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poddubny
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Lin Helming Universal's Oldboy
Source: Variety Tuesday, August 3, 2004
Helmer Justin Lin (Better Luck Tomorrow) and a team of writers have climbed aboard Universal Pictures' remake of the South Korean film Oldboy, reports Variety. Lin will adapt the film with "Tomorrow" co-writers Ernesto Foronda and Fabian Marquez.
Directed by Park Chan-wook, the original follows a man in his mid-30s who has been kidnapped by unknown captors and held in a room for years. On the 15th anniversary of his capture, he's knocked out and awakens in the middle of a city.
The plot centers on his search to find out who kidnapped him, who's killed his family while he was away, and why.
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
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| Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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| poddubny wrote: |
Lin Helming Universal's Oldboy
Source: Variety Tuesday, August 3, 2004
Helmer Justin Lin (Better Luck Tomorrow) |
Who?
Sparkles*_* |
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poddubny
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| Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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Justin Lin's the guy who made 'Better Luck Tomorrow' http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0280477 about a group of Asian-American HS students in Los Angeles who are bored with their lives and start doing shady shizzle. I saw the movie a while back. It was just okay. Nothing about the film really intrigued me though.
I don't think Lin would do OldBoy justice. To tell you the truth, I don't think anyone but Park could do OldBoy justice. In fact, why the f*ck are they remaking this masterpiece for?!? Hollywood's watered-down version won't even come close to being as graphic and disturbing as the original... |
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poddubny
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| Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:47 am Post subject: |
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*****************SPOILERS*****************
1) The symbolism of the squid scene is totally lost on me. Could someone please explain?
2) If, as was suggested earlier, Woojin looked younger b/c he was living in the past (highschool days), then wouldn't he have looked ALOT younger? ie. closer to his highschool self and not like the 20-something dude? I'm not buying that theory. Don't know what to make of the age difference between Daesu and Woojin.
3) Did anyone else notice in the HS flashback scene where Daesu writes on the blackboard: "Goodbye 3rd grade class..."? 3rd grade?!? He looked pretty old to me. |
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just because
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| Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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| poddubny wrote: |
| 3) Did anyone else notice in the HS flashback scene where Daesu writes on the blackboard: "Goodbye 3rd grade class..."? 3rd grade?!? He looked pretty old to me. |
It was good-bye third grade of HIGH SCHOOL.
And yes...I finally watched it.
What an ending hey. |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
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| Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 2:11 am Post subject: |
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| poddubny wrote: |
1) The symbolism of the squid scene is totally lost on me. Could someone please explain? |
I think it nicely shows Daesu's want for revenge. It harkens back to his line about how "nobody will find you, because I will chew every bit down" (poorly translated from the Korean, but I got the jist).
Sparkles*_* |
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poddubny
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| Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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| just saw 'sympathy for mr. vengeance' and i must say that movie is ALOT more graphic than oldboy. so much blood and it made me cringe just to watch some of the scenes - especially the feet under water scene. shudders |
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poddubny
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| Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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| just because wrote: |
| It was good-bye third grade of HIGH SCHOOL. |
ahhh...i see now  |
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poddubny
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| Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote: |
I think it nicely shows Daesu's want for revenge. It harkens back to his line about how "nobody will find you, because I will chew every bit down" (poorly translated from the Korean, but I got the jist).
Sparkles*_* |
i get ya. i didn't really make that connection when i saw it but now it makes sense.
out of curiousity, who else can't look at calamari the same anymore? |
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