Yeah, I was actually impressed with the remake. I guess using the same director pays off, especially since this is essentially the third time he's made the same film
I'm also a huge fan of Sarah Michelle Gellar from back in the Buffy days (yeah, yeah, I know... so shoot me), so it didn't hurt that she was in the film as well. It will be interesting to see if he remakes the second part for American audiences. I'd like to see him do it, because I thought both films (or all 4 films if you want) were all really good. They fell into the same trap as every other film and it's sequels, where the sequels aren't quite as good, but I still enjoyed all of them. Keep us/me posted on what you find out about the foreign copies of the disc for Ju-on, because if there is a copy out there with additional footage on it, I
need - need, not want - need to own it.
Here's some pretty good info on the different versions available. I gave it a quick look, and didn't see anything listed about various differences available in other countries, but then again most of the links to the other sites aren't in English. Most of them say the runtime listed as 92 minutes, although
this page has it listed as 92/94 down at the bottom, whatever that means.
Too bad some of the other recent remakes weren't as good - i.e. Dawn of the Dead, Texas Chainsaw, etc. They were okay movies, but they just didn't stand up to the originals, in my opinion. But of course, I own all the dvd's anyway
