i was reading an article about two weeks ago about how many asian films are remade and rewritten to be reproduced on the screens in america. it was basically an opinion article. the author wrote about how he/she was disappointed in the remakes because the original elements of the films- the obscurities, the settings, etc - were lost. the main movie mentioned was the upcoming movie the grudge, starring sarah michelle gellar. i was told by a friend that its the sequel to the ring. anyway, even though the producers of the grudge brought over the original japanese director to work on the film, i guess the author of the article (wish i could remember his/her name..) felt that much was lost. i saw the japanese version and it was reallie eerie. i dont know if i want to see the american version since the original movie creeped me out more than the ring. anyone else know anything about this movie?
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i saw the preview of this in the theater, that's all i know about it.
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Phlilip W. Chung wrote an article about Asian movies being remade by Holywood. But yeah I agree the original versions are better than the remakes. That girl coming out of the TV in the Japanese Ring was much more scarier than the remake.
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There was a brief preview/interview of The Grudge on E! awhile back. From the clips they shown, the movie itself is taking place in Japan. ...And it just strikes me as another using white people in place of other races who would be more appropriate. If they wanted to remake it, I don't see why The Grudge couldn't take place in America again.

Although that vignette ending on a positive note since Mrs. Gellar said that when the movie came out she'd be answering her interview questions in Japanese. So props to her for that at least.
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There was a brief preview/interview of The Grudge on E! awhile back. From the clips they shown, the movie itself is taking place in Japan. ...And it just strikes me as another using white people in place of other races who would be more appropriate. If they wanted to remake it, I don't see why The Grudge couldn't take place in America again.

Although that vignette ending on a positive note since Mrs. Gellar said that when the movie came out she'd be answering her interview questions in Japanese. So props to her for that at least.
already did or....

course her japanese probly aint that good :rolleyes:
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i saw a preview of the Japanese version tonight.
i'll have to watch them to judge which is better.
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"The Grudge" is not the sequel to "The Ring". It's based on the Japanese horror flick, "Ju-On". It's about a curse on a house and it's probably the only horror flick that has ever creeped me out as much.

The American version of "Ju-On", "The Grudge", looks to have captured the essence of the original fairly well. It looks to me that they may have done it right, this time around. It also seems like Ms. Gellar and Sam Raimi are really the only American things about it. The rest are all japanese, which I think is a step up from the disappointment of "The Ring". I'm very curious to watch this, on the big screen.

For more info on this, I think either Kittygirl or TB4000 had started a thread about it, somewhere.
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^ didn't see or couldn't find anything on Ju-On here, so I'll post in this instead of making a new one...

Went to see it at the Angelika last night. It's been getting raves and since last Friday it's been selling out, mostly because its the only joint in town you can go see it.

Well, if anyone else has seen it, we can discuss it if you like, cuz there's a few things I was scratching my head over trying to figure out...but for the most part it was a gas to watch.

I wasn't scared at all. The film WAS creepy and funny at the same time, but I had gone into this expecting to be like, "shiiiiit..." Everyone was doing more laughing than gasping. At certain points it seemed like unintentional camp and then at others it was obvious they wanted to make a scene funny. A few, juuuust a FEW scenes actually nail it with the armrest gripper move. Can't really tell you what it is without spoiling it, you'd have to peep it yourself.

There is a sort of logic to it that is explained at the end, but the film isn't really told in sequence and that might put some people who aren't used to Japanese film. In fact, I'll just go out and say it ?if you're not big on contemporary Japanese horror film, which is more about atmospherics than full-on gross out effects, then you won't like paying to go see this, much less copping it on DVD to peep at home. Some of the audience at my showing, which was mostly white, were impatiently twisting and turning in their seats. Even the girl sitting next to me looked like she was bored halfway through the film. Then you get your huffers and yawners. I can't help it if a body isn't feeling the show, but shit like that makes me hate the fact that so many Asian films these days, horror and otherwise, are hyped up so much that it attracts people who shouldn't be going to go see them at a theater in the first place. I might have enjoyed this movie a lot more in a theater with half capacity. Having only one place to see a certain film can backfire on the pleasure of watching it, I believe.

So, even though the scariness factor of this joint is hit-or-miss, I did enjoy watching Ju-On, and I'd recommend it for anyone who likes creepy shit like "Ringu," and to a lesser extent, "Tomie."
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