Spike Lee To Direct 'Oldboy' remake

[Octoberist]

Yeah, it is what it is.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Heh, I have a friend who is OBSESSED with the original. Like, if you have a conversation with him about movies--ANY movie mind you--he'll find some way to work Oldboy into the conversation. He even has an Oldboy T-shirt.

He's probably sitting at home right now, righting a 10,000-word diatribe about how remakes are all garbage and how watching this film will be the equivalent of being raped with a film projector.

 

[Tanin]

Heh, I have a friend who is OBSESSED with the original. Like, if you have a conversation with him about movies--ANY movie mind you--he'll find some way to work Oldboy into the conversation. He even has an Oldboy T-shirt.

He's probably sitting at home right now, righting a 10,000-word diatribe about how remakes are all garbage and how watching this film will be the equivalent of being raped with a film projector.

what does he think of the Hindi film?

 

[Angel_Faerie]

I think the added twist is

Spoiler

the girl he sees on the TV isn't his real daughter, but that Elizabeth Olsen is.

At least that's what it looks like. I hope that's the case, because I've always been a staunch believer that there's no real point to Oldboy without the twist.

 

[Lighthouse]

I think...

Spoiler

considering the bad guy has total control over what Brolin sees in the hotel room, the news interview is completely faked, and was shot by the villain to trick Brolin.

 

[kvz5]

I think the added twist is

Spoiler

the girl he sees on the TV isn't his real daughter, but that Elizabeth Olsen is.

At least that's what it looks like. I hope that's the case, because I've always been a staunch believer that there's no real point to Oldboy without the twist.

I think...

Spoiler

considering the bad guy has total control over what Brolin sees in the hotel room, the news interview is completely faked, and was shot by the villain to trick Brolin.

I'm almost positive that that's the case but I don't think it's the added twist. There's more.

 

[superherofan777]

It looks good but redundant. Lee doesn't have the same visual sensibilities as Park Chan-Wook, even though obviously... he's trying to replicate him.

This is my exact problem with the film. I`m a huge fan of the original. Also if your gonna take on considered by MANY to be one of the best thrillers ever in recent memory, you would think the trailer to the remake would be more DIFFERENT, or on par with the original, or maybe even a little better than the original...

I don`t get that vibe AT ALL in this trailer nor from any of the posters.

However. I will admit it looks descent & intriguing. I do want to see so I can praise or hate & rant about it. Either way I guess the son of a b**** Spike Lee did his job in getting people to see it. Whether it`ll actually be better than a descent attempt, I guess we`ll find out in Oct....ugh.

 

[Marvin]

Lee can't win here. Remaking unknown films is one thing but with this.
Will probably be able to count on one hand the amount of reviews that don't go into the original.

 

[TheVileOne]

The original manga didn't have the twist.

 

[Angel_Faerie]

The original manga didn't have the twist.

And how often is the manga brought up, other than to bring up that fact? Not often. My point still stands. The twist is a large part of what makes Oldboy memorable.

 

[Hush]

I haven't seen the original and this to me looks ****ing awesome.

 

[TheVileOne]

I'm just saying, the big important twist itself was an invention that didn't come from the original source material.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

I love the original and this remake looks pretty good to me, I don't expect it to top the original but as long as it's equal I will love it.

 

[Bobber]

Looks awful. Copley's line deliveries sounded pathetic. Brolin, as much as I like him, is no Min-sik Choi. Olsen looks ok.

It doesn't look to have the absurdity and humor of the original film, but it also doesn't seem to try to differentiate itself very much from it. Just a poor watered down version that takes itself too seriously.

 

[jacobed]

Looks awful. Copley's line deliveries sounded pathetic. Brolin, as much as I like him, is no Min-sik Choi. Olsen looks ok.

It doesn't look to have the absurdity and humor of the original film, but it also doesn't seem to try to differentiate itself very much from it. Just a poor watered down version that takes itself too seriously.

From 2 minutes you got all of that?

 

[terry78]

You know we're precog like that.

 

[Hunter Rider]

It looks ok, Brolin seems to be playing the character as a badass guy bent on revenge, the dude from the original was a weird loony and undersatandably so after what he'd been through. This looks (on the surface at least) to be a more conventional revenge thriller.

 

[Marvolo]

It looks ok, Brolin seems to be playing the character as a badass guy bent on revenge, the dude from the original was a weird loony and undersatandably so after what he'd been through. This looks (on the surface at least) to be a more conventional revenge thriller.

That's an easier sell to American audiences.

 

[Lighthouse]

That's an easier sell to American audiences.

I cannot wait for stupid American parents to take their kids to this movie, and the surprise they are in for at the end.

 

[Sawyer]

lol I doubt many parents are in any rush to take their kids to a Spike Lee movie...

Then again, I guess it depends on how the movie is marketed.

 

[Raiden]

Is this movie gonna be R-rated?

 

[Eddie Dean]

Is this movie gonna be R-rated?

lolololololololololol

 

[Matt Mortem]

Is this movie gonna be R-rated?

Well the trailer was red-band so probably

 

[Doctor Jones]

That's an easier sell to American audiences.

Exactly. It only looks that way. If the twist is there, audiences are in for a very rude awakening.

 

[rayc1971]

from the trailer his wife is Asian so Elizabeth olsen is not his daughter she might be the bad guys daughter