Japanese Remakes
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- Stalock
Why do they keep making crap remakes of good Japanese horror films recently?
The Grudge, The Ring, Dark Water...
I really enjoyed the original German horror film 'Nightwatch' but then they also made a crap american repeat with Ewan MacGregor. (Although I like him as an actor, this was one of his poorer films).
Does it irritate anyone else?
- rasko40
lack of imagination/ideas coupled with a mainstream american audience that could not possibly watch a film that meant they had to read subtitles, that would be too much like hard work.
*sigh*
- tuig0
true.
going to watch old boy later!
some vintage violance..
- Sep0
Hell yeah. Not japanese, but the original "Insomnia" was a headbutt of a thriller. Watch it if you can. Offcourse, Al Pacino had to be redeemed at the end of the remake. Never been more dissapointed in a director than then in Nolan.
- ronaldo0
what is good about the remakes is that it exposes people to the originals. I would have never rented the japanese version of the Grudge if I didn't hear about the remake.
- Sep0
That makes me wonder, is King Kong the first movie ever to be remade for the second time? I cannot think of another one... Not that it would matter, but, I'm wondering....
- usrper0
what is good about the remakes is that it exposes people to the originals. I would have never
ronaldo
(nov 13 04, 10:15)not all the time. thats whats so fucked about it. youd be surprized how many people dont know its apdapted from asian film.
and not only japanese films. they're remaking hk film infernal affairs, a modern hk masterpiece.
- usrper0
fuck..from the dark water trailer, every fucking scene is exactly the same. and i mean exactly the same. it wasnt that great of a movie to begin with
- BobaFetus0
The original Nightwatch is Danish, not German.
- whoohaa0
shut up infernal affairs being hollywooded?
fuck that
oh old boy fucking rocks and Universal Pictures aquired the rights to it
fuck them too
leave the originals alone
like psycho got a remade, fucking sucks too
- tuig0
haha just seen darkwater...wel yeah it wasn't that good...
watergirl hmmm
- usrper0
yea. sad.