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Some americans will do anything for a fist full of dollars, it can hardly be helped.

The original was really god by my standards, It was surprising and you wouldn't of guessed the ending in a thousand years.
Unless you watched it before or someone spoiled it for you along the way.
Really good though.

Well, I can't explain it without ruining it, so, you would have to watch it to understand it. The whole movie is on youtube, here's alink to the first video;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLxVRidi3zM&feature=related

ALL the remakes i've seen so far were reaLLy bad... sad

Even americans remaking their own movies...(Texas chainsaw massacre pour exampLe)

"Caucasians seem to fear the unknown."
*DINGDINGDING*
Dead on hit there. mrgreen I'm not sure why this is, (or why this guild is still here...) but people tend to be terrified of the dark, even in an unchanging room they've been in countless times. Knowledge is power, without the knowledge of what may be around the corner or under the bed, some feel powerless and scared, how many horror movie's sets are mid-day, brightly lit? It's also (I'd say) why some people deny that which has no "solid proof" of existance, like ghosts, goblins, aliens, ect, ect. If those things were to be acknowledged as real, it would mean there is something man does not know, doesn't know how to conquer, and doesn't know if it seeks to conquer us. An unnerving thought to some, which may be why they deny it so strongly. Humans used to be afraid of the world outside their homes, now it's practically the other way around. If man ever colonizes other planets, there will be fears of alien beasts and people until all is figured out, maybe even for some time afterward.
What's so scary about unhappy relatives? Their unrest seems more sad than scary to me. Also sad: the american films tend to leave the unknown just that, rather than unvieling their great mystery, leaving BIG holes for you to guess at. Not scary, ANNOYING.

Whee, I scored a point. biggrin

Why do ghosts like Sadako freak people out so much? If you turn off the sound, the ghost actually looks pretty comical. And the weird stiff corpse walking out of the grave thingy has been used in so many movies, yet, it continues to disturb me each time I watch one of those Asian horror movies.

I do believe there is something after death though. What happens to our consciousness when we die? What if we're still trapped in our bodies, and we just can't move?

While I agree with most of what you said, I completely disagree with the last thing you said. Most of the American remakes of asian horror films explain much more or try to have some sort of "closure" at the end. One of my favorite films of all time is Three Extremes, a movie made up of 3 different, completely unrelated stories. They are each of different origin, one Korean, one Mandarin Chinese, and one Japanese. The Korean one, Cut, has one of the most confusing, strange endings of any movie I have seen. It is absolutely unexplained. If it was remade as an American film, I know that they would change it to have much more explanation. On a similar note, some remakes will change parts in the movie, sometimes even the ending, because American audiences can't take it. Many movies with major deaths in the end in the original will be changed to make it "happier" or something.

But I am angry that they have remade so many of my favorite Asian horror films. I thought that the Ring was an alright movie (even though I haven't seen the original) and the Grudge was even alright. But when they remade the Eye and Shutter, I was pissed. Both were amazing films, and I knew that they were going to be ruined. I have heard that my favorite movie, A Tale of Two Sisters (a Korean film), is being remade!! It is going to be set in Britain in the 70's!!

I apologize for such a rant, but this is a topic that I have been fuming on for quite a while ^_^