You can compare and contrast The Grudge with Ju-On (The Grudge)
I think the Japanese version definitely looks to be the creepier of the two.
Xander: We just saw the zebras mating! Thank you, very exciting... Willow: It was like the Heimlich, with stripes!
'Him'
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evil jimi - Jul 23, 2004 12:00:00 pm PDT #1270 of 10001
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Jessica - Jul 23, 2004 12:10:01 pm PDT #1271 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I liked it, but I'm a comics geek.
Without getting into a thing about it, this sentence pops up every time we discuss Unbreakable here, and I still don't know what it's supposed to be about, other than putting the comics geeks who didn't like the film (of which there are a fair number) on the defensive.
Burrell - Jul 23, 2004 12:11:52 pm PDT #1272 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I just went back and read The Village spoilers. hee hee hee
DavidS - Jul 23, 2004 12:18:08 pm PDT #1273 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oh, I like most of that movie, in all its trashy computer hacker action flick glory.
It's no Hackers.
Jim - Jul 23, 2004 12:48:27 pm PDT #1274 of 10001
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Is this an English version of a Japanese original, similar to The Ring?
Not quite. Apparently it is specifically the fourth in the set - just the first made in the US. And from what I understand it's not the kind of series where plots and characters roll on - there's a setup and it rolls across unrelatd characters.
P.M. Marc - Jul 23, 2004 12:49:46 pm PDT #1275 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Heh. I'm about midway through the Salon article on Donnie Darko, and all I can think is that the thing is all about Hypertime!
Polter-Cow - Jul 23, 2004 1:00:36 pm PDT #1276 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It's no Hackers.
I still need to see that.
I liked it, but I'm a comics geek.
I loved it before I became a comics geek.
Invisible Green - Jul 23, 2004 1:17:18 pm PDT #1277 of 10001
After reading the secret ending to The Village, I think I'll have to pass on it. Maybe I'll watch it if it's on TV or something. M. Night Shyamalan has just gotten worse with each film.
His movie with the little boy and Rosie O'Donell was really good. I don't remember the title; I think it was Wide Awake or something like that.
The Sixth Sense was pretty good.
Unbreakable was okay. It had it's moments of brilliance, as well as weakness.
Signs was pretty bad. Probably one of the worst movies I've sat through in theaters.
And from what I've now heard about The Village, I think it might go down as one of the worst movies of all time.
DavidS - Jul 23, 2004 1:28:40 pm PDT #1278 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I still need to see that.
I'm teasing, though I did enjoy Hackers in all of its cheesy glory. It's beautifully datestamped now.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 23, 2004 1:29:33 pm PDT #1279 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'm about midway through the Salon article on Donnie Darko, and all I can think is that the thing is all about Hypertime!
Bwah! I enjoyed the film, but after reading what the writer/director says it was about as opposed to what was actually evident on screen, I think he should be checking to make sure his meds aren't placebos. Worst failure to communicate the creator's ideas that I've ever seen.