Oldboy remake (and remakes in general).

[Quixotic Faye]

You know how no one will ever do a remake of Gone with the Wind because it's such a perfect movie, nothing could ever do it justice?

Oldboy is kind of like that. A perfect movie to which no remake will ever do justice. But of course, being a film from Asia, it's going to get an American makeover, and we're going to get one in the form of Steven Spielberg and Will Smith. And I can't help but think the plot's going to be entirely eviscerated in favor of subject matter that doesn't creep out Americans as much as the original material would. (Trying to be spoiler-free here.) Although, I do agree with the article in that I think Fincher would be a better director for this instead of Spielberg.

So to anyone who's seen this film, what do you think?

And, what do you think about remakes in general? I'm not a big fan, though I try to give them a chance before passing judgment, Oldboy notwithstanding.  

[xTx Monty xTx]

THE MOVIE WILL GET KILLED
Stab and raped by a black and white person
(just my thought of what the outcome be)
Oldboy can never be remade since the fact
that the movie ******** up yet catches my idea of a movie
sorry but steven gonna not stick the point and will smith is going to
kill the main character role to where ill never watch his movie again
even if they are Oscar Material  

[Post Coital Cookie]

I love Will Smith, but I'm not a fan of remakes. If I watch a movie, love it and then find out it's a remake, it kinda kills it for me. I don't think I've seen one that ever the does the original justice.  

[GilAskan]

Raging_Blazing_Fire7

If I watch a movie, love it and then find out it's a remake, it kinda kills it for me.

That's a bit shallow, isn't it? Changing your opinion about the final product of a film due to the circumstances of it's creation?

Raging_Blazing_Fire7

I don't think I've seen one that ever the does the original justice.

Remakes which are better than the original-

- Lord of the Rings
- The Toolbox Murders
- The Hills Have Eyes
- Ocean's Eleven
- The Blob
- The Manchurian Candidate
- Dracula (1992)
- Red Dragon
- The Departed
- The Thing
- Hunchback of Notre Dame
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- The Fly
- The Bourne Identity (yes, a remake of a television series of the same name, both loosely based on a book of the same name)
- 3:10 to Yuma
- Ben-Hur
- Cape Fear

Just off the top of my head, and just remakes that are BETTER than the original. I'd be listing dozens (if not, over a hundred) if I was listing GOOD remakes, even if worse than the original.  

[The Dark Archer]

Raging_Blazing_Fire7

I love Will Smith, but I'm not a fan of remakes. If I watch a movie, love it and then find out it's a remake, it kinda kills it for me. I don't think I've seen one that ever the does the original justice.

I had pretty much the same thing to say! ;3  

[RedWhiteBlack]

I don't really see a problem with remakes as long as the remake brings something new to the story, and isn't a selfish cash grab.

If I think a movie is good, I don't care if it's a remake. To debase a movie just because it's a remake is a little shallow and a little fanboy/girl-ish.  

[xTx Monty xTx]

GilAskan

Raging_Blazing_Fire7

If I watch a movie, love it and then find out it's a remake, it kinda kills it for me.

That's a bit shallow, isn't it? Changing your opinion about the final product of a film due to the circumstances of it's creation?

Raging_Blazing_Fire7

I don't think I've seen one that ever the does the original justice.

Remakes which are better than the original-

- Lord of the Rings
- The Toolbox Murders
- The Hills Have Eyes
- Ocean's Eleven
- The Blob
- The Manchurian Candidate
- Dracula (1992)
- Red Dragon
- The Departed
- The Thing
- Hunchback of Notre Dame
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- The Fly
- The Bourne Identity (yes, a remake of a television series of the same name, both loosely based on a book of the same name)
- 3:10 to Yuma
- Ben-Hur
- Cape Fear

Just off the top of my head, and just remakes that are BETTER than the original. I'd be listing dozens (if not, over a hundred) if I was listing GOOD remakes, even if worse than the original.

yea but tell me have you seen oldboy
cause if you have then you know They can't do that s**t
and if you haven't then you need to watch it
and you will know that it can't be remade  

[GilAskan]

xTx Monty xTx

yea but tell me have you seen oldboy
cause if you have then you know They can't do that s**t
and if you haven't then you need to watch it
and you will know that it can't be remade

I saw it twice in theaters and I own the DVD. It's one of my top 25 favorite movies.

It CAN be remade.  

[xTx Monty xTx]

you think america will have the balls to put in will smith as a person having sex with daughter sorry but their seriously going to kill the film
and ruin it
so it CAN'T be remade they could try but it won't succeed  

[Quixotic Faye]

No, I agree with GilAskan that it can be remade, I'd just rather it not. It's just weird with Spielberg at the helm and Will Smith as the star, especially since Smith is known for his rather family friendly fare (I take that back, he's more of a heroic figure).

I'd rather see David Fincher and Gary Oldman try to do this, honestly.

And that list reminds me, I still need to see Infernal Affairs. ninja  

[GilAskan]

xTx Monty xTx

you think america will have the balls to put in will smith as a person having sex with daughter

Yes, I do think America will have the balls to do it. I think Spielberg will do it for art's sake, I think Smith wants to get serious Oscar contention, and I think the only people who would remake this film are people who like it enough to remake it accurately.  

[xTx Monty xTx]

fine then i just think they can't go original and come with their own idea so they take one that have already been made and Will smith i hope he feels bad about himself and Spielberg wouldn't be able to handle the movie  

[GilAskan]

xTx Monty xTx

fine then i just think they can't go original and come with their own idea so they take one that have already been made

You do know that the original film is based on a comic, right? So I suppose the original movie isn't original either, and the director wasn't creative enough to come up with his own idea so he just took one from a comic.

xTx Monty xTx

and Will smith i hope he feels bad about himself

Why? And if he does, why wouldn't the actor who played Oh Dae-Su in the original?

xTx Monty xTx

and Spielberg wouldn't be able to handle the movie

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500 years from now, Spielberg will probably be looked back upon as the Shakespeare of film.  

[xTx Monty xTx]

yea i knew that it was made from comic
but i just can't see a movie like that
with such a good art work in it
be killed by an American director and
will smith it should be left to how it was
with no remake beside it only 5 years old  

[Quixotic Faye]

Speaking of remakes of Korean movies, The Host is also getting a makeover. Which is kind of LOLworthy, since it's got some anti-American sentiment running through it. They'll probably change it to a corrupt company causing pollution.