While not generally included in lists of comics book movies, OLDBOY most certainly is one — the tale of twisted vengeance is based on a manga by Nobuaki Minegishi and Garon Tsuchiya (published in the US by Dark Horse.) Turned into an acclaimed film by South Korean director Chan-wook Park in 2003, it won the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes in 2004.
Now Spike Lee will take a shot at making an American version to match the first filmed version. he’s signed to direct the remake, his first film in three years, from a script by Mark Protosevich.
Steven Spielberg and Will Smith were once attached to the film, but no longer.
OLDBOY involves a man who wakes up in a room where is confined for months15 years. When he learns of his family’s death via the TV in the room, he plans an escape and a grisly vengeance on those who imprisoned him.
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Unnecessary, right? Keep to the original.
Months?
Try 15-YEARS!
Dean:
Yeek! I have never been allowed to watch the original hence my error.
Sweet! Hopefully this movie will
1) get made
2) be good
and
3) inspire people to pick up the original manga.
The original movie has the biggest plot twist I’ve ever seen. It’s one of my absolute favorite movies ever. There is *NO* way an American remake can do what the Korean version did.
Why remake a 5 star movie? It’s one of the top 3 Korean revenge films ever (I Saw the Devil and Sympathy for Mr Vengeance are the others)
I always thought if Spike Lee would make a comics movie it would be the Black Panther.
Mo’ vengeance, mo’ bloodshed?
So like that shuttered ‘American Akira’, the Koreans/Japanese of the originals are gonna be NuYawkers??
Oh boy.
I’ll be looking forward to this, then. Should be intriguing and controversial, two of Mr. Lee’s specialties.
Wait, what? You’ve never been allowed to watch it? What are you? 14? Mormon? A man baby that still gets his food cut up for him?
Will he keep the see-it-coming-from-the-first-reel incest?
Ugly unpleasant cock tease of a movie that was. Revenge fantasy without the revenge. Beh.
I dunno. I kinda want to see Denzel Washington eat a live squid.
“Revenge fantasy without the revenge.”
How do you figure that?
I look forward to the Japanese remake of Do The Right Thing. I’m sure it will encourage people in Japan to see the original film.
How do I figure it? The complete failure of him to get his revenge, probably.
Why is no one commenting about how Spike Lee is going to ruin an amazing movie?
“How do I figure it? The complete failure of him to get his revenge, probably.”
Who? There were two characters out for revenge, you’ll recall. One did get revenge. The other…sort of.
Cutting your own tongue off so your sister fucker torturer won’t tell your daughter she unknowingly fucked her dad the other day, and then having your torturer walk into an elevator and blowing his own brains out while you lay there like a sack of shit = Not succeeding in getting revenge.
*Spoilers*
As you can tell, I disliked this movie.
So that gives you the right to spoil it for everyone? Pretentious little jerk.
“There is *NO* way an American remake can do what the Korean version did.”
Couldn’t agree more. Why bother even trying to remake this movie? F’n Hollywood…