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    Oldboy (2013)

    Whats this shit? Elisabeth Olsen?!
    anybody seen this? budget 30mil, takings like 2mil lol.

    I thought will smith was doing the remake...
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1321511/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_7

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    Don't even know why they tried to remake it. Hollywood always Fckn shit up.

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    The wife and I watched it last week and actually enjoyed it. I always liked Josh Brolin ever since he played "W".

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    yeh im watching him in best laid plans right now, just looked at his imdb, and oldboy..

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    Quote Originally Posted by onemoregoal View Post
    yeh im watching him in best laid plans right now, just looked at his imdb, and oldboy..
    Have you watched it yet? It is actually worth watching on Netflix.

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    yeah ill watch in in a while..... just never heard of it, was supposed to a big deal...

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    Quote Originally Posted by onemoregoal View Post
    yeah ill watch in in a while..... just never heard of it, was supposed to a big deal...
    You will enjoy it. Let me me know what you think about it.

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    how true did it stay to the original? most certainly not going to waste my time watching, just wanted to know how they could even attempt to remake a movie that has no equal translation on a cultural level. we're americans. they're south koreans. completely different structures, values, social...

    but gosh darn that original was fukkin good. need to get back to that. haven't seen much in years, i'm talking Attack the Gas Station might be the last one i saw...its been years.

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    the original 1 of the best films I have ever seen. The whole movie is a roller coaster of action with 1 plot twist after another. As far as the remake I haven't seen it.

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    what was the name of the original film?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TonyTall View Post
    what was the name of the original film?
    The remake was pretty damn good, I would also like to know the original myself.

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    The original was great but probably a little too crazy for most western audiences (as is the case wid most asian films lol) how much did they change?

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    Quote Originally Posted by statnerds View Post
    how true did it stay to the original? most certainly not going to waste my time watching, just wanted to know how they could even attempt to remake a movie that has no equal translation on a cultural level. we're americans. they're south koreans. completely different structures, values, social...

    but gosh darn that original was fukkin good. need to get back to that. haven't seen much in years, i'm talking Attack the Gas Station might be the last one i saw...its been years.
    The original source is actually a Japanese Manga which differs from the film. Although I wouldn't want to touch it there was a chance to produce something different. However, Spike Lee is a hack. How long has it been since Do The Right Thing?

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    The original was also called Oldboy (2003)

    Korean movies generally have good storylines... here's a few I would recommend:

    New World (2013)
    Bedevilled (2010)
    Miracle In Cell No.7 (2013)

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    Quote Originally Posted by AchillesTG View Post
    The wife and I watched it last week and actually enjoyed it. I always liked Josh Brolin ever since he played "W".
    He was good in No Country for Old Men. Funny DUBYA impersonation though.

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    I only know the original film and it was pretty great. The other two from the Vengeance-trilogy are great as well. Highly recommended.

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    Great ending to the film, made it worth it for some of the nonsense fighting.

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    its okay kind of cheesey but if you have Netflix and you aren't watching Tombstone just because of a slim val kilmer acting his ass off i'm not sure what you're doing with your life. Watched that shit twice last night after the pirates game ....Twice.

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