Spike Lee Directing Oldboy?!?!?!?
As much as I might think Spike Lee is a big spoiled diva who whines when he does not get his way, and am fully on Team Tyler Perry, I do think Spike is a great director. I don't think he directs enough and really feel he should work more. The fact that Do The Right Thing did not win Best Picture is travesty. I am also happy that he is going to be playing Mookie again. With all of that being said, the news that Spike Lee is going to direct Oldboy is shocking and not in a good way. I don't know who thought this was a good idea, but it is awful. I realize many of you may not have seen the original South Korean version of the movie, but if you did, you are probably shaking your head in wonder right now. It is a dark, violent movie. A great movie that will stay with you for days after, but so beyond anything that Spike Lee has ever shot or done or attempted. To put a classic films like this into the hands of someone who has never done anything close to it, seems like a disaster waiting to happen. Of course if people could handle subtitles then none of this would really be necessary. Someone needs to pull the plug on this idea right now.
