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Old 25th February 2011, 01:10 AM
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Well, I gave the unrated R1 DVD of the remake a spin earlier this evening - what a woeful piece of charmless filmmaking. It misses entirely the point of the original, with Jennifer setting up Saw-like traps for the victims. Instead of there being some passion to her revenge it becomes more of an exercise in elaborate death scenes. Too much planning on her part which ultimately stretches credibility. The original is far superior, the remake is soulless and without a philosophy. Totally pointless.
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Old 25th February 2011, 03:20 PM
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Hi all,watched the remake on wednesday,and have to say i didnt like it.Found it a bit slow and boreing.
Now i know the original aint no masterpiece,but its so much better,nastier and better paced than the remake effort!
LHOTL remake is next.Will keep you posted.
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Old 25th February 2011, 03:48 PM
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Gotta disagree with you Daemonia.
Director wanted it to be a stand alone movie but based on the events of the original. The director of the original even enjoyed it.
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Old 26th February 2011, 10:00 PM
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Lets face it love or hate I S O Y G and likes of L H O T L. now that the remakes are more commercialised and given the so called Hollywood treatment 1 thing i will give them credit for they havent exactly been toned down.. i wasnt expecting them to be violent graphic etc, i was expecting them to be quite tame and lame to be honest...
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Old 28th February 2011, 01:54 PM
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Gotta disagree with you Daemonia.
Director wanted it to be a stand alone movie but based on the events of the original. The director of the original even enjoyed it.
We'll have to agree to disagree on this one, Nekro. I hated it, thought it was rubbish. Although it's more graphic in some ways than the original, the tone of the film is completely different, it's very uneven and is almost like an entry in the Saw franchise. The original at least was trying to make a point, the remake is just there for dubious entertainment. It makes no point, it has no heart. It's listless and tedious and utterly devoid of any soul.
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We'll have to agree to disagree on this one, Nekro. I hated it, thought it was rubbish. Although it's more graphic in some ways than the original, the tone of the film is completely different, it's very uneven and is almost like an entry in the Saw franchise. The original at least was trying to make a point, the remake is just there for dubious entertainment. It makes no point, it has no heart. It's listless and tedious and utterly devoid of any soul.
Maybe I enjoyed it as I wasn't a big fan of the original.
I prefer Last House original over I spit original tbh, apart from the comedic cops in last house.
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Maybe I enjoyed it as I wasn't a big fan of the original.
I prefer Last House original over I spit original tbh, apart from the comedic cops in last house.
Although I have yet to see the uncut version of I Spit on Your Grave on the Blu-ray I have had fo week or so, I found the remake to be a decent watch but a different film from the original, of which I am a fan.

Interesting you should mention the two cops in Last House on the Left as I feel that the slightly uneven tone with their comedic interludes adds to the violence and disquieting nature of the film, something that was extremely lacking from the remake that was, in my view, distasteful.
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Old 28th February 2011, 03:59 PM
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Although I have yet to see the uncut version of I Spit on Your Grave on the Blu-ray I have had fo week or so, I found the remake to be a decent watch but a different film from the original, of which I am a fan.

Interesting you should mention the two cops in Last House on the Left as I feel that the slightly uneven tone with their comedic interludes adds to the violence and disquieting nature of the film, something that was extremely lacking from the remake that was, in my view, distasteful.
Yeh exactly, the remake of I spit was made to be a movie on its own. Like I mentioned before, even the director of the original enjoyed it. its not meant to be strict remake. More of a modern version of that same idea.

I gotta disagree with the cops, the movie is meant to be a brutal and harsh flick so adding comedy ruins it as it just dont go with that type of movie. Brain Dead is the type of movie that can be brutally violent and yet funny as the funny parts dont take any atmosphere away while in movies like Last House it needs the atmosphere to be left as it is so you dont get taken away from the movie.
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Old 6th November 2011, 07:16 PM
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I actually really liked the remake. There were elements I didn't appreciate, such as Jennifer's prolonged absence, but on the whole it made a nice companion piece to the original.
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Yeh exactly, the remake of I spit was made to be a movie on its own. Like I mentioned before, even the director of the original enjoyed it. its not meant to be strict remake. More of a modern version of that same idea.
And what idea is that? That if you abuse a woman you'll be faced with a female Rambo capable of engineering shotgun enemas? Sorry, but Zarchi would have to say he likes the remake as he was the producer and was making money off the film. So I'd hardly expect him to trash it.

At least the original was believable - so much so that it's that what offends people. It's plausible. They start with a bit of teasing, then some harrassment and it's a gradual and slow escalation of events. Then there's the pivotal midway point where Jennifer is seen pondering her future. Does she succumb to the pain and humiliation and become a broken person, or does she become strong - stronger than the men who abused her? Strong enough to take vicious revenge. But ultimately there's no winners, it's hard to cheer Jennifer on, as she becomes as violent and heartless as her abusers.

But what does the remake offer us? Jennifer is raped and abused, disappears, then re-appears as a tough female (who couldn't even fix her plumbing before) capable of setting up elaborate traps for her tormentors. But there's no philosophy to the film, no reasoning, and shallow on logic. It trades purely on the violence and vicousness of the material without giving the viewer something to think about. It doesn't come across as an anti-rape film but as a piece of horrible filmmaking that invites us to share in her degradation for no other reason than to validate her vicious revenge. It doesn't address the complexities of the issue of how to deal with the matter of having been humiliated so thoroughly. Is revenge in this context justified? Instead of challenging the viewer it ends up as just another soulless torture horror film that is ultimately worthless and pointless.

Just my opinion, I guess you could say I didn't like it.
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