I'm not one to judge before I've seen... However, Oldboy doesn't need a remake IMO and I seriously doubt Spikes version will live up to the original. If it does, well awesome!
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Watched the remake this morning.
First off, nothing's going to top the original. But goddam if this wasn't a really fine piece of work. It was missing a lot of the trademark Lee moments (maybe that's why I dug it so much) and definitely dropped some of the more culturally unique aspects of the Korean film. But Brolin was excellent, Samuel L. Jackson was great....there were great performances all around. I really thought that Lee was going to tone down the reveal at the end, but I'd say he actually amped it up a bit.
Anyway, there's still the original, and it was probably an unnecessary remake, but I thought it was worth seeing, for sure.
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Originally posted by Mark Tolch View PostWatched the remake this morning.
First off, nothing's going to top the original. But goddam if this wasn't a really fine piece of work. It was missing a lot of the trademark Lee moments (maybe that's why I dug it so much) and definitely dropped some of the more culturally unique aspects of the Korean film. But Brolin was excellent, Samuel L. Jackson was great....there were great performances all around. I really thought that Lee was going to tone down the reveal at the end, but I'd say he actually amped it up a bit.
Anyway, there's still the original, and it was probably an unnecessary remake, but I thought it was worth seeing, for sure.
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