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The grudge

  • 05-07-2004 1:33pm
    #1
    whosurpaddy
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    saw this on saturday in UGC. its a japanese film similar to the ring and has some very scary bits involving a little kid ghost/spirit/evil bastid running around the place. kind of lets itself down in the last 1/2 hour though.

    has anyone else seen it? opinions?


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  • #2
    kurtmark22
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    I enjoyed it a lot & thought it was just as good as Ringu, Sixth Sense & Adaption (It pays homage to all 3).

    It loses a star for the sometimes confusing plot (There is no main character rather a bunch of equal main characters) & predictable scares. Still I would give this film 2 thumbs up.


  • #3
    smiaras
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  • #4
    ixoy
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    Saw it yesterday and really enjoyed it. Good tension in the movie although it's occasionally let down by its poor budget. Plot's not confusing - just the timeframe is out of sequence. I disagree with Smiaras about it being poor - tell me what movies did it rip off? I can see certain elements here and there, but no more derivative than many other movies.


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    smiaras
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  • #6
    ixoy
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    I figured you were going to use the titles you mentioned but if this came first then they're derivative... I enjoyed the atmosphere immensely though and the SFX and sheer creepiness...


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  • #7
    whosurpaddy
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    the scariest moment in the film is when the girl wakes up and the kid is beside the bed, and then she looks up and sees the girl above her, scared the pants off me, its was in the trailer though, which kind of ruined it.

    it was scary enough when you only see a fleeting glimpse of a hand or the kid in the background(havent seen that done right in an american film since scream 1), but it was a bit let down by lack pf budget/effects when you actually got to see the whole figures, teh schoolgirls looked crap.

    overall it was a bit confusing and it did kind of go off on a tangent towards the end.


  • #8
    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    I wasn't too impressed... I'd like to see it again on DVD to better form my opinion on it though...

    The lack of pretty much anything resembling a plot really didn't do it for me... It might have helped if I'd seen the first 2 films though...

    Sarah Michelle Geller is in the american remake... it's bound to be super-terrible...

    Oh and I found it took alot from another japanese horror film called Kairo... now that's a scary film..


  • #9
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 18,004 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    Originally posted by monkeyfudge
    Sarah Michelle Geller is in the american remake... it's bound to be super-terrible...
    Maybe, but the director - Takashi Shimizu - is doing the remake as well, and it stars other members of the cast so it may hold out...


  • #10
    monkeyfudge
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    I was actually impressed with how The Ring turned out in the American version.

    But the synopis of the Geller-Grudge is:

    "An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mystery virus, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim."

    Doesn't quite sound like the same film... does it?


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