Comments on: The Grudge vs. Ju-on

By: FRIZZY

FRIZZY — Sun, 28 Nov 2004 10:41:21 +0000

I actually liked the movie Ju-On, it gives a different twist than the cheesy amercian horror that I am never scared of. I liked that the Japanese actually put out something scarey like the Ring, and theGrudge. I am tired of the same ol same ol bad acting cheesy american flicks. It sounds like you like those type……because as far as scariness goes these movies blow any I have watched out of the water.

I almost gave up on scary movies until these movies came out. They brought a new kind of suspense into hollywood. It’s original, and not the same as every other horror flick in hollywood, like I said before. I am not in to picking apart every stupid little detail, if you like it you like it………..and as far as story line, when is the last scary movie that had a real good story line?

By: James

James — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 09:19:28 +0000

Three of us went to see The Grudge the Saturday night after it came out.

I have never been in a horror movie where the audience laughed so much. These weren’t even parts that were supposed to be funny.

Anyway, I give it a 5 out of 10 at best. I was very disappointed in the lack of story development. It seemed to be full of a bunch of cheap tricks.

There were some quality scare moments but they seemed to use the same tricks over and over again. I got bored.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Interesting perspective, Alex. I’ve got an American friend that grew up in Japan and yet he has an opposite opinion of yours.

Your perspective on the Japanese culture is really fascinating. A society’s art and entertainment is very telling of its fears and aspirations.

By: alex

alex — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

to be honest… i dont like japanese movies. I have lived in japan for 3 years now. half in tokyo, half in the mountains. Instead of having this experience open my eyes… it has filled me with disgust. the movies represent the mentality of the japanese. their 50 years of peace and safety coupled with a mentality that the government and the community provides everything… has resulted in a foolish laziness. even in fear. they fear things that should not be feared, and ignore things that should. violence is not known to them… so they dont fear it as much. a big angry man down the street… walking angry… no one moves out of his way… people bump into him like he’s nothing. shut the lights off and everyone screams. the movies ringu and juon mimick this. to be honest… that chick in juon… shes hot. not scary. hot! nice ghost. show some cleavage. i am being a jerk… but i am also being honest. i was not looking at the movie under any means as a serious horror movie. just… some weak attempt at copying a western emotion. seems to be a running theme around here. my girlfriend is japanese, and lived abroad for 5 years as well… she agrees with me… hollywood movies… are scarier. but even scarier are european horror movies. i dont know if i can agree… but i will agree that euro movies tend to play on the emotions more than the image side of things.