Thread: Spielberg and Smith eye Oldboy remake...
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Old 11-09-2008, 06:09 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by ct2k View Post
This will probably be competent but not remotely like the original or worth seeing at all. The violence will be dramatically toned down and replaced in many parts with 'action', also the final plot twist will almost certainly not be included, or the ambiguity will be discarded in favour of a happy ending leaving the viewer with no reason to ever think about the film again.

They're the first things that come to mind, not actually watched Oldboy in a while so I'll need to again before I can decide what else will be changed or reworked in order to make it acceptable for US audiences.
Yep.
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