Well not exactly? Joel and I just got home after seeing the movie 'The Grudge' and it was so good to see Sarah Michelle Gellar back in action again. She wasn't really playing the same role as the action hero she played in Buffy, more like action, as in trying to run from the action. After watching Buffy the vampire slayer for so long I was expecting her to kick some evil arse.
Make sure you check out the website, it is so cool. They have this whole interactive thing happening.
What a movie!! It is really surprising when you think about it? I mean, when I think of the Japanese community I think of women (and guys) with little furry toys in there cars, hanging from rear view mirrors, attached to their bags. I guess I just never thought they had what it takes to make a movie that can keep you on the edge of your seat? Well, they can,
and you will be on the edge of your seat with 'The Grudge'.
While growing up, an evening at home with the family meant watching a good horror/thriller flick, something with so much suspense that I would be sitting on the couch clutching a pillow to my face, while still trying to watch the movie. So unlike some of my friends I am not new to suspense. After awhile you become so immuned to the element of suspense that you just don't jump, or shriek when you are supposed too, and how much fun is that? What's the point in going to see a movie if it just ends up being the same old predictable flick with a predictable ending. Boy meets girl, boy kills girl, boy meets another girl, boy kills other girl too, girl, kill, girl, kill, etc... boy gets caught by good cop. So cliche.
Well this movie got me! Really!! Even when you have an idea of what may happen, you end up jumping anyway because the Japanese captured the moment, oh so well. It was awesome! It had elements of Hitchcock through out the movie, showing you enough to make you anticipate 'what is going to happen next', but not showing you too much so your imagination actually causes you to feel anxious because you can just imagine what is going to happen...and I am so glad I am here watching the movie, rather than being in Sarah Michelle Gellar's shoes. It was one of those movies that has the power to pull you in and make you feel like you are one of the characters, and not one of the stand-ins, no, your playing the part of the leading lady.
The movie was so good that I feel compelled to rush out and buy the book that it was based on, just to see how much it actually resembles the movie, and also to see just how scary it is?
On leaving the cinema, I was so enthralled with the movie that I had to shake the fear from my body, and tell myself that it wasn't real. I must add that Joel had to do likewise.
You have to meet my friend Pat. He went to the Grudge premiere and said Sarah Michelle Gellar was beautiful in real life and very kind. He loves Buffy as well.
Posted by: katieb | November 01, 2004 at 01:39 PM
Hi! I hope SMG can get her career (back) on track. She really hasn't done much since Buffy! :| I MISS BUFFY!
You commented on my weight loss blog about also being an Aussie in Seattle -- I come here usually once a year for Christmas/long school holidays because my Mum and little sister live over here. I've spent all of 2004 in Seattle to make use of my gap year between school and uni. I like Seattle but I can't wait to go back home... I really miss Australia and Australians.
How bout you? What state did you used to live in? Did you marry an American guy? That's wy my Mum is here. Do you think you'll ever go back to Aus?
Posted by: Stef | October 26, 2004 at 09:08 AM