The Grudge (American)--Hollywood should simply

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stop trying to remake these Asian horror classics. With "The Ring" I was almost half willing to forgive Hollywood b/c at least they got Naomi Watts.
With "The Grudge," I now know the Hollywood machine is simply incapable of preserving the essence of such Asian classics. The creeepy, chalk-board-scraping, campy essence of the original movie is completely missing. The element of mystery, dread, and actual "horror" are gone, too.
Instead, Hollywood keeps trying to explain away every little facet of the story and wants to explicitly spell out every cause-and-effect, which simply kills the mood and mystery. Hollywood, we the audience are not that dumb!

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Topic - The Grudge (American)--Hollywood should simply - Jon L 09:34:07 08/30/05 (5)

Ebert's hysterical review sums up this one - jamesgarvin 11:38:43 09/05/05 (0)

Same uy directed both and they both sucked IMO. - Analog Scott 09:14:33 08/31/05 (0)

Re: The Grudge (American)--Hollywood should simply - Pam 12:53:55 08/30/05 (1)

Moon Over Tao-what a fun Bizzarre Movie! (nt) - Jack G 13:27:51 08/30/05 (0)

Agreed - Jack G 10:07:14 08/30/05 (0)

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