Not at all, I expected something artistic like people have told me and SPL is clearly more artistic than Oldboy (If you say Oldboy is than your clearly dickriding), Action isn't much for me but if its there it definitely adds to a already great movie....Also, the logic that imdb rated it higher thus backing it up as a better movie is halarious, Look at the highest rated Dark Comedy film which is "Dr. Strangelove, How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb" thats one of the highest rated movies and it was complete garbage and never lived up to the hype, which is what happened in Oldboy...
"Mi-do: Dae Su. In front of me is some kind of box. He's telling me to open it. It's the same violet box...
Dae-su Oh: No! No Mi-do don't. Don't open it no matter what. Or something terrible will happen.
Dae-su Oh: Please. Don't tell Mido. What has she done wrong? You know it was all my fault... I have committed an unforgivable sin, against your sister. And I also... Did you wrong. But, please leave Mido alone... If by any chance Mido finds out the truth, you son of a bitch, I'll tear you limb from limb. And your remains will never be found. Why? Because I'm going to swallow every
last bit."
Those are direct quotes from the movie, if I remember right inside the box was pictures revealing Mi-Do and Dae-Su being siblings which is how Woo-Jin got back at him towards the end since Dae-Su met Mi-Do at the restraunt and they both were tricked into falling in love for each other....Also there was alot of parts that were unecessary, towards the middle the movie slows down and slowly drags itself towards the momentum of the end, I mentioned that a couple times already....I'd half to watch the movie again just to pinpoint exactly where I mean (even though its just generally the middle of the movie)
Also look what I meant by "low-blow"
"I also thought the twist of him fucking his sister was a low blow, and a lame card to pull just to build momentum for the movie..Proving they could not of took a average story/twist and made it interesting without something as fucked up as that which made the twist better than what it really was/set up...."
Without something as pathetic and shocking as that the movie would of been a fail....Take SPL for example which the ending didn't resort to using something as shocking and pathetic but it was so well delivered that it fit nicely...Am I the only person who thinks the plotline of a guy fucking his sister so he gets revenge by doing the same to his best friend rather disgusting and awkward to say the least, and it doesn't even carry as much momentum and impact as SPL's ending despite how outlandish it is......Thats a fail in itself^^
Which is why SPL holds alot of recognition despite not having 20 awards like Oldboy (Although it did receive Best Action Cheorography, see what I mean people only care about the action in Donnie Yen films rather than everything else he puts into it)