Check out the trailer for The Eye Starring the almost illegally hot Jessica Alba here!
Sure seems like a creepy movie. And it was, when I saw it a few years ago. That's right, once again Hollywood is bringing over another Japanese horror film and once again we're forced to sit through an American rape of a very culturally embedded genre film. Yeah the Grudge was pretty creepy, then Grudge 2 came out which was the same freaking movie as the first Ju-On movie, which was the basis for the first Grudge. Confused? You should be. With Pulse, Dark Water, The Ring, and next years "One Missed Call" America is chock full of Japanese remakes and why? Honestly our culture doesn't allow us to fully appreciate these films, but hey paint a kid white and have him make weird noises and you have a bonafide it. It pisses me off. But there is a trend emerging now that I'm sickened by:
UK Shows Being Remade as American Shows
The biggest offender: Viva Luaghlin, which CBS last night touted as the most original show of the season. Yeah it was original when it was called Blackpool (Viva Blackpool on BBC America) and starred David Tennant in the role Eric Winter is now playing. How is that original CBS? And the US version of Coupling.... that was a freaking disaster. Yes Coupling was a rip off of friends, but at least they went in another direction and really upped the naughty bits. America then wattered it down.
Rent the UK version of the Office then watch the American Version. I gurantee you'll be sticking with Ricky Gervais version.
We still have Footballer's Wives and Life on Mars on the midseason slate so there is no end in sight!
My advice:
Rent the British versions, they're amost always superior to the ones from the states and pray to the gods that America never tries to do their own version of Doctor Who!
