I personally didn't expect the outcome of the movie until the moment it was obvious the musician wasn't his daughter. I really liked the concept and the story, I am looking forward to seeing the original movie!
I am sorry for the late response! I missed this comment :/
By the time I watched this I had not seen the original film, now I already did and it's not quite the same thing because you already know how it's going to end. If I had watched the original Oldboy first and then this, it had been better. This has a few good alterations. If you like to check it out heres my review about the original Oldboy: http://trakt.tv/comment/movie/13062
"The story of this film JEEZ! What an amazing story!" bem vinda á mente do cinema asiático,mesmo que tenha sido por um remake que,comparado com o original,é uma brincadeira de crianças...pena que tenhas visto ao contrario :p tens que dar oportunidades a mais uns quantos ;)
Eu gostei do remake talvez mesmo por não ter visto o original primeiro. Pelos vistos este é bastante odiado por quem fui o original, eu não acho que seja tão mau assim e até prefiro algumas modificações pequenas feitas nesta versão. Mas é só a minha humilde opinião :p
Até agora nunca vi muitos filmes asiáticos porque ainda não consegui ultrapassar a barreira da lingua. É muito estranho para mim, eles parece que não conseguem expressar sentimentos parece q é sempre tudo igual, tudo muito exagerado. Mas enfim é assim que eles falam hehe :p Daqui a mais um tempo quando ganhar mais coragem para tentar ultrapassar esse aspecto pode ser que os venha a apreciar muito mais.
Passei só pra dizer que é muito bom ver alguém falando em português aqui, haha :P
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I will start my review by saying that I never saw the original South Korean Oldboy film. My intention was seeing the original before seeing this american remake or even thinking if I wanted to see the remake or not because all of the negative comments about this new one. The thing is, I won tickets for the premiere and as a huge addict in films I couldn't refuse it. Many people told me not to see this despite not having seen the original but man, it's stronger than me!
The story of this film JEEZ! What an amazing story! But I have to admit that one of the things that I am certain (and from hearing the reactions of some people after the film finished) is that for more amazing that this story can be, unfortunately this film make it a little predictable. At the middle of the film I was already suspecting how it would end and in the original film (as you all say) the perfect pacing and the perfect atmosphere will keep you completely blank about what will happen until the very last minute.
Josh Brolin wasn't entirely bad for the role, he was intense and emotional but in my point of view he hadn't all of the intensity required for that role and he hadn't all of the emotion required for made me feel totally heartbroken for that poor father that learned a life lesson in the worst possible way.
Elizabeth Olsen wasn't bad, she is a promissing actress and Shalrto Copley is a good villian! He surprised me as a villian earlier this year on Elysium and he surprised me again. I think he has all of the creepiness required of this kind of characters.
Overall, I can't say that it was a horrible film because for me, mostly because of the shocking story, it was a surprise and I enjoyed. Although, some things didn't worked well for me.
After all I think it was better for me not watch the original film before because I had nothing to compare. Now I am still very curious to see the original Oldboy and take my conclusions.
Many of you might criticize my rate about it but I can't lie. It entertained me and I was totally stunned by the story.