Page 1 of Ju-on The Grudge.....Have you seen it?

Can anyone offer their opinion of Ju-on The Grudge and/or The Grudge 2 either on DVD or Cinema release.

I do realise that it is loosely based on `Ringu` (again!!) plot wise but it is supposedly pant-soilingly scary ....my type of film. :o

Word of advice to any Asian directors/producers reading this........If you don`t stop using Ringu as a base for your plotlines your films and genre will become a parody of itself and that would be a shame. 8)

This item was edited on Monday, 5th July 2004, 13:32

Yes. The first one is great, the second is good but more of the same. There is a new version just opened in UK cinemas, looks identical to the original cinema/dvd release but has Sarah Michelle Geller in it, instead of the original lady. Still, gonna check it out at sometime.

It`s the Japanese original that is currently on UK cinema release; I don`t think the version with the complete absence of talent that is Gellar has been released anywhere yet.

I didn`t think the plot bore much resemblance to Ringu but perhaps I missed something. They are certainly very different in execution - whereas Ringu slowly cranks up tension for the length of the film, Ju-on is a series of short linked episodes that goes for shocks every few minutes. Well worth it if you likes your creepy Asian horrors.

`The Grudge` surely? ;)


#I`ve been dreaming of a time when the English are sick to death of Labour and Tories..#

Its a great film, a few confusing elements towards the end, but overall a good film. I bet seeing it at the cinema would be very pant soiling.

floyd


DVD collection & WANTED list

How many Ju-on movies are there in total ? Is this the full list:

Ju-on: The Curse : the original TV movie and the best of all the films in my opinion.
Ju-on 2 : TV movie sequel, meant to repeat a lot of the scenes from the original!
Ju-on: The Grudge: the first cinema release
Ju-on: The Grudge 2: sequel to original cinema release

I`ve seen all of them apart from the second TV movie.

Floyd is that pic from Uzumaki ?

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`The Grudge` surely?

Absolutely!! My Japanese is waning a bit. ;)

Thanks for your opinions guys. :)

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How many Ju-on movies are there in total ? Is this the full list:

As far as I know, that`s it other than the new remake of Ju-On The Grudge.

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Floyd is that pic from Uzumaki ?

Yep :D

You can get the original tv series of Ju-on on ebay, but they are bootlegs. I haven`t got them, so I can`t tell you what the discs are like.

floyd


DVD collection & WANTED list

ok first of all, JU-ON (the grudge), the eye, and other japanese horror films are not eniterly OR even LOOSley based on the ring. Just a few american morons think it is because they are all horror films about ghosts and have similar atmospheres, just like everyone claims that every new sci fi film is a matrix copy. well guess what assholes, not every film in the future is gonna be about a girl eating pasta with her teen friends at a birthday party, belive it or not there will be many more sci fi films about machines that are actualy not matrix copys, and there will be many more films about ghosts that are not based on the ring so stop assuming this crap u assholes.
And to answer your question I have seen the JU-ON 1 +2 (for you retarded americans, JUON= the grudge)/ and both are much better then any american horror films i have ever seen.
Also, the american version of the ring is a bunch of crap, the whole film was boring, except for the fit blonde was nice but thats a different issue and ringu was much better.

for those of you (who arnt stupid american twats) who know what im talking about just read wat bull**** some stupid hollywood loverboy wrote:

(listen to wat this american twat wrote)::::::::

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http://hollywoodbitchslap.com/review.php?movie=8875

Compared to the more familiar American fare, Japanese horror films seem to take a decidedly different approach to delivering the goods. In other words, they`re kind of boring. It`s not hard to understand why many consider the U.S. version of `The Ring` an improvement over its source material, and one suspects that the upcoming remake of `The Eye` could follow the same pattern: retain all the clever concepts and creepy ideas that made the first entry so popular, and then replace the big yawning stretches of arid narrative with a plot that actually commands one`s interest. Frankly, an American version of `The Grudge` could turn out a huge improvement over this one. Call it culture-clash if you must, but boredom is a universal language...and much of `The Grudge` bored me.
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Yes some asshole actualy wrote that. what he meant to say was:

I, like my other gay american asshole friends are too narrowminded to understand japanese culture and we can barley speak english so dont expect us to be able to understand subtitiles. Being a corrupt american baster***s, us americans like to STEAL the good parts we understand(which isnt much) from the japenese films and then turn it into a crap hollywood stlye piece of s*** which is an insult to the original.

And when he said culture clash he was probably talking about the advanced japenese culture and their subtle atmospheric horror films being turned into some crap hollywood version which is so obvious so that even the dumest of our american audience will be able to understand what is going on.

the grudge remake is actualy being filmed in tokyo with half japanese cast and japanese director so i reckon it will be half good and half crap.

TO ALL JAPANESE/ASIAN PRODUCERS, STOP LETTING HOLLYWOOD MAKE CRAP REMAKES OF YOUR GOOD FILMS.
JUST WAIT UNTIL THEY SORT THEIR STUPID BRAINS OUT AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE JAPANESE CULTURE A BIT MORE, STOP LETTING THEM STEAL YOUR MOVIES AND TURNING THEM INTO PIECES OF CRAP I WOULDNT WIPE MY ASS WITH.