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Post by stephen on Feb 8, 2024 20:09:33 GMT
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Post by wattsnew on Feb 8, 2024 20:10:11 GMT
terrible idea. the original is one of the greatest films of all time. this is going to be another disaster like his oldboy remake.
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Post by Savager on Feb 8, 2024 20:25:26 GMT
More evidence of Spike being an absolute hack.
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Post by Archie on Feb 8, 2024 20:28:46 GMT
Oldboy 2.0 incoming.
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Post by JangoB on Feb 8, 2024 20:30:15 GMT
It can be a killer role for Denzel and I'm glad they're reuniting but yeah, I wish it was for something other than a remake of such a great film. But hey, every retelling has a chance of being great too so we'll see.
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Post by pacinoyes on Feb 8, 2024 20:36:43 GMT
Ok, do me a favor - look up the talk / and many, many posts about Denzel Washington starring for PTA, McQueen, Cuaron, Scorsese, QT blah blah blah and other such bullshit.......and how you all fell for it like dumbasses and I didn't because I know Denzel like nobody else..........I've seen him more than anybody else on here so instead of calling me a hater - STFU and trust me when I talk that dude because I know of what I speak: He always has to be the show - and that's why he doesn't attract (many) auteurs That now makes Equalizer 3, reteams him with an 86 year old - possibly faltering - Ridley Scott, reteams him yet AGAIN with a straight up hack like Fuqua and reteams him with Spike Lee - is he the cop because that would be getting close to 20 cop roles if it is .......just admit it, his filmography isn't good and Spike Lee's last Asian remake was OLdboy so GTFO You all have been hoodwinked, bamboozled and I told you it so, so fncking apologize - - you can't make up filmograhy in your 70s ..........you can a little......... but only so much Plymouth Rock didn't land on me - it landed on you.......
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Post by countjohn on Feb 8, 2024 20:43:57 GMT
Errr, I can do without this. The original has aged perfectly well and is still one of the greatest, if not the greatest, straight thriller of all time. Plus Lee's track record for genre thrillers isn't the best for me.
The interesting thing about this is if Denzel is playing the businessman or not. That would be a change for him, a character where other people have him by the balls for the whole movie. Have a feeling he might be the cop though.
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Post by futuretrunks on Feb 8, 2024 20:49:30 GMT
Spike's Oldboy is better than Park Chan-wook's (I love The Handmaiden and The Little Drummer Girl, but Oldboy and Stoker are garbage). This could be quite good, Inside Man-ish.
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Post by JangoB on Feb 8, 2024 21:04:40 GMT
Spike's Oldboy is better than Park Chan-wook's
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Post by Archie on Feb 8, 2024 21:05:53 GMT
Spike's Oldboy is better than Park Chan-wook's I'm convinced it's a bit now.
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Post by JangoB on Feb 8, 2024 21:06:30 GMT
I'm convinced it's a bit now. A bit moronic's what it is.
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Post by futuretrunks on Feb 8, 2024 21:06:34 GMT
I'm convinced it's a bit now. No, I just don't think the original Oldboy is good at all.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Feb 8, 2024 21:11:26 GMT
I never understood the love for OG Oldboy either tbh...
the last Kurosawa remake Living was as good if not better than its source material (I lean towards better), but on its face this seems like a bad idea. Spike Lee ain't no Ishiguro.
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Post by DeepArcher on Feb 8, 2024 21:52:31 GMT
Soderbergh just did this last year…
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Post by SZilla on Feb 8, 2024 21:56:18 GMT
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Post by sirchuck23 on Feb 8, 2024 22:37:20 GMT
YES SIR!!!!!
My prayers have been answered. I’ve been wanting them to do another film together for the longest. Can’t believe it’s been almost 4 years since Da 5 Bloods.
Looks like Lee is writing this one himself as supposed to Oldboy which was a direct for hire. I think he’ll do something different than what Kurosawa did with the source material, especially in a modern setting. Kurosawa is a god to Lee so he wouldn’t just do a beat for beat retelling.
This must be a promising project/script to attract A24 to this, and Denzel/Spikes track record is pretty immaculate: Mo Better Blues, Malcolm X, He Got Game, and Inside Man. Denzel does some of his best work with Lee and they have an incredible shorthand. Those two pairing up always gets the benefit of the doubt from me. So stoked!
