From: lukas.mariman@REMOVETHISdommel.be   
      
   StainlessSteelRat wrote:   
   > Sentinel wrote:   
   >> To be honest I have no idea if the American version is scarier or   
   >> not. I guess I should check that one out too.   
   >   
   > Like all these things you need to go into it with an open mind,   
   > rather than going the film snob only-the-original-is-any-good   
   > approach.   
   >> (FWIW, I did see the American version of The Grudge.)   
   >   
   > Did you like it, and have you seen the Japanese version?   
      
   I did like it, although it already seemed a bit too similar to the Ring,   
   seeming like a variation on a theme.   
      
   I did not see the original Japanese version though.   
      
   > The only issue I had with the US version was the flashbacks, which   
   > just seemed out of place and poorly done (unless I'm getting confused   
   > with The Grudge 2 where they were definitely poorly done, IMO).   
      
   I don't remember any flashbacks from TG1, but then I haven't seen Grudge in   
   2 years or so.   
      
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