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Am I The Only One Violently Sick of J-Horror Remakes?

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Ikrik:
I started getting into J-horror films WAY after it was cool to watch them.  I completely ignored it as a means of entertainment because I'm not a huge fan of horror...well, I'm not a huge fan of being shocked and people calling it "horror."  But after watching some great Japanese and Korean Films (Oldboy, Yojimbo, Casshern, Lady Vengeance, Shiri)  I decided to download and watch some Asian horror.  I watched The Eye, Ringu, Ju-On, One Missed Call, Shutter, A Tale of Two Sisters, Tetsuo, Mermaid in a Manhole, Audition, Dumplings, and a couple others that I can't remember offhand, and I really, really enjoyed them.  One Missed Call, Ju-On, Ringu, and the Eye I knew were all remade and I've seen and was insanely apalled by the travesties of the remakes.  I wanted to see the original to see if it was any better, and in EVERY case it was.  I watched Shutter and I wasn't super-impressed, it was kind of typical for me, plus I find the Thai language to be particularly unpleasant to the ear.  And last week, or just a few weeks ago, Shutter was released in North America to almost unanimously negative reviews.  A Tale of Two Sisters is one of my favourite films, as strange and confusing as it is, and I nearly cried when I found out it was being remade as a big-budget Hollywood movie.  Do people actually enjoy these?  Is there someone out there who can tell me "no, you're being crazy, these remakes are justified for the following reasons:"  How many more good Asian horror films are they going to desecrate before they've had their fill and movied on to something else?

Gridgm:
the grudge was ok if only because they used the original director and actually set it in japan which means some of the culture manged to seep through

sarah michelle gellar can hang herself for her role quite frankly ... (i can't belive i'm saying that having watched once more with feeling today)

though the original was still better and i have to agree with you in terms of the other remakes as well

Jimmy the Squid:
I'm just getting tired of remakes in general. I can understand book to film adaptations and video game to film and comic book to film - that all makes a modicum of sense but what the shit is wrong with trying to think up an interesting idea on your own? Besides, if the film already exists...why make another?

schimmy:
It's like... it's like they want to make lots of money without working hard, isn't it?

KharBevNor:
I just feel like being a devils advocate for a second and mentioning that The Canterbury Tales and a good three quarters (at least) of the plays of Shakespeare are essentially adaptations of other works. Won't even go into paintings. Novelty didn't become an important idea till the 18th century.

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