hollywood remake?
I want to see this on hollywood remake,remakes from america are in nowadays!!!
sharewell, not this one.
this movie is a already a hash of all the asian horror movies combined. very unoriginal. i'm sure hollywood would never even think of remaking this crapola.
Throwing sainthood all around!
How is it unoriginal? Tell me, what film did it copy?
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no it's not. it's not a crapolo. It is very nice in remake. All are "a little bit" . Don't u know that every movie you made is just taken from this movie?
Like some scenes in:
Into the Mirror
The Eye (2005)
U, urself the american re-make of THE RING is such a waste of time. Like The Others, no thrills, no chills! But this one gives me.
Yeah. Some are ripped-off but it was powerful. Yeah some scenes are ripped off, but it is scarier than the movies you've said.
Tell me, which part(s) of these movies were you referring to?
A little bit of Ring
A little bit of The Eye
A little bit of The Grudge
A little bit of Six Sense
A little bit of The Others
And let us know what you would have done differently for those scenes in Feng Shui that you claimed were copied from the movies listed above to make it more original.
Enlighten us please?
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also, almost ALL of american movies is DISAME. Like the movies about Werewolfs, Zombies, Masked Killers, Monsters, Sharks etc. and so, almost of the foreign films are ripped off. so tell me, if Feng Shui rip off The Others, Sixth Sense, why HOLLYWOOD keep re-making ASIAN FILMS??????????????????
shareFirst of all, what's "disame" mean?
Secondly, Hollywood keeps remaking Asian Films with ORIGINALITY. Feng Shui does not have ANY originality, and it is not scary AT ALL.
it's not scary at all? well? not all of your films or SCARY like that. Like u said that "The Others" is scary? hell! I fall to sleep waiting for scary scenes! gosh it is a sleepy movie! I mean DISAME because all of your movies have DISAME THEME. Like Masked Psycho Killers, Werewolfs and it's boring.
Secondly, those asian films are NOT famous here in Phils. so why does we copy it? almost all of asian films here are FLAP so why does we copy it?
When you use taglish like that, it's no wonder the poster before you couldn't take your comments seriously.
Are you reading what you are writing? Where in the Sixth Sense, Poltergeist, Exorcist, or any of the Hollywood horror movies worth mentioning include zombies or masked killers? When you generalize the horror industry in such a manner, it hurts the flimsy logic you have in your arguments.
And when you tried to refute wiggy's comments on remakes, all you did was repeat yourself like a broken record. Leave the art of conversation to people who can present their ideas coherently.
On to the matter at hand:
It is obvious that Asian cinema, particulary Japanese and Hong Kong/Mainland Chinese cinema, are beginning to receive a lot of attention. I see nothing wrong at all with the Hollywood remakes of these films, as long as they're not bastardized. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, after all; hell, Tarantino does it all the time. These Asian films don't have to be famous in the Philippines to be appreciated by horror buffs in the Philippines. There are some other foreign horror flicks that are not appreciated in the mainstream audience, but it doesn't make them any worse; in fact, some of them are quite good, even better than The Ring or The Grudge. The writer and director obviously saw something good in those horror flicks and decided to create one to suit the Filipino audience, something that the Hollywood execs did here with The Ring and The Grudge, and is doing with original stories like the upcoming White Noise. To lambast those Hollywood remakes, and then to turn the other cheek and praise Feng Shui would be considered hypocrisy.
As for Feng Shui itself, I don't think it can match up to the much more popular and better Asian horror movies. The oft-copied visual style is there, as well as the "cursed inanimate object follows you to your grave" story, but it lacks much of the sense of dread and psychological scares that a movie like, say, Cure, delivered. I also found myself unable to connect with the story or any of the characters, which is always a bad sign in any kind of movie.
But even The Grudge was able to do without the "connection" (it wasn't so much a movie with a plot as it was a good haunted house in an amusement park) and still delivered some memorable moments. It was able to do this because its scare scenes were fresh (not quite original, but still refreshing) and well-delivered, but Feng Shui's scares are just tired and rehashed, delivered in the same manner. The music stops, the person turns around and sees ghastly figures moaning something awful and walking slowly towards you. Hey, that kinda sounds like a zombie movie! And Feng Shui's take on the "Ghost lady dressed in white" (Sadako in Ring, Kayako in Grudge) is just too laughable to be scared at.
The movie isn't totally without merit, however. I still remember the old campy, corny Filipino horror movies about aswangs and chanaks (the equivalent of vampires, monsters, etc. in the Philippines; once again, hypocrisy on samara's part, since he called the Hollywood horror industry crappy because they were based on the very same staples), and Feng Shui is leaps ahead of those movies, even if it's basically an imitation of other Asian horror. One can only hope that the rest of the Filipino film industry can catch up and move further.
