In recent years, Hollywood has set off a wave of changing Asian horror movies. Most of the classic Asian horror movies that audiences are familiar with are almost all photographed by Hollywood producers. Although the remakes of "Ghost Water Sorrowing Bell" and "Ghost Loop" were a mess, after all, there are remakes of "Midnight Sorrowing Bell" and "The Grudge", which has a win-win record at the box office and popularity. Therefore, "Damn it" It's a logical step to enter Hollywood's vision. After remakes of a series of classic Japanese horror films, Hollywood filmmakers have set their sights on Hong Kong. In recent years, the horror films produced by the Pang brothers have set off an unprecedented wave of horror in Hong Kong movies, especially in The series is the most successful. This remake was jointly released by Lionsgate and Paramount Pictures, and Lionsgate is the most professional horror film distribution company in Hollywood.
In fact, the truth of the remake is obvious, either fail or surpass the previous one. However, there is a special case that for the remake of horror films, especially the remake of Asian horror films, Hollywood may not be able to surpass its predecessors. It can also be said that it is almost impossible to surpass. So this is completely a kind of commercial operation. Take the horror movies that are popular in Asia to the European and American markets, then put on a coat that fully conforms to the aesthetic taste and religious beliefs of European and American audiences, and sell them on the movie market. Based on Asian popularity, it attracts European and American audiences to earn box office.
Audiences familiar with the Chinese version of "Damn" can see that the story and characters of "American Version" are nothing more than a packaging of the original work. The plots of the characters are exactly the same, except that the Chinese version of "Damn" finally discovered the truth in Thailand, and in the US version it was replaced by Mexico. This kind of remake, even if the French couple directors David Moreau and Xavier Boru were brought in, they received a lot of attention in the international film industry in 2006 because of the film "Them". Under the packaging of Hollywood and under the premise of being a remake of the script, these two European directors are also completely restrained, and they cannot bring the cold temperament of European horror movies to this commercial Hollywood movie. , At best, you can only use your talents on how to create a horror atmosphere. For audiences who are familiar with Asian horror movies, the horror tricks in this film are almost a kind of imitation. There are too many familiar Asian horror movies. Element, in this film, is just a repetition of the old tricks.
American audiences are not very picky about horror movies. For American audiences who are familiar with perverted murderers, blood plasma, and a group of young people, they may be able to learn from the unique oriental mystery of Asian horror films. In the atmosphere, I get some different feelings. However, different levels of public appreciation and understanding created by different cultural beliefs have also created different understandings of horror films. Therefore, filmmakers took the blueprints of classic Asian horror movies, put them in a pattern that conformed to the understanding and acceptance of European and American audiences, packaged them, and then used a completely Hollywood-style horror film model to make more The audience buys it.
Therefore, in "Hell in the US", we may be able to feel the horror and horror, but what we can't feel is the mysterious and strange horror atmosphere that only the Orientals can create in the original. The original work can be said to be a pure ghost story. The supernatural events that appear in the film appear in a way with primitive Eastern mysterious power, which makes people scared and full of charm. In this film, those supernatural events seem to have lost their sense of mystery because they are too straightforward and straightforward. From this film, we can see that Western beliefs have brought a completely different form of expression to this remake. The most obvious manifestation is the black shadow seen by the female male. After being processed by computer special effects, it can be seen that it is the image of death in the belief of Westerners, and even its vivid and shocking expression can be seen. In the original work, the Orientals can regard the female male's eyes that can see ghosts as a kind of superstitious celestial eyes, which makes the story mysterious and strange. In this film, the conclusion is based on science. After the organ transplantation, the memory instructions issued by the organ itself to the new host will make all the ghost events in this story lose their own charm. It becomes just a scientific supernatural phenomenon that can be explained.
The ghosts in the eyes of the female protagonist and the director’s treatment make people have to think of a classic psychological thriller-"The Sixth Sense of Supernatural" directed by M. Knight Shamaran. It can be said that this film The female father can see the soul of the dead after death, as well as the creation and handling of the horror atmosphere, which is very similar to the "Sixth Sense of Supernatural". A completely Western approach, with the characteristics of strong Western religious beliefs. In other words, in the original work, the female male sees pure ghosts, so in this film, the female male sees the undead after the death of the dead. Such an explanation cannot fully summarize the difference between the two. The difference in senses and feelings, and this completely unspeakable difference makes this film, for an Asian audience, never comparable to the previous one. For a European and American audience, this film is also a horror movie with supernatural phenomena as its selling point.
Of course, when it comes to highlights, in fact, this highlight is undoubtedly Jessica Alba. Whether this sweet chick can really attract the audience not by her sweet appearance, but by her mature acting skills to conquer the audience, has become more suspenseful than the suspense of the film story itself. Of course, after a series of vase roles, Jessica chose a role for herself who will no longer be a vase, proving that this little girl does not want to rely on her face to eat her grand ambitions. At that time, Li Xinjie immediately became the first-line actress in Hong Kong by virtue of her outstanding performance in "Damn". However, it is clear that such a thing will not happen to Jessica who plays the same role. As a purely commercial horror film, this film itself is too lawful to extract more performance potential of Jessica. It can only be said to be a training lesson in Jessica's acting career.
Admittedly, it cannot be denied that this movie allows people to see Jessica's acting skills. At least in one horror movie, this girl is no longer the kind of pure panic who just screams casually. The vase is a blind girl who expects the light in her heart, but refuses the light again because of terrible spiritual events, and Jessica has also shaped the fear, contradiction and struggle of this blind girl. The most important thing is Jessica. Injecting his unique elegance into this role is worthy of recognition.
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