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Its more of a bastardized version of The Running Man (which she does say she got the idea from) and Battle Royale
Oldboy (2013) has an interesting cast
Its more of a bastardized version of The Running Man (which she does say she got the idea from) and Battle Royale
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I thought the original Korean version was a damn good flick. Although its not quite a movie I'm pressed to see periodically, I do highly recommend seeing it at least once.
From the trailer it looks like Spike is keeping it as close to the Korean version as possible.
Kinda find it interesting that Tarantino was a big fan of the original and here Spike is doing an American remake (it would've been hilarious if Jamie Foxx was Oh Dae Su)
well originally it was speculated that Will smith was supposed to be the main character. But Will isnt the kind of actor to step too far out of his lane and try something like that. Same way he turned down Django
Will Smith was attached to this film when Steven Spielberg was mentioned as the possible director (2008?) but dropped out after Spielberg never came through.
When Spike was tapped to helm the film, Christian Bale was originally going to do it but backed out & it fell to Brolin.
Some folks don't like the misses Spike Lee has put out there but his hits are great. Do The Right Thing & Malcolm X notwithstanding, Lee has also proven himself with films like The 25th Hour & Inside Man.
I'm really looking forward to seeing this.
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will watch. just saw the OG version a couple weeks ago for the first time.
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Been a minute since this thread was bumped. The premiere was on Monday. Tried getting tickets by signing up for the 40 Acres e-mail list but didn't win. Surprised that nothing has been written regarding impressions.
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im thinking hollywood mad at him for his kickstarter campaign
i havent seen any promotion since he did that
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^ Could be
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Well it's out. It's currently sitting at 44% on RT (Rotten). Anyone see it?
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is this movie really gruesome?
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How's the movie?
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It's a big steaming pile of poo. Save yourself the money and pretend the original is the only version.
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^ I figured. The original was REALLY good. Don't really think a re-make was necessary.
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I had hopes it would be decent since it's starring Brolin.
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Any more reviews?? Stick a fork in spike if this a dud, he haven't made a good movie since the early 90s
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I thought it was ok. Brolin did a good job. They made some slight changes for reasoning, which to me threw it off. Of course it couldn't be as violent with the original with the MPAA.
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I think Lee has been officially black balled in Hollywood
no type of promotion for this movie at all
the only time I saw anyone speaking of it as far as TV
was when he was with Oprah when he was speaking
on how him and Tyler perry made peace
and him and Sam Jackson are cool again
out of all the theaters in my city only three are showing this movie
more so i want to know where all the Spike Lee fans
are that was defending him and his views on Django
where yall at now fam
no type of promotion for this movie at all
the only time I saw anyone speaking of it as far as TV
was when he was with Oprah when he was speaking
on how him and Tyler perry made peace
and him and Sam Jackson are cool again
out of all the theaters in my city only three are showing this movie
more so i want to know where all the Spike Lee fans
are that was defending him and his views on Django
where yall at now fam
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Im still going to heck it out im just kinda disappointed
on the release not being that big
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I think Lee has been officially black balled in Hollywood
no type of promotion for this movie at all
the only time I saw anyone speaking of it as far as TV
was when he was with Oprah when he was speaking
on how him and Tyler perry made peace
and him and Sam Jackson are cool again
out of all the theaters in my city only three are showing this movie
more so i want to know where all the Spike Lee fans
are that was defending him and his views on Django
where yall at now fam
What does Spike and Django have to do with this?
He also complimented 12 Years and said it was the best movie of the year and how OUR story should have been told. Which I totally agree with.
This movie was never supposed to be a big budget movie. It's based around rape and violence.
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damn didn't even know the movie was out
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what does 12 years a slave have to do with this
anyway I still think that dude as a director is getting black balled
and has no backing in Hollywood
and just because of the content of the films doesn't mean a damn
thing i seen movies with more ****** up story lines get more promotion then this film
and back to what you asked the reason why I even said Django was because
when Lee made comments about the film it was plenty of people in that thread defending lee i simply asked where are those
same dudes at now since Lee has a new film out
dont understand where your confusion comes from but whatever (shoulder shrug)
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my point exactly
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Well was the twist still there at the end?
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this lousy comment ruined the OG for me 
