Asian movies to remake by Hollywood!
By ryshawneo
@ryshawneo (405)
Philippines
May 19, 2008 12:27am CST
A lot of Hollywood movies now a days are usually remakes from Asian Movies.. Like the Ring, The Grudge, Dark Water to name a few.. The coming soon movie, My Sassy Girl starring Eliza Cuthbert is originally from South Korea with the same title.. And also the upcoming horror movie like the "a tale of two sisters" which they renamed it to The Uninvited is also from South Korea.. The Lake House is based from the South Korean movie Il Mare which starred Jun Ji-Hyun (who will have a hollywood movie soon). Even The Host is also a remake from South Korea.. The Shutter, starring Joshua Jackson is a remake with the same title from Thailand.. Even the Eye starring Jessica Alba is originally from China.. The question is which do you prefer? The remake or the original?
4 responses
@goliwet (52)
• Indonesia
19 May 08
Actually I really like the original. But usually the original one did not show in my Country (Indonesia). Hollywood have a good management to distribute their movies around the world, so I realized that much hollywood movies remake from asian movies from you. oh Dear!
@ryshawneo (405)
• Philippines
19 May 08
Apa kabar? Try to watch Asian movies at www.crunchyroll.com. I usually watch movies there from South Korea, Japan and China, name it, they have horror, drama, comedy, romance and even action and sci-fi movies.. one of my next movie I am going to watch is the movie Cinta from Indonesia..By the way, we have Indonesian blood, my late grandfather is an Indonesian.. :) Terima Kasih for the comment! :)
@nomoso (650)
• India
19 May 08
i am from India and i have seen an very old Tamil movie which when i saw an English movie resembled so similar.. the Hollywood movie name which was a remake of a Tamil movie is "The man behind the iron mask"..
@ryshawneo (405)
• Philippines
19 May 08
I knew the movie but I haven't got a chance to watch it.. I'll try to watch it after I'm done watching all the movies in my list to watch next! Thank you for the response :)
@ShardAerliss (1488)
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19 May 08
They're remaking A Tale of Two Sisters?! Eugh. I was really annoyed by the remake of Ringu. It's probably my favourite Eastern movie after Hero... and if they ever remake Hero I'll be hunting someone down.
Anway... I generally like to give the remakes a try. I dislike that America feels it has to have it's own versions of these wonderful movies (like they do with British comedy... eugh). However, sometimes the remakes are pretty good. I actually prefer Sam Raimi's The Grudge to the original. Generally though, they lose so much of what makes them great movies.
So, to answer in short; I will prefer whichever one is a better movie.
@ryshawneo (405)
• Philippines
19 May 08
Yeah, I agree with you.. I have just watch the movie One Missed Call a remake from Japan with the same title.. The original is much creepier.. But, i was just a bit confused about the story, when i watch the remake, the story is now clear to me.. :) Thank you for the comment :)
