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Steven Spielberg wants to remake Oldboy.
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:17 pm
by Bomby
Spielberg and Will Smith May Redo Bloody Oldboy | The Underwire from Wired.com
Many of you probably know by now how I feel about remaking movies that are only a few years old simply for the fact that some people are too lazy to read subtitles. Though I also tend to hate it when people overly praise movies that are less than ten years old, I honestly believe that the original Korean version of
Oldboy is a modern classic and years from now will be remembered as one of the greatest films of all time.
Still, even if a remake of
Oldboy in America is inevitable, I'm pretty sure that the only director suited for the job is David Fincher (
Seven,
Fight Club).
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:18 pm
by Valigarmander
Here's hoping we can make a good remake of an Eastern film for once in a long while.
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:22 pm
by Bomby
The Departed was good, but that's because Scorsese was the right kind of director suited for the film. Spielberg just isn't right for Oldboy.
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:34 am
by Deepfake
Fincher is awesome IMO, I'd love to see his take on Oldboy.
After Spielburg maimed Kubrick's A.I., I can whole-heartedly agree he's not to be trusted with anyone else's films.
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 7:43 pm
by Calamity Panfan
Goddammit who keeps letting steven spielberg use the movie camera
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:55 am
by Deepfake
I loled
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 1:36 pm
by Bomby
Steven Spielberg is actually a very talented director when he wants to be.* But he's not right for Oldboy.
* = emphasis on "when he wants to be"
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 6:43 pm
by Sean P Kelly
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 7:52 pm
by Bomby
So was Park Chan-Wook's.
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:30 pm
by Rainbow Dash
Why do they insist on calling them graphic novels anyway
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:32 pm
by Bomby
Because they're much longer and usually more involving than the 99 cent serials from Marvel, DC, etc. Also, they have an end in sight.
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 9:20 pm
by Sean P Kelly
In a nutshell:
- Comic Book - The magazine-style volumes you get at any corner store
- Graphic Novel - A complete comic story bound together and usually found in bookstores or comic book speciality shops
BTW, there have been Graphic Novels released that complete entire series of Marvel and DC comics (one of the most well known I could think of is the "Maximum Carnage" storyline for Spider-Man)
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 4:25 pm
by Bomby
Yeah, I didn't mean to knock Marvel and DC, because they definitely have produced longer and more complicated works than the 99 cent serials that I was associating them with.