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Show Me The Meaning! – A Wisecrack Movie Podcast

Oldboy (Directed by Park Chan-wook) – Best Revenge Movie Ever?

Show Me The Meaning! – A Wisecrack Movie Podcast

Wisecrack

Tv & Film, Comedy, Education

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Join Jared Bauer, Austin Smidt, and Ryan Hailey to discuss Park Chan-wook's Oldboy! Next Episode – Coming Soon: Videodrome (1983), Directed by David Cronenberg Support Show Me The Meaning! on PATREON: http://patreon.com/wisecrack Email us at movies@wisecrack.co Other Wisecrack Podcasts! The Squanch (Rick and Morty): http://wscrk.com/WisecrackPodcast Respect Our Authoritah! (South Park): http://wscrk.com/ituRoAWC Thug Notes: Get Lit: http://wscrk.com/ituGetLit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey everyone. Welcome to Show Me the Meaning, Wisecract's movie podcast.

0:05.7

Show Me the Meaning!

0:08.7

My name is Jared. I'm joined here by my co-host Ryan.

0:12.1

Hey, film fans fans and Austin.

0:15.0

Hey, what up?

0:16.2

So this week we are breaking down the 2003 Korean film Old Boy

0:21.1

directed by Park Chan Wook, and this is a really special movie to me.

0:26.4

I've seen it many, many times, but as always, let's go around the room and first of all, just want to say before we actually get first

0:34.4

impressions spoiler fucking alert if you haven't seen the movie go see the movie

0:40.1

then come back and listen to this because we are going to ruin the shit out of it and this is one of those movies that you don't want to have spoiled for you.

0:47.0

So let's get some first impressions. Let's start with Ryan.

0:51.0

Well, damn, what is there not to say?

0:56.1

A-plus-plus-plus, best revenge movie ever made.

1:01.3

Park Chan Wook is a goddamn maestro of film, audio, visual,

1:09.2

everything, cinema.

1:11.1

He's the man. Yeah, I'm sure we'll break this down in detail, but I mean I can't say enough amazing things of this movie. Classic of the 21st century.

1:18.0

How was it like, you know, I always asked this question and sometimes you guys don't remember what it was like to watch it for your first time,

1:24.6

but I do feel like since this is so dependent on a dramatic twist at the end,

1:30.1

do you remember the first time you've seen it and what is it like watching it since the first time you've seen it?

1:34.7

Oh yeah. Specifically the last time you've seen it.

1:36.5

This is one of those movies. There's a small list but like literally every time you watch this

1:42.0

you you notice new things new ways that they set or

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