tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993991.post2540239506721130857..comments2023-10-05T07:46:44.392-04:00Comments on And Now the Screaming Starts: Movies: Don't quit your day job.CRwMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07896615209770501945noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993991.post-40483051110190133972007-03-10T10:46:00.000-05:002007-03-10T10:46:00.000-05:00You might be right and there might be some sort of...You might be right and there might be some sort of cross-cultural misunderstanding going on here, but I don't think so.<BR/><BR/>In fact, I think this movie's been given a better rep than it deserves of the assumption that, because it has subtitles, there must be levels of meaning and skill that we don't immediately see.<BR/><BR/>The reason I believe this is because my problems with the movie are problems I've had with bad movies from numerous countries, including my own. I've seen Japanese flicks with well-done characterization (even if the acting styles were not typically "Western"), I've seen Japanese films with sensible plots, I've seen Japanese films with excellent pacing and though provoking themes. I've seen Japanese films use the "did it happen or didn't it" trick really well. This film failed to do all these things.<BR/><BR/>This is, of course, only my opinion, but I think this flick is a dog in wolf's clothing.CRwMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07896615209770501945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993991.post-165338887516841652007-03-09T14:59:00.000-05:002007-03-09T14:59:00.000-05:00I watched this movie before I started my own blog....I watched this movie before I started my own blog. I have thought about watching it again sometime and posting a review for it but there are so many other movies I have yet to watch so I rather watch them instead of treading over old ground. While I agree with you that this one wasn't all that people hyped it to be, I did think the ending was a bit shocking.<BR/><BR/>Very often I felt like I was missing something. I couldn't figure out if I was missing something in the translation or if it was something in the culture that I was missing. If you remember, mystery girl suggested this type of thing (using auditions to meet and have sex with women) is pretty common. It is also something I have run across in at least one other j-horror movie, not a fake audition but the director/producer telling the actress she has to sleep with him if she wants to make it in films.<BR/><BR/>When the widower was looking for mystery girl I was wondering if everything we saw was actually happening. There were scenes that made little sense to me. He sees all kinds of weird things but then just ends up back at his home like nothing really happened. This, and other places, is where I thought maybe I was losing something in the translation.<BR/><BR/>The j-horror movies don't always work for me just because I know I am missing some thing do to being in a different type of culture. I don't understand everything they are trying to express. So maybe you was being so hard on this one for same reasons? Just a thought.Heather Santroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03225708725622936749noreply@blogger.com