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I loved the trailer's shift from romcom to slightly creepy "romantic" to a flash of red and "Wes Craven presents..."
Dude. Nice, you're right. Great trailer. And they used the music from the Vanilla Sky trailer, which I also loved. Chemical Brothers, "Where Do I Begin."
Aww. That trailer was just so damn unsettling.
In the theater it came off as "Terror at 20,000 Feet" with the demon as seatmate rather than something on the wing of the plane. The synopsis of the actual movie sounds much less thrilling.
The movie itself sounds like ... dunno, like Jack Bauer would be involved somehow. And I don't know if he'd bring his cool friends with.
But I cherish the trailer and cradle it to my very bosom.
Well I sat down, turned off the lights and watched The Grudge tonight.
I gotta say, that is some fuked uped kreepy-kriminy-ole.
Did anybody else notice certain stylistic similiarities between that and The Ring?
Hee. Thomash has read The Ultimates.
Lots of stylistic similarities between the Grudge and the Ring. Lots and lots. The originals come from the same school of Japanese horror, and I'm sure the remake director in the US had it pressed into his skull that the only reason he was being allowed to make the film was the success of the Ring, so he probably wanted to highlight what similarities there were.
and I'm sure the remake director in the US had it pressed into his skull that the only reason he was being allowed to make the film was the success of the Ring, so he probably wanted to highlight what similarities there were.
No, the Grudge remake was directed in Japan by the same director as the original Ju-On.
Sure, but it was funded by American companies for primarily American audiences, yes? I'm sure that the American company told the Japanese guy to emphasize the connection.
I mean, I'm sure the originals have lots of similarities as well, but I imagine that they're even more noticable in the remakes. I could definitely be wrong.
From the IMDB description, RED EYE sounds like the Johnny Depp movie NICK OF TIME, except on an airplane.
Sure, but it was funded by American companies for primarily American audiences, yes? I'm sure that the American company told the Japanese guy to emphasize the connection.
Aside from the marketing images and one very stylistic in-movie pose that mimicked the one-eye-peeking-from-underneath-black-hair look of Ringu's Sadako, The Grudge was nearly a shot-for-shot remake of Ju-on. The big difference is that the director dropped one exceedingly confusing chapter set in 2008 ("Izumi") and replaced it with the backstory chapter involving Bill Pullman's character that came from the original's Japanese TV-movie precursor.