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what's the big deal on having Hollywood remake this film. For crying out loud, Hollywood is not the home of genuine films. and having them to do a remake of Feng Shui is not something to boast. the only reason why Hollywood keeps on remaking Asian Films because they ran out of ideas already. havent you heard of the lin "that's so Hollywood"...pertaining to something very unrealistic.
shareAmen. I completely agree. I don't see the point on having an argument on whether to remake this film or not. I do think there's no such thing as 100% film. There will be an inspiration from the others. I'm a filipino and I do think this film is good but not that great to boast of and certainly not that bad to call it 'crapola'. There's much worse than this.
shareI'm filipino (filipina) too and I am on a "prowl"/ "look-out"/ "search" for some really good tagalog movies, could you please direct me to some or recommend me some?
I went and looked and found more bad than good filipino movies out there. It's kinda sad because, even though they have their own share of really bad or just average movies, I find more examples of good films coming out from Japan, Korea and China.
And that is why I just don't watch tagalog movies anymore. I gave up.
shareI just recently revisited this movie since the first time I saw it was some years ago. Maybe I thought my judgement would be different, perhaps better, due to me understanding our culture a little bit better (I didn't grow up in Pinas). And also because The Road, from the snippets I saw, was, I thought, a good film. An exception. Anyways, back to Feng Shui.
I still hate it. It's stupid. One problem Filipino film-makers have is that they have very good concepts or premises to begin a story or form a film with but they have no idea how to bring these visions or ideas to life. They don't understand mise-en-scene or general film language. Makes you wonder, how could they communicate if they don't know the basics?
The problem I first perceived and then remembered after seeing Feng Shui is that at first the killings, in its own Universe, was logical. Someone dies and then Kris Aquino's character gains/ benefits in return. Somewhere along the movie this plot point is disregarded. Multiple killings/ deaths happen and she gains nothing in return. For some viewers this just registered as a point onto which the audience should (further) sympathize with Kris' character because she's having such a hard time. BS! As if this character plot point isn't already established! And top it off, audiences are treated with multiple scenes of Kris trying to act, when in reality, she's just doing what other "accomplished" Filipino actresses are known for, just crying..... As for her character, she's really unlikable. Weak and helpless all the time. Plus, there isn't a sense of urgency with her. It's like she's just plodding on because the script demands her to because the story needs to be long. As a character, she's without pulling or needful purpose.
Then there's also the cliche and stereotypical two-dimensional husband and the briefly-visible-on-screen mistress. Also, Kris' character's friends are stupid.
The concept is good, the exposition is really, really poor.
Btw, have you seen the homage film Rigor Mortis? Chinese Horror film.
This movie was not crapola. And it is true. Brad Pitt's film company expressed interest in getting the rights to remaking this movie. And it's not entirely unoriginal. The bagua idea is actually very original and was a nice touch.
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I hope they'd make a remake, cause I can't recall any Filipino movie that was remade by Hollywood.
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I've said this before and I'll say it again... there is no totally original film because all of them have influences. It just bothers me that people always seem to think that Filipino Films are not original and just copied stuff.
It's like when Filipinos do it, even if done well, they say that it was copied or a rip off of something.
On the other hand, when other countries do it, they say Oh it's in the tradition of..." Or "it's in the same vein as..." or "there were scenes when the director paid tribute to the director of this film..." or ... those were an homage to films of yesteryears..."
It's just a stupid mentality. The immortal scene from Untouchables wherein Costner saved the baby stroller from falling from the stairs while still shooting in a gunfight was taken from an earlier film! The Sopranos copied the style of Good Fellas! The Magnificent 7 was a Western The Seven Samurai! Mr. and Mrs. Smith had True Lies elements in it! Kung Fu Hustle was similar to The Matrix, a so-called original movie, but copied a lot from the Story of Jesus Christ right down to the cross-like stance in the end of Revolutions!
Those films mentioned that feng shui was said to copy from are they original? Let's see...
The Ring- a movie about a girl who possessed a tape and kills everybody who watched it... it's just a juiced up version of all Chain letter movies i've seen.
The Grudge- A house that is haunted. Wow. Original!
The Eye- a girl gets eyes and sees what the old owner of the eyes, a clairvoyant, see. even hollywood has done those before.
Jeez. I just don't like it when people watch films with the intention to criticize only and has really no intention of enjoying a film.