An advertising executive is kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. When he is inexplicably released, he embarks on an obsessive mission to discover who orchestrated his punishment, only to find he is still trapped in a web of conspiracy and torment.
Re: Oldboy (11-27-13)
Posted: Wed November 27, 2013 9:32 pm
by red calzolaio
Reviews coming in.
I'll wait until it hits Netflix streaming.
Re: Oldboy (11-27-13)
Posted: Wed November 27, 2013 10:28 pm
by Dev
just watched the original. wow.
Re: Oldboy (11-27-13)
Posted: Wed November 27, 2013 10:43 pm
by Jorge
Yeah, the original is something else. This remake looks pretty fucking pointless.
Re: Oldboy (11-27-13)
Posted: Wed November 27, 2013 11:19 pm
by Harry Lime
I have yet to see the original, and I will not touch this one until I have.
Re: Oldboy (11-27-13)
Posted: Thu November 28, 2013 12:07 am
by Dev
watch it tonight lime and get back to us
Re: Oldboy (11-27-13)
Posted: Thu November 28, 2013 12:47 am
by red calzolaio
Dev wrote:just watched the original. wow.
Hehe! Yea!
Re: Oldboy (11-27-13)
Posted: Thu November 28, 2013 12:50 am
by red calzolaio
theplatypus wrote:Yeah, the original is something else. This remake looks pretty fucking pointless.
'Pointless' and 'unnecessary' are popping up in a lot of these reviews.
I think I'm going to revisit the original tonight. Been awhile.
Re: Oldboy (11-27-13)
Posted: Thu November 28, 2013 12:53 pm
by bart
Spike Lee movies are usually either good or (more often) bad in a weird enough way that they're at least interesting.
Re: Oldboy (11-27-13)
Posted: Thu November 28, 2013 12:53 pm
by bart
*joints
Re: Oldboy (11-27-13)
Posted: Thu November 28, 2013 3:39 pm
by Bob Loblaw
I refuse to watch this when there's no way to improve upon the original.
Re: Oldboy (11-27-13)
Posted: Fri November 29, 2013 4:18 am
by Harry Lime
Dev wrote:watch it tonight lime and get back to us
I still have not watched it.
Re: Oldboy (11-27-13)
Posted: Fri November 29, 2013 6:54 pm
by harmless
Bob Loblaw wrote:I refuse to watch this when there's no way to improve upon the original.
