the SHUTTER

wel... i went and watched the movie "the shutter" yesterday ... and it was not bad actually ... if you have watched the original thai version .. this english version is quite entertaining in its own way ...

As compared to the recent Asian horror movies cross over ... this is really good actually ... the recent "the grudge", "the ring", "the eye" and "one missed call" .. are really quite disappointing .. the asian to hollywood transition was not good at all ... to some extent its was just like the english version from the orginal script ... thus in some ways ... the horror parts and the flow of the movie doesn't really click ... well... not all are unsuccessful ... if you can remember.. a few years back there was a hollywood version of "dark water" .. i think that was quite good ... honestly .. you really need to watch both versions to be able to compare them ideally ...

well.. back to "the shutter" ... the director used a different approach ... the intial concept remained the same i.e able to take pictures of spirits through cameras, the main plot was also the same but the approach and unveiling of the story was totally different from the original asian, or rather thai version. So it was really something different eventhough i have watched and loved the original version. If you have watched the original version, you may find some similarities in the in this one .. mostly the horror scenes .. so dun expect to get frightened out of your pants in this one .. other than that ... its ok .. so i do recommend this movie to anyone who is interested ...