1. "Oldboy remake that would have starred Will Smith"

I can't think of anything worse.

Posted at 10:41AM on Nov 10th 2009 by Parl

2. Awesome! This is great news. There is just no need for Oldboy to be remade. The original is perfect and a remake would just taint it.

Posted at 12:49PM on Nov 10th 2009 by Creep

3. I really don't get all the Will Smith hate. Yes the guy is one of the shittiest rappers ever, but he's also one of the best actors of this generation. If not him for Oh Dae-su, who else? Exactly....

Posted at 10:51AM on Nov 10th 2009 by Adam

4. I have no hate for Will himself or most of his roles, although Seven Pounds was one of the worst movies I've ever had the misfortune of sitting through. Overall, I had a problem with the casting of him in the lead in this particular project and the general idea of a remake.

Posted at 10:58AM on Nov 10th 2009 by Jenni Miller

5. Every time I hear that casting, I laugh.

Posted at 10:53AM on Nov 10th 2009 by ML

6. "it's still insulting to assume that American audiences are somehow not smart enough to find these movies on our own. Or, gasp, read subtitles! Oh, the horror."

Its a fact that most people hate reading subtitles in a movie. Sure people could "find" the original foreign movie, but they wouldn't want to watch it because they would need to read during the movie. Not saying everyone. But like 90% the target market is like that.

Posted at 11:03AM on Nov 10th 2009 by Nickel

7. While most remakes do suck pretty hard, "The Departed" showed that a movie can be remade for American audiences while managing to be a quality film. I love "Infernal Affairs", I watch it all the time, and I honestly can't say that it's better or worse than "The Departed". I also love "Oldboy", and one of the reasons I love "Oldboy" is the incredible visual work. If anyone were capable of bringing that type of visuals it's the guy who brought us "Close Encounters". Since he's no longer involved, I have trouble looking forward to this. The one good sign is that Oh Dae-Su is one intense mother and I can't wait to see Will Smith capture that intensity.

Posted at 11:24AM on Nov 10th 2009 by Adam

8. loads of foreign films had been remade for the American audience heres a list of well knwon films that been remade i.e. Scent of a Woman and True Lies

http://www.listology.com/list/feature-films-based-films-foreign-language

Posted at 6:16PM on Nov 11th 2009 by lee

9. Adam, I have to disagree with you. "Infernal Affairs" was a much better movie. I felt "The Departed" over simplified the characters and I hated the American ending. Not to mention Tony Leung is a better actor then Leonardo DiCaprio.

It's funny, I often site this example as reason foreign movies don't need to be remade. But in truth, American audiences would rather things spelled out and questions answered before the lights go up. And so maybe Asian movies do need to be translated.

Posted at 2:42PM on Nov 10th 2009 by Harless?

10. nothing against the Fresh Prince, but i'd rather have seen Guy Pearce or Gary Oldman in this.

Posted at 12:18PM on Nov 10th 2009 by justin

11. They would have most certainly change certain details of the story also. No spoilers here but it is quite disturbing. It is, however, one of my favorite movies of all time.

Posted at 2:00PM on Nov 10th 2009 by Donnie

12. "Or, gasp, read subtitles! Oh, the horror"


I despise subtitles. Reading text on the bottom of the screen makes it very hard for me to get into the movie. Plus I want to hear the emotion in people's voices, 90% of the time when I listen to people in other languages I just hear varying levels of volume instead of actual emotion. Especially when it's Japanese.

Posted at 2:24PM on Nov 10th 2009 by Cyhort