Eeeek. Scary Japanese little girls with long black hair!
t shudders in The Ring flashback
The only encouraging thing about the flick is Sam Raimi's name in the producer credit. Is this an English version of a Japanese original, similar to The Ring?
And Kaylee, what the hell's goin' on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?
Mal ,'The Train Job'
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Vonnie K - Jul 23, 2004 10:49:37 am PDT #1251 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
beekaytee - Jul 23, 2004 10:49:51 am PDT #1252 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Hey waitaminute.
Ju-on, the Japanese version of the Grudge comes out on the 23rd of July and while SMG's version debuts on the 22nd of October.
Has any original/remake/adaptation pair like this ever screened so close together? What could the marketing strategy be?
Oh, I know. The subtitles, versus no subtitles camps.
Hmmph.
beekaytee - Jul 23, 2004 10:51:17 am PDT #1253 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Yes! The same movie, different versions.
And, speaking of the Ring, Ju-on is made by the same team. Looks way, way creepier than The Grudge.
Jessica - Jul 23, 2004 10:53:34 am PDT #1254 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Is this an English version of a Japanese original, similar to The Ring?
Yep. Even more confusingly, the Japanese original is part 3 in a series. (The first two were direct-to-video in Japan, and did well enough for the third to get a theatrical release. The first two aren't available here, that I know of, so when the third comes out, most American audiences are going to think it's a standalone, and be terribly confused by all the references to plots and characters from the first two.)
Steph L. - Jul 23, 2004 11:01:21 am PDT #1255 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Catwoman's "unintended message is that independence is great, so long as women don't take it too far."
You don't want them getting uppity and thinking they can do anything they want, you know....
Jessica - Jul 23, 2004 11:07:01 am PDT #1256 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Halle Berry is on Oprah right now.
(My cubemates are big Oprah fans. We watch every day.)
The show's not even 5 minutes in, and she's already used the word "empowered" twice.
Burrell - Jul 23, 2004 11:07:52 am PDT #1257 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Halle Berry is a twit.
Polter-Cow - Jul 23, 2004 11:10:00 am PDT #1258 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'll bet showing her breasts in Swordfish for no reason whatsoever was really empowering.
Burrell - Jul 23, 2004 11:13:49 am PDT #1259 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I don't have a problem with her showing off her boobies. It's the speaking part that drives me nuts.
There are only two scenes worth watching in Swordfish, and that ain't one of them.
Steph L. - Jul 23, 2004 11:14:21 am PDT #1260 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I can only recall liking Halle in one movie: Boomerang.