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Post by pupdurcs on Feb 8, 2024 23:09:34 GMT
Errr.... one of the greatest living American filmmakers making a film with the greatest living actor for fucking A24 and you've got a bunch of people bitching because he made one forgettable work for hire remake over a decade ago in a career filled with some of the most highly regarded films in cinema history. Do people here even like cinema? . Y'all should be jumping for joy at this news. Never mind that Lee has just come off two off the most acclaimed films of his career in Da 5 Bloods and BlackKklansman, and is still as vital, relevant and powerful a filmmaker as ever, despite his age. Nobody fucking asked Spielberg to remake West Side Story either, but we got it any way and it turned out ok. Sometimes these thing work, sometimes they don't. Lee gets the benefit of the doubt with his overall track record and recent track record. High And Low is good idea for a remake, because aside from hard-core cinephiles or Kurosawa buffs, it's simply not a film the majority of audiences are likely to have seen. Nothing is going to be spoiled if you love the original and it may actually encourage people who have never seen or heard of the original to check it out, which is a good thing. Lee has reverence for Kurosawa. I don't see him doing anything that would dishonor him As for Denzel, the GOAT sticking to his promise of working with the top shelf auteurs. Great to see him back with Lee, as they have yet to make a dud film together in their legendary partnership ( Malcolm X, Mo Better Blues, He Got Game, Inside Man).
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Post by pupdurcs on Feb 8, 2024 23:26:57 GMT
Also, I love the fact that our next Best Directing/Best Picture winner and arguably the most successful auteur of his generation in Christopher Nolan recently called Lee one of his idols. Nolan knows what's up.
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Post by pupdurcs on Feb 8, 2024 23:49:05 GMT
Ok, do me a favor - look up the talk / and many, many posts about Denzel Washington starring for PTA, McQueen, Cuaron, Scorsese, QT blah blah blah and other such bullshit.......and how you all fell for it like dumbasses and I didn't because I know Denzel like nobody else..........I've seen him more than anybody else on here so instead of calling me a hater - STFU and trust me when I talk that dude because I know of what I speak: He always has to be the show - and that's why he doesn't attract (many) auteurs That now makes Equalizer 3, reteams him with an 86 year old - possibly faltering - Ridley Scott, reteams him yet AGAIN with a straight up hack like Fuqua and reteams him with Spike Lee - is he the cop because that would be getting close to 20 cop roles if it is .......just admit it, his filmography isn't good and Spike Lee's last Asian remake was OLdboy so GTFO You all have been hoodwinked, bamboozled and I told you it so, so fncking apologize - - you can't make up filmograhy in your 70s ..........you can a little......... but only so much Plymouth Rock didn't land on me - it landed on you....... What the fuck are you even talking about? You don't have to like Spike Lee or his work , but he's objectively considered to be one of the most highly regarded auteurs alive, if not of all time. Washington working with Lee (again) and Ridley Scott (again) is completely keeping his promise to be working with highly respected auteurs like PTA, Cuaron, McQueen, Nolan ( who idolises both Lee and Scott) etc. It doesn't fucking matter if he's worked with them before. Lee and Scott are regarded as two of the best in history. You definitely give off big hater energy with Washington. Nothing new though
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Post by sirchuck23 on Feb 9, 2024 0:09:45 GMT
Ok, do me a favor - look up the talk / and many, many posts about Denzel Washington starring for PTA, McQueen, Cuaron, Scorsese, QT blah blah blah and other such bullshit.......and how you all fell for it like dumbasses and I didn't because I know Denzel like nobody else..........I've seen him more than anybody else on here so instead of calling me a hater - STFU and trust me when I talk that dude because I know of what I speak: He always has to be the show - and that's why he doesn't attract (many) auteurs That now makes Equalizer 3, reteams him with an 86 year old - possibly faltering - Ridley Scott, reteams him yet AGAIN with a straight up hack like Fuqua and reteams him with Spike Lee - is he the cop because that would be getting close to 20 cop roles if it is .......just admit it, his filmography isn't good and Spike Lee's last Asian remake was OLdboy so GTFO You all have been hoodwinked, bamboozled and I told you it so, so fncking apologize - - you can't make up filmograhy in your 70s ..........you can a little......... but only so much Plymouth Rock didn't land on me - it landed on you....... What the fuck are you even talking about? Yok don't have to like Spike Lee or his work , but he's objectively considered to be one of the most highly regarded auteurs alive, if not of all time. Washington working with Lee (again) and Ridley Scott (again) is completely keeping his promise to be working with highly respected auteurs like PTA, Cuaron, McQueen, Nolan ( who idolises both Lee and Scott) etc. It doesn't fucking matter if he's worked with them before. Lee and Scott are regarded as two of the best in history. You definitely give off big hater energy with Washington. Nothing new though I’m old enough to remember when the Denzel expert said Washington would have problems getting good roles past the magical age of 68 because that’s what happened to the 70s gods. Well…..trust this guy indeed. LOL
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Post by pacinoyes on Feb 9, 2024 0:46:36 GMT
Ok, do me a favor - look up the talk / and many, many posts about Denzel Washington starring for PTA, McQueen, Cuaron, Scorsese, QT blah blah blah and other such bullshit.......and how you all fell for it like dumbasses and I didn't because I know Denzel like nobody else..........I've seen him more than anybody else on here so instead of calling me a hater - STFU and trust me when I talk that dude because I know of what I speak: He always has to be the show - and that's why he doesn't attract (many) auteurs That now makes Equalizer 3, reteams him with an 86 year old - possibly faltering - Ridley Scott, reteams him yet AGAIN with a straight up hack like Fuqua and reteams him with Spike Lee - is he the cop because that would be getting close to 20 cop roles if it is .......just admit it, his filmography isn't good and Spike Lee's last Asian remake was OLdboy so GTFO You all have been hoodwinked, bamboozled and I told you it so, so fncking apologize - - you can't make up filmograhy in your 70s ..........you can a little......... but only so much Plymouth Rock didn't land on me - it landed on you....... * "You definitely give off big hater energy with Washington." * "Yeah, my jaw dropped when I saw that interview clip. So its PTA, Cuaron, and McQueen who he was referring to from that NYT piece. That's a hell of a lineup. It does make sense now that PTA had name dropped him in that interview he did. I wonder how long they've been talking? I wish the top auteurs were chasing him like this all the time since the 90s..lol. Better late then never I guess." - Dec 21, 2021 chuck the brown noser*Not 1 thing in this stupid post ^ has ended up being right or true irl - let me know when it does and then I'll be impressed..........
