Crystal Clear

I did a full watch of Ju-On: Origins (it's a 6-episode show that refers to itself as being the genesis of how The Grudge movie series began) and this has taught me to watch things for myself instead of trusting critics.

I have to give it a huge applause for being daring in a way that NONE of the Grudge movies have been before in terms of depicting gore, violence and sex.

There is a scene in Ju-On: Black Ghost that shows an attempt to remove a fetus from a womb that is somewhat similar to (but less gory than) a scene in episode 4 of this series.

Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised by this series. It's a really strong prequel to the story.

I feel as if people only rated it low because it doesn't focus on the original Grudge family - Kayako and Toshio. This is NOT fair and people were similarly mean to Ju-On: White Ghost even though that was a fantastic addition to the series with lots of strong sub-plots combining together to give a strong basis for the curse.

I would definitely recommend this series on Netflix. Be warned, however: there are some graphic depictions of killings and sexual assault.

atwoodsmariano

bringing this over

Crystal Clear

^ I'm a little surprised because I thought most things were going back to normal, but then again there are a lot of lockdowns coming into effect again so I get it . They released Rise of Skywalker very early on Disney+ due to COVID-19 too.

atwoodsmariano

been watching some more on here this month

both old favorites I haven’t re-watched in a while and older movies I haven’t seen before that I’ve wanted to watch and haven’t until now

I love the X-Ray function that shows trivia and stuff

Crystal Clear

I watched an Amazon Prime movie called Tag (Japanese with English subs)

Honestly, I hated the overall message (men as predators) and director Sion Sono did a much better job at finding gender balance with the epic 4 hour movie 'Love Exposure'

But I will say that the death scenes in 'Tag' are superb. Very similar to FINAL DESTINATION.

atwoodsmariano

different reviews that I think make good points

Crystal Clear

^ Thanks for those, Allison as someone who never saw the original, I can't speak for any comparisons.

However, I've seen Star Wars fans saying that it suffers from the same problem as the 9th Star Wars movie TROS (attributing a women's qualities to a higher power rather than just applauding her for her natural talent)


on Netflix - THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME

atwoodsmariano

wait you’ve never seen it...how?

Crystal Clear

I know. Probably the only Disney movie I never saw.

atwoodsmariano

okay that’s like me with Sleeping Beauty

I’ve never seen the full movie

Mori

Thought this was an interesting perspective on the Mulan discussion.

atwoodsmariano

thanks for posting

I’m actually Chinese American born in the U.S. so I feel like the cartoon was always the one Disney animated movie I had a more personal connection with than the others

Mori

For all the liberties it took, it was nice to have some positive representation.

atwoodsmariano

which one are you talking about?

Mori

The animated one.