I saw the remake two days ago. I think I ended up enjoying it slightly more than the original, although looking back the movies seem so different from one another, it's hard to compare. This one was much, much, much more faster, gorier, gruesome, and frightening than the original, where we never saw the ghosts and the whole film moved a bit too slowly for my liking.
Another good thing about the remake - RYAN! :thud: Oh my. Wasn't he so much fun to watch? Not just for the apparent fact that he's quite easy on the eye.
He did the whole transition of George perfectly, from a loving and trying dad and husband to a guy who's lost the plot and thinks it's his family who are the crazy ones. Melissa George's Australian accent came through every now and then, but she was okay as well. Her character bugged the hell out of me, but she did what she could with it.
And I loved the new twist they did on the kid's babysitter, by making her a stoner and a hippie instead of that nerd we saw in the original. It was much more effective and - I'm going to sound twisted for this, but whatever - funnier this way.
At some points, the way of filming got too much for me to handle. I’m all up for some blood and guts, but at the beginning and near the end where they did that flashing thing, where it would go back and then a gruesome image would appear, I felt like I was going to have a seizure and I had to look away. :lol: It was just a bit too much for me, but that’s okay. I guess that was a good filming technique.
Overall, I thought this movie was good. Not great or spectacular, but enjoyable. I think seeing it at the cinema would be the best way to get maximum “viewing pleasure” out of it lol, so I strongly recommend seeing it on the big screen.
