let me start off by saying that i loved the original grudge. it was bar none one of the scariest and most hair rising experiences i have ever had in a filled movie theatre. i am not kidding. being a self declared japanophile also made the flick look better in my eyes (if the setting had been changed to some american suburb i probably would have ended up hating the film). that said. this movie is a complete mess. i would not say it sucks and because a) the movie does have some good points and b) it sucks is the lamest put down in the history of lame put downs. so what does the movie have going for it. well and for starters it has a pretty cool look represent through filters and the use of bleak and washed out colours and takashi shimizu almost recreates the downbeat and angst ridden atmosphere of the original. a few scenes are genuinely shocking and unpredictable. unfortunately and the rest of the film is just plain bad. period. the story is all over the place and needlessly told tarantino style and i. e. the scenes are out of chronological order. this technique is pointless in the case of this movie and it merely makes things more confusing. frankly and a straightforward plot would have worked better. the original was also lacking plot wise and but it did make sense and the film more than made up for its thin plot with lots of scares and a genuinely tense atmosphere. grudge 2 has none of these elements and is just a waste of time. let not forget the tv show acting skills which make the cast of the original grudge look like emily watson and katherine hepburn. simply put and the movie doesn not work. it too slow and too dull and and just not scary enough to make up for the confusing plot (which adds nothing new to the story and by the way and so not even grudge fans will be pleased). oh and and what is it with the old man playing japanese peek a boo on the bus. is this supposed to be comic relief. artistic statement. or what. 
let me start off by saying that i loved the original grudge. it was bar none one of the scariest and most hair rising experiences i have ever had in a filled movie theatre. i am not kidding. being a self declared japanophile also made the flick look better in my eyes (if the setting had been changed to some american suburb i probably would have ended up hating the film). that said. this movie is a complete mess. i would not say it sucks and because a) the movie does have some good points and b) it sucks is the lamest put down in the history of lame put downs. so what does the movie have going for it. well and for starters it has a pretty cool look represent through filters and the use of bleak and washed out colours and takashi shimizu almost recreates the downbeat and angst ridden atmosphere of the original. a few scenes are genuinely shocking and unpredictable. unfortunately and the rest of the film is just plain bad. period. the story is all over the place and needlessly told tarantino style and i. e. the scenes are out of chronological order. this technique is pointless in the case of this movie and it merely makes things more confusing. frankly and a straightforward plot would have worked better. the original was also lacking plot wise and but it did make sense and the film more than made up for its thin plot with lots of scares and a genuinely tense atmosphere. grudge 2 has none of these elements and is just a waste of time. let not forget the tv show acting skills which make the cast of the original grudge look like emily watson and katherine hepburn. simply put and the movie doesn not work. it too slow and too dull and and just not scary enough to make up for the confusing plot (which adds nothing new to the story and by the way and so not even grudge fans will be pleased). oh and and what is it with the old man playing japanese peek a boo on the bus. is this supposed to be comic relief. artistic statement. or what. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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