An older man loses his wife and his children begin falling out of touch. After a failed attempt to have them all over one weekend Frank decides to surprise visit each of his children in the different cities they now live in. Along the way he finds that with each surprise he is unwanted and begins to realize that each of his children are not what he believed them to be.
I thought this movie was going to be a lighthearted drama/comedy but man I was so wrong. This movie is really depressing. It's super fcking sad. Not only does this man lose his wife but then begins losing his children while suffering an illness and when he goes to see them they basically turn him away while lying to his face. Then in the end the worst news imaginable is finally revealed.
The title to me is even more depressing. Everyone has problems and aren't happy but they're 'fine'. Lame.
I'm not sure what to think of this film. A lot of the mini stories seemed inconclusive or distracting. Is the movie about telephone cables and staying connected or is it about being an overbearing father? Getting old? Loss? All of them?
The movie was meh. Which sucks because it's Robert De Niro and he is awesome. Drew Barrymore is in it too and I've always liked her. Good to see Sam Rockwell play a non-creepy, almost normal role too.
I don't think I liked it. It was okay but didn't do anything for me really. Just made me depressed.
2.5/5
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Oldboy (3.5)
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2003 South Korean indie film.
This film is messed up. Their tagline about sums it up: "15 years of imprisonment, five days of vengeance."
About a man who gets kidnapped one day and imprisoned in what looks like a cheap hotel room for 15 years. No one tells him why or speaks to him. One day he wakes up on a rooftop and instantly tries to seek revenge. But to who and for what? Will finding the truth set him free or imprison him again? Sometimes secrets aren't meant to be told.
I don't want to say more about the story because if you do watch this film then knowing more then you should will ruin it for you. The story is messed up though. It really is.
The acting was decent enough. The main character played some intense scenes but sometimes it was a bit much for me, his acting that is. A little over kill here and there but whatcha gunna do?
The story started out amazing. His imprisonment was the most exciting part. After that it kept building but then right when the climax was about to happen they flash back to a memory and the flow of the story gets thrown off to right field. I found this distracting to the point of losing interest. The build stopped and then 15 minutes later the climax came and then built again. Strange but different. I'm just not used to that I guess.
The very ending was hard for me to except...why would he want to forget again? That just seems weird to me. And the reason for his imprisonment seems WAY too crazy for me to grasp. Like, really, he deserved that because of what he did? I don't think so...
These things that 'ruin' the film for me actually make it stronger because here I am still talking about how I don't understand and why would this or that happen. Which is good.
So messed up.
3.5/5 ADSENSE HERE
This film is messed up. Their tagline about sums it up: "15 years of imprisonment, five days of vengeance."
About a man who gets kidnapped one day and imprisoned in what looks like a cheap hotel room for 15 years. No one tells him why or speaks to him. One day he wakes up on a rooftop and instantly tries to seek revenge. But to who and for what? Will finding the truth set him free or imprison him again? Sometimes secrets aren't meant to be told.
I don't want to say more about the story because if you do watch this film then knowing more then you should will ruin it for you. The story is messed up though. It really is.
The acting was decent enough. The main character played some intense scenes but sometimes it was a bit much for me, his acting that is. A little over kill here and there but whatcha gunna do?
The story started out amazing. His imprisonment was the most exciting part. After that it kept building but then right when the climax was about to happen they flash back to a memory and the flow of the story gets thrown off to right field. I found this distracting to the point of losing interest. The build stopped and then 15 minutes later the climax came and then built again. Strange but different. I'm just not used to that I guess.
The very ending was hard for me to except...why would he want to forget again? That just seems weird to me. And the reason for his imprisonment seems WAY too crazy for me to grasp. Like, really, he deserved that because of what he did? I don't think so...
These things that 'ruin' the film for me actually make it stronger because here I am still talking about how I don't understand and why would this or that happen. Which is good.
So messed up.
3.5/5 ADSENSE HERE
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