Why So Good?

Hi

Mainly because they aren't designed by committees who have no idea about art or vision, they are not formulaic predictable carp, they aren't forced to spoon feed you every answer in case the american audience don't quite get something, and most of all they don't have to have the traditional hollywould happy ending.

And the fact most Asian actors are far better than their wooden hollywould counterparts also helps a great deal.

~Mex

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Did you ever notice that people who believe in creationism look really un-evolved?

this movie is crap. not because i am american and "don't get it's complexity", but because it was predictable, melodramatic, and boring. j-horror has just as many bad movies as american ones. some i love, and some i hate, just like hollywood horror. there were plenty of silly cgi effects in premonition btw. i knew how it would end as soon as it began. it is not an example of good asian horror in my opinion. both japan & the u.s. bring plenty of clichés to the table (every country does).

why is it so good? short answer... it's not.

p.s.
america is full of intelligent people, and they don't need to announce it, or belittle others to "prove" it.

"WHO'S ON TOP & WHO'S ON BOTTOM NOW, huh?! WHO'S ON TOP & WHO'S ON BOTTOM NOW!"

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Hi Ben,

I notice that this post is from two years ago so you may well have finished your research but, just in case, I will share with you what I found so appealing about the film.

First of all, the notion of time travel especially with an eye to averting or altering tragedy is a theme which I find particularly appealing. I, as all humans, I imagine, have had tragedies occur around me which I would give anything to be able to change. The notion of a hard won second chance which the man wins is a very, very appealing quality of this film to me.

Also, as an educator, I find the man's blase non-nonchalance to his profession in the aftermath of grief and tragedy quite believable/realistic as well as even slightly comical in a black humour sort of way.

Finally, the main actor and actress are superb performers, in my opinion. I found them to be completely believable and with such unbelievable events occurring around them, that is quite an accomplishment on their parts, I dare say.

Ah--one last bit which I found particularly appealing was the motif of parapsychological research conducted by the mother at the university.

I would be curious to know what other non-Japanese found appealing about the film as well as what Japanese audiences found appealing about the film if you have time to share. I spent a few weeks in Japan as a young girl with a Japanese family though I am an American. I was visiting my friend who had gone to my junior high school as an exchange student and then returned to Japan---ah, by the way, I did have a rather unusual paranormal experience in Japan as well which I have recounted at the website "yourghoststories.com" under my name, "zander" in case you are curious.