I’m Going to Become the Old Boy

Text on the meme

“I’m going to become the Old Boy”

What it means

A grinning, disheveled man with long hair sits in a dim room and announces, “I’m going to become the Old Boy.” The joke references the film Oldboy and humorously treats becoming its tortured protagonist as an absurd personal transformation or goal. EN: A grinning, disheveled man with long hair sits in a dim room and announces, “I’m going to become the Old Boy.” The joke references the film Oldboy and humorously treats becoming its tortured protagonist as an absurd personal transformation or goal.

Who

Choi Min-sik as Oh Dae-su, Oldboy

Objects

long-haired man / длинноволосый мужчина beard / борода mustache / усы grinning face / улыбающееся лицо green shirt / зелёная рубашка dim room / тускло освещённая комната brick-patterned wallpaper / обои с кирпичным узором wall lamp / настенный светильник dark hair / тёмные волосы close-up portrait / портрет крупным планом