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Just imagine how much more of a farce it would've been if Will Smith had been cast as originally planned? Surprised Spike didn't manage to get Rosie Perez and Giancarlo Esposito cast in this somehow? oh well, I see his boy Samuel L. is there though. I see people are getting worked up about this remake and are quite indignant about a "classic" like OLD BOY being remade but I just shrug it off. I mean Spike isn't even relevant as a movie director anymore, so who cares? Suffice to say that I'll be avoiding this at all costs. Out of sight, out of mind I say. Guess this is just the tip of the iceberg with planned remakes of SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE & THIRST on the way as well.
Spike Lee isn't. If I see it, it'll probably be inadvertently...as 47Lab said, does anyone even care about Spike Lee anymore? I noticed he stopped calling his films "A Spike Lee Joint", so maybe he grew up a little.
So, I see Josh Brolin counts as a headliner these days. What exactly has he done to merit this?
Josh is cool.....His turn on making MEN IN BLACK 3 watchable deserves a credit all of its own....Shit, being James Brolin's son ALONE gets him a pass in my book!!
As for this movie...Even without the obvious comparisons to the original I would STILL NOT WATCH IT....
Actually surprised Spike Lee cast a white guy in the main role
Indeed. I thought 25th HOUR was good, actually. I've always thought that Spike was waaaaaaay too overrated, though. He got more hype than what he actually delivered in his films, IMO.
At least it looks violent. And now the poster makes more sense.
In all fairness to a remake I find completely unnecessary, I have to say, if I weren't familiar with the original movie, I'd probably be pretty stoked to see this.
But knowing the payoff with the daughter in the original, which this trailer leads me to believe will not happen in this version, I have to wonder what they'll use as an alternative in this one...'cuz that shit was pretty fucked up.
Spike Lee has always been "grumpy", he speaks his mind. A white person speaks their mind and they're called honest. A black person speaks their mind and they're called grumpy or angry. I seen him talk a couple years back at a University and he was great. I'm pretty grumpy too tho' and agree with pretty much everything he sez regarding, well, most everything. Educated black men still make some white people nervous and insecure. That's their problem.
He has enough truly great films under his belt that I will always admire him, even if he has some duds. His perspective is reality.
Slightly OT: But I only just realized Patrice O'Neil is in the 25th HOUR as the bouncer to the club. RIP.
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