I saw this over the weekend, and I was very bored--and a little confused. The Hollywood treatment didn't do this film any favours, it just made it more confusing.
**********SPOILER (kind of)******** For example, in Ju-on 2, we knew that the schoolgirl who was holed up in her room wallpapering the windows with newspaper had entered the house with her two friends (who were killed by the spirit). We knew why she was so scared. But in the US version, this cloaked girl just *suddenly* shows up and acts weird; it didn't make a lot of sense to someone who had never seen the original version-or otherwise, nothing gives you a clue. And what was the whole point of the couple/family in Chicago? They had no real reason to be in the storyline. And the regurgitation of the milk--pointless weird nonsense. Sara Michelle Gellar DID NOT have a great performance as one reviewer had stated, it was just to tie up a loose end and overacted. And her sister cared when she died? Come on! She sobbed for 5 min, and moved on. Overall, this was a pretty shoddy remake. Maybe Hollywood should try and come up with their own ideas for a film instead of ripping off countless Asian films and not doing them any justice (I'd list them all, but who has the time or gives a toss?).
I'm sorry, but some films don't translate very well in Hollywood. Prime example.
**********SPOILER (kind of)******** For example, in Ju-on 2, we knew that the schoolgirl who was holed up in her room wallpapering the windows with newspaper had entered the house with her two friends (who were killed by the spirit). We knew why she was so scared. But in the US version, this cloaked girl just *suddenly* shows up and acts weird; it didn't make a lot of sense to someone who had never seen the original version-or otherwise, nothing gives you a clue. And what was the whole point of the couple/family in Chicago? They had no real reason to be in the storyline. And the regurgitation of the milk--pointless weird nonsense. Sara Michelle Gellar DID NOT have a great performance as one reviewer had stated, it was just to tie up a loose end and overacted. And her sister cared when she died? Come on! She sobbed for 5 min, and moved on. Overall, this was a pretty shoddy remake. Maybe Hollywood should try and come up with their own ideas for a film instead of ripping off countless Asian films and not doing them any justice (I'd list them all, but who has the time or gives a toss?).
I'm sorry, but some films don't translate very well in Hollywood. Prime example.