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Post by pupdurcs on Feb 9, 2024 0:46:56 GMT
Spike's Oldboy is better than Park Chan-wook's (I love The Handmaiden and The Little Drummer Girl, but Oldboy and Stoker are garbage). This could be quite good, Inside Man-ish. Yeah, I'm a huge Lee fan, but to quote on Randy Jackson from American Idol, "that's gonna be a no for me dawg" in regards to your take on Oldboy . The original is a masterpiece for me and while Lee's remake is technically ok and a watchable film, just felt completely uneccesary. It didn't add anything to the original other than make most of the characters white. That's probably the only time in Lee's career where I felt he made a movie just because he needed/wanted a payday. Agreed with you on Inside Man though. I think it's a brilliant piece of genre filmmaking and ageing like fine wine.
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Post by pupdurcs on Feb 9, 2024 0:50:48 GMT
Ok, do me a favor - look up the talk / and many, many posts about Denzel Washington starring for PTA, McQueen, Cuaron, Scorsese, QT blah blah blah and other such bullshit.......and how you all fell for it like dumbasses and I didn't because I know Denzel like nobody else..........I've seen him more than anybody else on here so instead of calling me a hater - STFU and trust me when I talk that dude because I know of what I speak: He always has to be the show - and that's why he doesn't attract (many) auteurs That now makes Equalizer 3, reteams him with an 86 year old - possibly faltering - Ridley Scott, reteams him yet AGAIN with a straight up hack like Fuqua and reteams him with Spike Lee - is he the cop because that would be getting close to 20 cop roles if it is .......just admit it, his filmography isn't good and Spike Lee's last Asian remake was OLdboy so GTFO You all have been hoodwinked, bamboozled and I told you it so, so fncking apologize - - you can't make up filmograhy in your 70s ..........you can a little......... but only so much Plymouth Rock didn't land on me - it landed on you....... * "You definitely give off big hater energy with Washington." * "Yeah, my jaw dropped when I saw that interview clip. So its PTA, Cuaron, and McQueen who he was referring to from that NYT piece. That's a hell of a lineup. It does make sense now that PTA had name dropped him in that interview he did. I wonder how long they've been talking? I wish the top auteurs were chasing him like this all the time since the 90s..lol. Better late then never I guess." - Dec 21, 2021 chuck the brown noser*Not 1 thing in this stupid post ^ has ended up being right or true irl - let me know when it does and then I'll be impressed.......... Stop deflecting. You are still full of shit on this. Lee and Scott more than fit the criteria of major, acclaimed auteurs that Washington was talking about working with. What you get out of trying to pretend they don't "count" is self-evident.
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Post by futuretrunks on Feb 9, 2024 0:52:06 GMT
Getting projects off the ground takes time. I think this movie PTA is shooting now was in the works with Leo as far back as 2019 or so, as well as another Inarritu film that hasn't been made yet. Denzel could still very well work with Cuaron/PTA/etc. in 2025/2026/2027.
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Post by pupdurcs on Feb 9, 2024 0:54:19 GMT
Getting projects off the ground takes time. I think this movie PTA is shooting now was in the works with Leo as far back as 2019 or so, as well as another Inarritu film that hasn't been made yet. Denzel could still very well work with Cuaron/PTA/etc. in 2025/2026/2027. He knows that dude. Bagging on Denzel ( whom he's correctly identified as the biggest threat to his beloved 1970's "GOATs" in esteem) is just his schtick now, so he's not going to give it up now . As "placholders" for eventual potential projects with the likes of PTA, Cuaron etc, Spike Lee and Ridley Scott are incredibly impressive. Anyone who claims otherwise can't be taken seriously, imho.
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