What more can I say about this film that hasn't already been said? Nothing really, besides that I fucking love how it messes with our expectations of an anti-hero trying to figure himself out. His "redemption" ends up being a bad, bad thing, and essentially destroys his life, which is so far outside of traditional movies where a man is attempting to find something out. The idea of ignorance being better than knowing is thrown around a lot, and is certainly pertinent to the big reveal in this movie.
I also really admire the very visceral nature of the film, and how true Min-sik Choi stays to his character. I've seen it four times now, but the "I want to eat something alive" didn't register with me in the full effect until this last viewing a few days past. Maybe I finally understand how you must feel to want to completely destroy something living, to be that misanthropic in general. It just hit me like a cannon ball when I saw it most recently, and is now probably one of my all-time favorite scenes.
Phenomenal, dare I say flawless film. Chan-wook Park's direction is even miles ahead of his other two Vengeance films, and I'd say this is easily the best (and my obvious favorite) of the three.
I also really admire the very visceral nature of the film, and how true Min-sik Choi stays to his character. I've seen it four times now, but the "I want to eat something alive" didn't register with me in the full effect until this last viewing a few days past. Maybe I finally understand how you must feel to want to completely destroy something living, to be that misanthropic in general. It just hit me like a cannon ball when I saw it most recently, and is now probably one of my all-time favorite scenes.
Phenomenal, dare I say flawless film. Chan-wook Park's direction is even miles ahead of his other two Vengeance films, and I'd say this is easily the best (and my obvious favorite) of the three.
