No no no no no no no no.

[RallyMo]

I was alright with this when I heard about it, but I'm now 100% opposed.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8gpi44y4TU

 

[LBHalos17]

Just curious as to why you're totally opposed to it?  I've seen (been subjected to) worse movies that were purely splatter-gore with no worthwhile story (original "Last House on the Left" is the most obvious example.

 

I won't rush out to see it, but it already reminds me of a gorier version of "Taken."  I also like some of Spikes stuff.  In spite of a lot of in-your-face reverse-racism, his movies are made well and often thought-provoking.  

[arch stanton]

I'm already looking forward to ignoring the ":when will you see...." thread.

[Angel Dog and Beer]

I know nothing of this movie before seeing the trailer, but, it looks pretty good to me. I'm guessing it was adapted from a book, and they screwed it up?

[mrwicked]

the original korean movie is awesome.

[Adam]

Spike Lee? WTF

 

NO is right

[LBHalos17]

the original korean movie is awesome.

That's where I recognized the name of it!  Has a scene where the guy "Jackie-Chans" 30 bad guys in a hallway, right?  Gotta see the rest of it...

[gotbeer]

First of heard of it.  Looks interesting.

[Adam]

You will hate yourself at the end of the film for loving it so much.

[Ray McKigney]

 

No no no no no no no no.

 

 

I have this reaction whenever I hear about a new Spike Lee movie. 

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

Not a movie that needed to be remade and particularly if Spike Lee was the one to do it.

[TobiasFunke]

Americans are good at fu€king up Asian cinema

[TobiasFunke]

Sammy J doing a good Balotelli impression

[angelskirt]

The original was perfect. Spike Lee's will not come close.

[Jay]

EVERYBODY DIES

[RallyMo]

Just curious as to why you're totally opposed to it?  I've seen (been subjected to) worse movies that were purely splatter-gore with no worthwhile story (original "Last House on the Left" is the most obvious example.

 

I won't rush out to see it, but it already reminds me of a gorier version of "Taken."  I also like some of Spikes stuff.  In spite of a lot of in-your-face reverse-racism, his movies are made well and often thought-provoking.  

 

The original version is absolutely spectacular. If you haven't seen it, check it out. There's a dubbed version streaming on Netflix, but the English kills it for me. This looks like they try to up the ante for no worthwhile gain.

 

I actually really do like most Spike Lee stuff, and I'm fine with some of his more mainstream stuff. I loved "Inside Man", for example. He's just not right for this.

 

It looks like they were incredibly faithful to the original film and won't deviate from anything to clean it up for American audiences, it just looks like it's not executed al that well.

 

...and Adam is dead right. It's always weird to recommend that somebody watch the original if they haven't on the basis that it's a great movie that I like a lot.

[RallyMo]

Americans are good at fu€king up Asian cinema

 

Yes, 'tis true. I will say that I think "The Departed" is better than "Infernal Affairs", but I say that on acting alone and nothing more since they are more or less identical films save for the very end, which is rather inconsequential.

[RallyMo]

That's where I recognized the name of it!  Has a scene where the guy "Jackie-Chans" 30 bad guys in a hallway, right?  Gotta see the rest of it...

 

Watch it, and do so before you read anything else about it.

[TobiasFunke]

A few things I was pondering right now about this with spoilers included cause I'm so mad at a remake i DGAF.

1) why would you want to watch this Oldboy when you can just watch the original Oldboy.

2) The original probably wouldn't be allowed to be in American cinema which means this one is going to be terrible.

3) How is Spike Lee going to pull off Josh Brolin fu€king his daughter to American audiences?

[LBHalos17]

Will seek it out; thx.

 

I love John Woo flix, and prefer to watch them subtitled.  English-dubbing just doesn't have any continuity.

[Mudville]

Tobias needs to stop trying so hard to bypass the word filter and just choose one of the thousand diferent discriptive terms that are not censored.

[Adam]

He just destroyed the movie for others with a spoiler too

[TobiasFunke]

Cry about it Mudville.

And Adam, I said in the top sentence there's a spoiler. If people choose to keep reading that's not my problem.

[gotbeer]

the original korean movie is awesome.

 

What was the name of the original?  Or was it called Red Band also?

[Adam]

Cry about it Mudville.

And Adam, I said in the top sentence there's a spoiler. If people choose to keep reading that's not my problem.

My bad. I didn't see that. You're good