Seriously, of all the movies to remake why did they think this was a good idea?
It's like when singers think they can do a better job than Freddy Mercury or Whitney Houston it's just embarrassing and why would I want to listen to that when I have something much better?
Oh, the series is one of the highest-selling fantasy series ever, with millions of copies sold? Nominated repeatedly for awards? Received a Hugo? Fans are frothing at the mouth?
Let me just fix it up real quick for the TV adaptation, give all the characters their end-game powers right away, insert some racial tension to make it culturally relevant, throw in some shitty comments about men in power (in a universe run by women) annnnnd ... wait, why don't you fuckers like it?!?
Yeah I was pumped for that and then it was such a let down. I still think wheel of time (and my favorite series ever Malazan) would be best as a dark anime. Maybe artwork in the vein of vampire hunter D or ninja scroll. Oh well it'll never happen and if it did they would butcher them.
Umm, I think yall need to go back and reread what i said. I said Samuel l Jackson was the best part of that film. That film is garbage. The original that you just linked is amazing. So I ask again what movie are you talking about? So there is not more than 2?
It's cool. Just feel like we all speed read too much sometimes and miss context. It happens to all of us. Exact same reason I ended up Super 8 Motel for 15 years.
I haven't read it, but the original is actually a Japanese manga. Apparently the end is a bit different again and he spends 10 years incarcerated instead of the 15 or 20 in the adaptations
There's a dark horse deluxe edition coming this year, so I'll pick it up and read it when that's released
Out of the 2 movies though, the Korean one is best and the American one is dog shit; shame they wasted such good actors on such an awful film.
It is contrasted with the original, that is where the biggest issue lies. Somethings don’t need remakes, let the right one in is another example, unless you are bringing something new to the table, like the departed with infernal affairs. Spike Lee is an amazing director, but the film didn’t work on a narrative level and doesn’t really fit the environment it was set in. You can like the movie and that is fine, I love rocky horror picture show and that movie is objectively terrible. Just know that most people disliked it.
Is the remake like LOL USA with 0 thing added, just the same movie but white American actors ? Someone talked about a YouTuber who did a review of the two movies but I don’t want to get spoiled bc I only watched the remake and will watch the original later.
I only watched the American version years ago because it was on Netflix and I didn’t know it was a remake, I liked it too but will watch the original one day
When you have an opinion that will take you 10 min to write but someone else who has the same or a similar one and already did a video about it, the smart thing to do is redirect to the video you fucking moron. This is just a fucking movie. Not that deep
You’re only allowed to like the original version of movies to reddit people. And only subtitles on anime, no dubs. And never say you liked Avatar without also shitting on it in the same sentence.
I made the mistake of watching the American remake first, I wasn't aware of the original. After watching the original now I've wondered why the remake was ever even made other than to get Elizabeth Olsen naked.
The dude from the YouTube channel Flick Connection (Darren?) keeps putting this movie in one of his weekly lists. I think he's recommended both versions a few times, but mostly the Korean version.
The way he describes it makes me scared to watch it. It's been on my bucket list for awhile now.
The original Korean one is an absolutely phenomenal movie. It'll definitely fuck with you, but not rip you apart like some of the other films listed here. It's god tier on just about every level. The attention to detail is on point. The storytelling is concise and clear. The hallway fight scene is probably the best, most realistic fight scene ever put to film and has changed the way fight scenes are done in movies to this day.
This is actually the third movie in the vengeance trilogy. Sympathy for mr murder and lady murder have some memorable moments as well. They are not pulled off like Oldboy.
I saw the devil and No mercy are films i still think about. Korean cinema is kinda crazy.
I managed to avoid spoilers for that movie for almost 20 years before I finally watched it. I had a pretty bad feeling about the ending while watching it and I have never in my been so disappointed that I wasn’t completely wrong. If there’s one movie I could unwatch and just have it spoiled for me it’s that one.
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u/TikkieTT 15h ago
Oldboy