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SPIELBERG AND SMITH TO RUIN OLD BOY

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[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.
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[Nov 8,2008 11:34am - DomesticTerror ""]
i beat ya to this yesterday. you'll prolly get more responses tho.
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[Nov 8,2008 11:35am - FuckIsMySignature ""]
REPOSTICLES
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[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?
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[Nov 8,2008 12:45pm - My_Dying_Bride ""]

pam said:
Spielberg isn�t nearly as shitty a filmmaker as George Lucas



wot?
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[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.
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[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.
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[Nov 10,2008 9:34am - jacksonmang  ""]
sucked
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[Nov 10,2008 9:40am - BobNOMAAMRooney ""]
lol calling Oldboy jap
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[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!
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[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.
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[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.
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[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:
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[Nov 10,2008 2:30pm - jacksonmang  ""]
^^ ((to ouchdrummer))
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[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...
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[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.
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[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/
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[Feb 13,2014 3:40pm - the_reverend ""]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1321511/

it's Spike Lee. watching it now.
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[Feb 13,2014 4:15pm - hlrie ""]
Ugh, I can't. Love the original.
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[Feb 13,2014 10:18pm - KTHRSS ""]
I can't either. The original is one of my fav. movies.
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[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.
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[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.
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[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")
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[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.


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