good movie
Added 12/15/2009
it is a good movie. i watched it a couple of times. it is about as good as the first movie.
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I have rarely laughed so much during a film
Added 10/19/2009
The problem is, this was supposed to be a horror flick. Ju-On is a remarkable and truly scary movie. The Grudge is a dumbed-down American cash in. Ju-On 2 was pretty good. The Grudge 2 is just awful. It is seriously a tragically funny movie. See if you don't laugh when a room full of people turn into blue ghost killer thingies or when a girl thinks she is safe only to be abducted by the ghost in her hoodie which she is wearing at the time. I am not making this up. Watch it for a laugh. One star.
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Great, grossly underappreciated film
Added 7/29/2009
I am going to keep this review short and to the point. People who say how bad this film is are either too stupid to understand a movie whose timeline is not presented to them in simple 'point a to point b' format, or they simply cannot appreciate fine, emotionally nuanced performances, or perhaps they are not really into J-horror (as the genre is called) films. There, I said it. Deal with it.
The film is a showcase for two fine performances:
Amber Tamblyn as Aubrey and Arielle Kebbel as Allison both deliver top-notch, A-list performances as girls forced into a situation in which they have no understanding of either what is going on or how to get themselves out (relatively) intact. The talent they apply in crafting these characters really lets the viewer feel their desperation and terror. It is impossible not to feel so sorry for what is happening to them.
Frankly, Arielle Kebbel steals the show from her more well-known compatriots in this movie. She brings her A-game in this performance. Without giving too much away, there is one scene in particular where one can really feel her horror on a truly visceral level. Her eyes perfectly convey what she is feeling, and her scream is truly classic horror film quality. As I stated before, I felt so terribly sorry for her character because she is, from all we are shown, a good person who in no way deserves the torment she receives, and it seems as though she gets an extra big helping of it indeed.
If you like fine performances and 'films' more than just 'movies', then you should really enjoy this one. In fairness, it may take more than one viewing to fully appreciate. I didn't truly appreciate it until the second time.
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I'm a big SMG fan and so I watched this. Too bad I didn't read some of the reviews first. This was a big stinking waste of 2 hours of my life. It was the most disjointed movie I've ever seen; we leap from one silly, nonsensical part to the next and it is as disjointed as the goofy ghost-girl that pops up to drag people off to whatever lays beyond the mirror.
Maybe if I'd watched them in order this would have made sense, but now I'm not even going to give the first one a chance because this one was so terrible.
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Poor Imitation
Added 1/16/2009
A sub par imitation of the first one and in some places, "The Ring." Note to the director: Neither eeriness nor creepiness can replace an actual storyline.
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good movie
Added 12/15/2009
it is a good movie. i watched it a couple of times. it is about as good as the first movie.
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I have rarely laughed so much during a film
Added 10/19/2009
The problem is, this was supposed to be a horror flick. Ju-On is a remarkable and truly scary movie. The Grudge is a dumbed-down American cash in. Ju-On 2 was pretty good. The Grudge 2 is just awful. It is seriously a tragically funny movie. See if you don't laugh when a room full of people turn into blue ghost killer thingies or when a girl thinks she is safe only to be abducted by the ghost in her hoodie which she is wearing at the time. I am not making this up. Watch it for a laugh. One star.
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Great, grossly underappreciated film
Added 7/29/2009
I am going to keep this review short and to the point. People who say how bad this film is are either too stupid to understand a movie whose timeline is not presented to them in simple 'point a to point b' format, or they simply cannot appreciate fine, emotionally nuanced performances, or perhaps they are not really into J-horror (as the genre is called) films. There, I said it. Deal with it.
The film is a showcase for two fine performances:
Amber Tamblyn as Aubrey and Arielle Kebbel as Allison both deliver top-notch, A-list performances as girls forced into a situation in which they have no understanding of either what is going on or how to get themselves out (relatively) intact. The talent they apply in crafting these characters really lets the viewer feel their desperation and terror. It is impossible not to feel so sorry for what is happening to them.
Frankly, Arielle Kebbel steals the show from her more well-known compatriots in this movie. She brings her A-game in this performance. Without giving too much away, there is one scene in particular where one can really feel her horror on a truly visceral level. Her eyes perfectly convey what she is feeling, and her scream is truly classic horror film quality. As I stated before, I felt so terribly sorry for her character because she is, from all we are shown, a good person who in no way deserves the torment she receives, and it seems as though she gets an extra big helping of it indeed.
If you like fine performances and 'films' more than just 'movies', then you should really enjoy this one. In fairness, it may take more than one viewing to fully appreciate. I didn't truly appreciate it until the second time.
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