Remake, disgusting.

Meh, I don't have to watch it. The one positive I find from re-makes is that the originals tend to get a proper DVD release when the remake comes out to take advantage of the attention. Since I love this but don't own it, it works out for me.

HEINEKEN?!? *beep* THAT *beep* PABST. BLUE. RIBBON!!

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People are too harsh on the remake. I didn't really like it, but the film is at least adequate on some levels.

Strange how everybody seems strangely unresponsive to the beautiful cinematography, for one, well tailored for purposes of colouring and shading the narrative (lush greens vs bleached whites) rather than mere eye-candy.

I think the film fails primarily in its unwillingness to leave us out in the dark, which was precisely what made the original so unnerving. We're always one step ahead of the characters - which seems counter-productive in a film where everything (most of all the very location) practically begs to be milked for its isolated/foreign flavour.

All in all, it's simply too comforting a watch... I never felt lost or in sync with what those characters were going through. Needless to say, the original pulls this off a whole lot better.

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True the remake isn't great but this one is nothing to write home about. Two girls go on vacation, one girl disappears while we spend the rest of the movie watching her friend look for her all while going off alone with the man she suspects may have harmed the missing girl. Personally, this movie puts me to sleep with every attempt.