The Days Of Our Lives

Now 2 movie tributes in 2 consecutive blog posts is not something I usually do but I just couldn't help myself this time. Yesterday night I watched this movie called 'Oldboy'. Its a Korean movie and its AWESOME!! After watching Casshern and a couple of other Korean flicks I'm becoming a die-hard fan of the industry.

In the hope that some Korean director will notice my blog and let me do a superhero role in his next movie, I present to you a semi-rendition of Oldboy - dedicated to all the Korean script writers. And don't worry I won't spoil the story for those who haven't seen the movie (I'm goodboy) :)

So it starts off like this see. One fine day, this guy wearing the fake angel wings (Now do you realize why I mentioned the script writer? :P) ...
...gets kidnapped while on this way home to his wife and his 4 year old (was it?) daughter. And instead of a ransom demand, the kidnappers just put him in a room, all by himself, without telling him why.

Obviously, in a few days he starts looking like this -
I mean come on. Who wouldn't?? :P (Henceforth, I shall refer to him as 'the dude')

But the dude makes the best use of the oppurtunity (poor thing can't do much else can he?) and trains himself in the hope of avenging himself when he finally (if ever) gets out of his hell-hole.

Well as luck would have it, before long he manages to get out.
Correction 1 : 'before long' should be replaced by 'after 15 years'.
Correction 2 : 'he manages to get out' should be replaced by 'his captors get fed up seeing him ruin his life by watching TV all day long; and throw him out'
(The dude thinks he looks cool with those girlie glasses but then again, I ain't complaining. I mean the dude was locked up for 15 years all alone you know. I'm sure in that time you develop your own fashion sense - porcupine hair, butterfly glasses and all!)

So off the dude goes to find the person who fed him horrible chicken dumplings for that long. He does, however, take some time off to go shopping for his weapon of mass destruction - the one that would cause fear in the hearts of this captors - the one that could beat the cool guns used in the Matrix trilogy movies hands down! Yes, dear readers, you guessed it...
A Carpenter's Hammer!!! (Standing ovation to the Korean scriptwriters)

Anyway, the dude seriously kicks some major a$$ and takes down this whole army of fat, bald, topless men who appear out of nowhere to mess his hairstyle. ("Dare you touch my hair you bastards!!! Now die!!!!")
(The above pic is christened 'Hammer Time' and dedicated to 'M.C. Hammer', whose songs I found totally rad when I was a little boy with no taste in music!)

Then he lives happily ever after without a single ounce of guilt in his body. THE END!!!

Anyway, jokes and trying-to-be-funny tributes apart, the movie rocks. It actually has a very unique story and brilliant direction. And believe me when I say this, the climax will blow you away. The mystery of '15 years' is awesome!! A must watch for anyone who enjoys a breath-takingly different, new age movie.

P.S. : There is also this fighting scene (refer to 'Hammer Time' above) which is about 2 and a 1/2 minutes in length and seems to be a single continuous shot (I wonder how many retakes it took to film that!) in which the dude beats up about 20 thugs single handedly with his trusty hammer. The scene is simply too cool!!

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