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| Excellent movie, A definitely MUST SEE (by margusmikitski) |
| First of all I have to say I have not seen the original movie and i was not that familiar with the plot itself.The movie was excellent not to say superb, i think the story itself is one of the most original ones. A man is imprisoned by "someone" for 20 years and then let go for reasons unknown. The imprisoned now will want revenge and wants to find out who and why did this.The plot itself 10/10. Acting is good, but I would have wanted to see more of the charecteristics and motives explained.This is definitely a MUST WATCH movie for everybody who has not seen the original. I can not <more> |
| Great movie (by survivingdating) |
| This movie was suspenseful with many unexpected twists and turns in the plot that kept my rapt attention. The ending was to me a surprise. Loved seeing Samuel L. Jackson in it as well as Josh Brolin - two of my favorite actors. To me the movie was strange, different, disturbing, chilling, and nothing I've ever seen before. Just enough violence and romantic tension to keep things interesting. Though I saw a couple of people who reviewed the movie talking about a "remake" if you've never seen whatever the original is and don't know anything about it, then you're seeing <more> |
| Entertaining,shocking one to watch (by cahillkaren) |
| OK to start of whats with the awful comments about this movie judge this movie by itself try not compare.I've Never seen the original gave this a chance after some terrible reviews..glad i gave it a go great fight scene great story kept me wondering till the end give it a go you wont be disappointedI also just created this account just to review this movie and actually on valentines night with my boyfriend and he also loved it.so if your a fan of the original by majority of comments here you should skip it.if you have an open mind and enjoy violence give this a view. Only spike lee movie <more> |
| Love it or Hate it, It's a surprisingly good remake! (by johnvonmacz) |
| After I saw the movie "I Saw The Devil", I checked out right away who directed it at IMDb. I saw it's Park Chan Wook and while I scroll down to his filmography I came across the movie "Oldboy" and heard that it's one of the best twist ending of all time. I'm a fan of twist endings and check out the movie. I thought it was a good movie. Not great but good. Now 13 years after the original, Spike Lee Directed the remake of this movie. Lot's of people who love the Original started to bash it and said why remake? Well, as a movie buff, I actually find it <more> |
| 5.3? Really? (by 851222) |
| Greetings from Lithuania.I cannot understand how this great film has got such a low rating here on IMDb. Believe me - this rating has got nothing to do with this film itself. I would guess that this rating reflects many people reaction to the director, not the movie i think you know what i mean . "Oldboy" 2013 is great film, i have to admit i liked it ever more than the original. Yes, it's that good. Acting by all involved was really great, writing, cinematography were also very solid, and the ending was so unexpected to say at least - i saw the original in 2004 so i remembered <more> |
| Don't listen to the Spike Lee haters with Crappy Reviews, This movie was worth the Watch!!! (by curleyac) |
| First, I must admit that I usually read 3/4 s of movie reviews on the IMDb site prior to watching a new movie on ITunes and/or new DVD. I dropped the ball on the Old Boy remake. I saw the original and must say it was really intense and GRUESOME. I was in awe of the acting and amazed how easy it was to follow, even subtitled. OK, but I am here to review the Spike Lee Joint, as he always proclaims. So here we go. Sub-Rating is in parenthesis.Acting 10/10 Josh Bronlin and Elizabeth Olsen were fantastic and extremely believable. Kudos to Spike and the Casting Director for finding the right <more> |
| People hate when a classic is remade, but this one is great! (by suws1) |
| Oldboy is a remake or reimagination of the 2003 korean movie Oldeuboi. This new version has been badgered by both critics and viewers as a poor, shallow remake, that soils the memory of the original. I disagree. This one was great. The premise is the same as Oldeuboi, a man gets impriosoned for 20 years without knowing why, and when he gets out he seeks out vengeance. But its not that linear. The story is filled with mysteries, and keeps making the viewer asking questions, the same questions as the protagonist, despite him not being the most likable man. Why was he impriosioned, who did it, <more> |
| DO NOT let other reviewers sway you away from this movie..Average non-snob review follows. (by Freakaccident) |
| I have never seen the original so I can't compare the two. I won't see the original because if I wanted to read I would use a book. I really liked this movie. The story was great, the acting was very good, it wasn't slow, and the action scenes were great. Josh Brolin did a great job! I was really surprised at his physical transformation throughout the movie. The story was awesome and the ending completely shook me. This was a Sixth Sense type ending for me. Don't read the rest of these reviews and decide not to watch it. Snobs will be snobs. A very very good movie in my <more> |
| Overall better than the Original (by sourshin) |
| I am probably in the minority when it comes to thinking the original Oldboy wasn't that good. It had a crazy plot twist and a lasting shock effect but it wasn't that special. After seeing the spike lee version I actually wished I never saw the original because this version does A lot of things so much better. Even though I preferred the originals voice-overs, the updated version had a much more thought out reason for the imprisonment and revenge. It made much more sense for the plot twist as well. It even had some clever nods to the original. Tongue? My biggest gripes of the movie <more> |