Old Boy manga
By shmeedia
@shmeedia (1044)
Canada
May 14, 2008 5:01pm CST
so far i have not seen any discussions about this manga....i was surprised!
what i want to discuss is the ending...so beware of spoilers (i won't give them but other mylotters might!).
what is anyone's opinion of the ending? i found it completely disappointing and not even really sure what happened.
i heard this manga was ultra-violent but til the last few pages i was still waiting for SOMETHING...anything! it was pretty much all psychological warfare with a bit of fist fighting, gun-toting and a LITTLE blood.
big deal.
i SO much more appreciated the film 'remake', which now i see is not so much a remake but something amazing that was created by the korean film director.
any thoughts? anybody LIKE the ending? if so...please share!
2 responses
@semicolonp (518)
• Philippines
23 Aug 08
I haven't read the manga of this (as I haven't found any sources) but I have watched the film based on it (same title, directed by Park Chan-wook) and it was amazing. That word doesn't really do it justice but, yes. If the manga is as good as the movie, I'm pretty sure I'll love it equally.
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@shmeedia (1044)
• Canada
26 Aug 08
well that's just the problem. i think the film was incredible...but the manga is just a disappointment :(
the drawings are excellent and different than what we usually see in mainstream mangas..the characters are really stylized, and there is a lot of detail .... but story-wise...i just found it fell flat in the last volume :( it's almost like the author didn't know how to end the story, so he made something up quickly that didn't tie up any of the loose ends :(
@cambiste (1244)
• India
26 Jan 09
I feel now that i must see this movie Old Boy. I haven't heard of it before, and im not a fan of violent action, but your discussion intrigued me.
I always prefer reaing mangas to seeing anime; but since you say the manga is disappointing, seeing anime may be better.
thanks for the suggestion.
Happy mylotting.
