the new dark water blew donkey ass.

though the asian horror dark water. was way better and i give that 4 stars because it was really creepy and had a real storyline. the one that the american version seemed to want to leave out.
i think if they are going to make remakes of foreign films to at least try to make it like the original, at least for the north american culture to enjoy.

so new american version i give a zero star

asian version i give a - 4 star

Friday October 20, 2006 - 1:23 PM

happiechild

Dark Water was neither here nor there – the story was ok I guess, but just the overall feel of the movie. It was directed by the man who made The Motorcycle Diaries, but outside of that one film, I can't say I'm able to comment on his directorial style. This movie certainly establishes a creepy setting (though the laundry room screams soundstage to me, the infinite blackness behind the washers on ‘the wall’ distracted me, I just *knew* there wasn’t a solid wall behind them) and atmosphere, but I didn’t find it particularly scary. Something to do with lack of suspense I guess. It captures your attention enough that you keep watching to see what happens next, but doesn’t have you anxious and guessing. It’s more like a morbid curiosity on the audience’s part.

The acting is decent by default, I mean, it’s hard to get a bad performance out of Jennifer Connelly and John C. Reilly right?

Fri Sep 5 - 8:47a
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