New Remake In The Works: "Flight Of The Navigator"

Okay, I'm not sure how I feel about this. I have posted about my love for "Flight Of The Navigator" once before. To my mind it wipes the floor with both of Spielberg's schmaltzy efforts and succeeds where both John Carpenter's efforts (Star Man) and Joe Dante's efforts (Explorers) came up short.



It turns out that Disney have started moves towards a remake. There were rumours that the writers of "Safety Not Guaranteed" were being employed to work on new Star Wars sequels, but it turns out they were actually put on the job of writing this remake. I'm really excited about "Safety Not Guaranteed", which may actually be in cinemas before the year comes to a close. The poster for "Safety Not Guaranteed" reveals that the title comes from an advert by a time traveller for potential companions on the next foray into other time periods.

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Reviews! - More "Grudge" Stuff....

After "The Grudge" was one of my favourite movies on the recent horror marathon, I couldn't wait to see more from the same series. I absolutely loved "The Grudge" because for once this was a ghost story which not only didn't irritate me, but genuinely scared me. Stopping part way through due to tiredness I went to get something from a room in my house and, having a little trouble with the door, was actually disturbed by the seemingly encroaching darkness as the door jerked open.

One of the things I really liked was the effects. Now naturally it's not just the effects, but the way they are set up. However, when the dark hair of the main ghost was used to simulate the way darkness can sometimes 'creep' at you, that was the effect that stuck with me after the film was stopped.


The Grudge 2 (2006)

The sequel had a lot to live up to and I'm not sure it entirely met up to the high demands I had for it. Still, I think this was mainly an expectations issue. I went into the first film expecting nothing and I went into this sequel expecting the world on a platter.

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Ju-On: The Grudge (2002)
So, expectations probably couldn't be higher. There's a general pattern that the original is generally better than the remake. Also I was of the impression from what I'd read around the place that the content of this film was rather more brutal than was risked in the American remake. So I was expecting a more impactful and shocking version of a film I already knew that I loved. Sure, there were a few films in the series before this, but this was the first with a proper cinema release.

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Anyone know anything about the Wii game? It looks strangely intriguing based on this youtube video:

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