While I got chills seeing Kayako's reign finally end (I knew her for so many years), I was unconvinced that Naoka would become a Ju-On. Didn't she never recieve the spirits from her mother? Also, she seemed like such a nice girl. She was completely aware that Max was possessed.
I don't think the evil spirits made Kayako 'the grudge'. In the grudge 2, her mother told Aubrey "I didn't make her what she was." meaning Kayako had a grudge against her mother for "eating" those evil spirits but that had nothing to do with her being a 'Grudge'.That subplot was only introduced because Aubrey and Kayako had one thing in common: They both hated their mothers with a grudge. That's why Kayako specifically chose Aubrey to be her replacement as a Grudge in that house. You notice why Kayako suddenly pulled Aubrey into the house - that's because 1.) The grudge now could spread beyond the house because of the fire (again, Kayako's mother explained this, meaning Aubrey got the curse the moment she interacted with Eason because Eason got the curse when pulling Karen out of the house) and 2.) Kayako, sensing Aubrey had a grudge against her mother, felt she was the perfect choice to replace her in the spirit form of the Grudge. So, Naoko became a Grudge because 'she died in the grip of a powerful rage', being able to be fed by evil spirits wasn't a prerequisite.
If she never took curses from her mother's patients as a child, then perhaps this tells us that the curses did nothing to Kayako physically, but fed on her hate and rage, helping her become the curse.
This.
And while this is off-topic, whatever happen to Sarah Michelle Geller's sister's Ju-On? Is she now inside the burned house, awaiting to kill those who enter?
Um no. Aubrey, in the spirit of Kayako, followed Allison all the way in Chicago, correct? so Kayako wasn't in the burned house anymore, it was in Chicago now.
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Sphinxara
11 years ago
This film makes it seem that *anyone* who is murdered becomes a 'Ju-On'. Every street in the world must have one by now. And since they can apparently travel via people and infect other houses, I'm surprised there is anyone left alive in the world.
Okay, make a sentence out of the following words: Face. Sodding. Your. Shut.
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sandifay62
11 years ago
People arr left alive in the world because this if fiction and doesn't pertain to the real world. It doesn't confuse me because I've read and have seen many stories about curses and evil spirits.
One of the traditions is the curse or spirit that attaches itself to anyone that interacts with it. All the people involved died because they interacted with it somehow. The Dr. didn't see Kayoko until she got involved and went to the hotel. There's another tradition where the spirit infects an object or a house. The main family lived in the house as well as the sister of the cursed spirit.
There's also another tradition where the more people get killed by the spirit, the stronger the spirit can get and attach itself to the people around the curse.
I think since Kayoko's sister didn't get to finish the ritual and was brutally murdered, her spirit was angry at her murderer. That's why she attacked him and disappeared. She was enraged at the point of death and avenged her own death. Kayoko's appearance at the end was because the girl drank her blood without the ritual being performed, so Kayoko's spirit was able to live on through the little girl now.
I don't think this movie is as bad as some people are saying. It's not perfect and has a lot of stupid things going on, but even with that it's way better than a lot of ghost movies out there. I gave it a 5. It was average overall. That's OK for a horror movie.
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lettyatuni
8 years ago
This film makes it seem that *anyone* who is murdered becomes a 'Ju-On'. Every street in the world must have one by now. And since they can apparently travel via people and infect other houses, I'm surprised there is anyone left alive in the world.
Lol! To be fair though, in the Japanese based films, people (aside from American tourists and schoolgirls) stay the hell away from the haunted house.
It's only really in the USA based films where just everyone is getting cursed because they don't yet know to be afraid. However, after this last film I imagine the apartment might not get rented out anytime soon (too late now as Kayako is still loose anyway.)
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koffeenkreame41-1
8 years ago
This film makes it seem that *anyone* who is murdered becomes a 'Ju-On'. Every street in the world must have one by now. And since they can apparently travel via people and infect other houses, I'm surprised there is anyone left alive in the world.
LMAO Only people in the grip of uncontrollable rage though.
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koffeenkreame41-1
8 years ago
I don't think the evil spirits made Kayako 'the grudge'. In the grudge 2, her mother told Aubrey "I didn't make her what she was." meaning Kayako had a grudge against her mother for "eating" those evil spirits but that had nothing to do with her being a 'Grudge'.That subplot was only introduced because Aubrey and Kayako had one thing in common: They both hated their mothers with a grudge. That's why Kayako specifically chose Aubrey to be her replacement as a Grudge in that house. You notice why Kayako suddenly pulled Aubrey into the house - that's because 1.) The grudge now could spread beyond the house because of the fire (again, Kayako's mother explained this, meaning Aubrey got the curse the moment she interacted with Eason because Eason got the curse when pulling Karen out of the house) and 2.) Kayako, sensing Aubrey had a grudge against her mother, felt she was the perfect choice to replace her in the spirit form of the Grudge. So, Naoko became a Grudge because 'she died in the grip of a powerful rage', being able to be fed by evil spirits wasn't a prerequisite.
This, great post.
And while this is off-topic, whatever happen to Sarah Michelle Geller's sister's Ju-On? Is she now inside the burned house, awaiting to kill those who enter?
Um no. Aubrey, in the spirit of Kayako, followed Allison all the way in Chicago, correct? so Kayako wasn't in the burned house anymore, it was in Chicago now.
Agreed!
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