tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934787162311039470.post7746743680756241405..comments2024-03-16T12:05:20.781+01:00Comments on A Wasted Life: The Good, the Bad, the Weird (Korea, 2008)Abrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15126027036169180235noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934787162311039470.post-56102309897698662692015-06-27T11:32:34.474+02:002015-06-27T11:32:34.474+02:00I like the Korean version, actually. Maybe I'm...I like the Korean version, actually. Maybe I'm soft and find Tae-goo really likable, and sure, it's a cop out that Tae-goo survived, but I also like the nasty futility in Chang-yi's utter failure to kill the dastardly Finger-chopper, the fact that his body is being blown up by the man who cut off his finger. Chang-yi is arguably the most sympathetic, so the Korean ending is the one I find "satisfyingly nihilistic", not the international ending which just made watching the movie entirely pointless.<br />(Also, Tae-goo's reaction to the lit stick of dynamite he was holding was just too funny.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09656740674257074625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934787162311039470.post-11823788811711612432015-06-26T14:15:40.211+02:002015-06-26T14:15:40.211+02:00An ending that only a nihilist like Ji-woon would ...An ending that only a nihilist like Ji-woon would be satisfied with.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09656740674257074625noreply@blogger.com