knowing that he can never go back to it.
He confirms this moments later when he shoots the boss and says "We can't turn back time now, can we?"
How much movies have you people seen in your life? You actually think that oil drillers can go drill a hole to an asteroid? That a wound can be healed with gun powder? If we boil down action movies that have been "realistic" we will probably arrive at a grand total of zero. A Bittesweet Life's final act is all about the emotions poured in by Sun Woo, about this big climatic epic finale where he will reach peace in his final hour, and it works because of the direction, the performances, the script and so on. Had the movie been "realistic" and he would had died way earlier. But then again, what would be the point?
''Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you."
Joel was right.
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'But when I saw the last scene where the main character is fighting against his own image in the glass I thought "Hell yeah, that's a good scene to end this film".'
Oh, yeah, without a doubt one of the most beautiful movie endings ever. Korean gangster admiring his own nifty fist work as he punches the air. Wow!