SPIELBERG AND SMITH TO RUIN OLD BOY[views:8950][posts:23]_____________________________ [Nov 8,2008 11:30am - pam ""] WHAT THE FUCK. Article http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/?p=5828 SPIELBERG AND SMITH TO RUIN OLD BOY If you haven�t seen Chan Wook-Park�s Old Boy, you need to rent it right away because it�s pretty legit. Unless you can�t read subtitles, in which case it�d probably just be depressing. Anyway, as you may have guessed from the headline, Spielberg is trying to get the rights and wants to do a remake for Universal starring Will Smith. Spielberg isn�t nearly as shitty a filmmaker as George Lucas, and I�m even willing to concede he�s made some pretty good movies (Jurassic Park, Minority Report, Saving Private Ryan�), but one thing the dude most certainly does not have a talent for is dark and edgy. And if he remakes Old Boy, with Will �I only play good guys� Smith of all people, it�s going to be the most dickless watered-down hero story ever. If you want to know what Spielberg does with edgy material, just watch the last 30 minutes of AI. It�s a good thing that kid from Virginia Tech already killed a bunch of people, because this probably would�ve put him over the edge. Okay, so on second thought, I guess that�s probably not a good thing, but I think we all know what I meant. Shut up, you were thinking it too. |
________________________________________ [Nov 8,2008 11:34am - DomesticTerror ""] i beat ya to this yesterday. you'll prolly get more responses tho. |
___________________________________________ [Nov 8,2008 11:35am - FuckIsMySignature ""] REPOSTICLES |
______________________________________ [Nov 8,2008 12:24pm - jacksonmang ""] this movie sucked anyway...see-through plot, bad acting and a very unimprssive over hyped "1 shot " fight scene (when he fights w/ the hammer) only positive I took from it was that it was a unique/ original screenplay. jap-horror does kick ass though...ever seen ichi the killer? |
________________________________________ [Nov 8,2008 12:45pm - My_Dying_Bride ""] pam said: Spielberg isn�t nearly as shitty a filmmaker as George Lucas wot? |
____________________________ [Nov 9,2008 1:22am - pam ""] My_Dying_Bride said: pam said: Spielberg isn�t nearly as shitty a filmmaker as George Lucas wot? I didn't write that, it's an article from filmdrunk.com Sorry for the repost, the one time I don't bother to search. And this movie did NOT suck. |
__________________________________ [Nov 10,2008 9:26am - darkwor ""] fuck. i randomly picked this movie up to rent and it's now one of my fav movies along with the other 2 revenge movies wook-park did. i don't know how they could twist the main character to be a nice-guy will smith but either way it's probably gonna suck. |
______________________________________ [Nov 10,2008 9:34am - jacksonmang ""] sucked |
_________________________________________ [Nov 10,2008 9:40am - BobNOMAAMRooney ""] lol calling Oldboy jap |
______________________________________ [Nov 10,2008 2:13pm - jacksonmang ""] BobNOMAAMRooney said:lol calling Oldboy jap Wasn't calling Oldboy jap...just stating that jap-horror is pretty kick-ass and pretty much the standard for horror these days for me from what I've seen so far. Just to clear things up , I am in the minority even in my own circle of friends on Oldboy (most of them loved it) but I saw through the plot after about 15-20 min. into it , and there were also just too many plot holes/ unanswered questions by the end of it. With that said..A+ for originality! |
_____________________________________ [Nov 10,2008 2:17pm - ouchdrummer ""] jacksonmang said:this movie sucked anyway...see-through plot, bad acting and a very unimprssive over hyped "1 shot " fight scene (when he fights w/ the hammer) only positive I took from it was that it was a unique/ original screenplay. jap-horror does kick ass though...ever seen ichi the killer? I started a thread about it, do a search and you'll find it. |
_____________________________________ [Nov 10,2008 2:27pm - ouchdrummer ""] THe sucks. I really liked the orig oldboy. FUCKED plot line. love it though, surprised more people on here don't love it. |
______________________________________ [Nov 10,2008 2:29pm - jacksonmang ""] cool...I left a comment on there and brought that thread back to life as it well deserves!:shocker: |
______________________________________ [Nov 10,2008 2:30pm - jacksonmang ""] ^^ ((to ouchdrummer)) |
_____________________________________ [Nov 10,2008 2:35pm - ouchdrummer ""] will smith in oldboy..... that just sounds plain old crazy to me. Where the hell did he get that idea? What a DUMB idea. It's like Matt Damon playing Ichi in the next installment of Ichi the killer.... wait, that's not such a bad idea... |
__________________________________ [Nov 10,2008 2:43pm - darkwor ""] ouchdrummer said:THe sucks. I really liked the orig oldboy. FUCKED plot line. love it though, surprised more people on here don't love it. a more fleshed-out plotline was probably sacrificed for the amount of badassary and 1-up-revengemenship. Lady Vengeance, one of his other films, has a more cohesive plot and a gorgeous badass Korean lead actress. |
__________________________________ [Nov 10,2008 4:02pm - darkwor ""] And I guess Charlize Theron is going to be in the American remake of Lady Vengeance. great. http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/03/12/cha...making-sympathy-for-lady-vengeance/ |
______________________________________ [Feb 13,2014 3:40pm - the_reverend ""] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1321511/ it's Spike Lee. watching it now. |
_______________________________ [Feb 13,2014 4:15pm - hlrie ""] Ugh, I can't. Love the original. |
_________________________________ [Feb 13,2014 10:18pm - KTHRSS ""] I can't either. The original is one of my fav. movies. |
_______________________________________ [Feb 13,2014 11:30pm - the_reverend ""] I thought this was really good. I will have to watch the original. They definitely spoke in a slow/direct manner. Very asian soounding. |
______________________________ [Feb 14,2014 8:44am - Yeti ""] the original is excellent, I'd like to see this just for kicks. Did the Sympathy for Lady Vengeance reboot ever happen? that was another good one. |
___________________________________ [Feb 14,2014 9:30am - shitcunt ""] I can't watch the remake. Just from reading reviews, I know they changed some very vital/important plot points and it doesn't live up to the original. That said, if you haven't seen the original, I don't doubt that it's a good flick, I'm just wayyyyy too fucking stubborn to give it a chance, since the original is my second favorite Korean horror film (my first is "I Saw The Devil") |
___________________________________ [Feb 14,2014 9:33am - shitcunt ""] ouchdrummer said:will smith in oldboy... Thank fuck they at least had the sense not to go through with putting him in the film. |