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Stickman
 Post subject: Oldboy (11-27-13)
PostPosted: Mon November 25, 2013 3:41 am 
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An advertising executive is kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. When he is inexplicably released, he embarks on an obsessive mission to discover who orchestrated his punishment, only to find he is still trapped in a web of conspiracy and torment.

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red calzolaio
 Post subject: Re: Oldboy (11-27-13)
PostPosted: Wed November 27, 2013 9:32 pm 
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Reviews coming in.

I'll wait until it hits Netflix streaming.
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PostPosted: Wed November 27, 2013 10:28 pm 
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just watched the original. wow.

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Yeah, the original is something else. This remake looks pretty fucking pointless.

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Harry Lime
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I have yet to see the original, and I will not touch this one until I have.
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Dev
 Post subject: Re: Oldboy (11-27-13)
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watch it tonight lime and get back to us

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Dev wrote:
just watched the original. wow.


Hehe! Yea!
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red calzolaio
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theplatypus wrote:
Yeah, the original is something else. This remake looks pretty fucking pointless.


'Pointless' and 'unnecessary' are popping up in a lot of these reviews.

I think I'm going to revisit the original tonight. Been awhile.
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bart
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Spike Lee movies are usually either good or (more often) bad in a weird enough way that they're at least interesting.
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Bob Loblaw
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I refuse to watch this when there's no way to improve upon the original.

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Harry Lime
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Dev wrote:
watch it tonight lime and get back to us


I still have not watched it.
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I refuse to watch this when there's no way to improve upon the original.

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