Newsgroup: it.fan.tv.buffy
Titolo: The Grudge Panel

Participants:
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Jason Behr
The film stars:
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Jason Behr
Clea DuVall
Bill Pullman
William Mapother
Release date:
October 22, 2004
THE GRUDGE: OR HOW I LEARNED NOTHING ABOUT THE FILM AND LOVE THE GELLAR.
Yup, as I suspected, most  movie fans  at this panel threw a shitload of
ROSWELL and BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER at this duo throughout the Q&A and the
end result was us learning next to nothing about this Japanese horror
remake, originally titled JU-ON.  Simply put, the panel sucked. Why the
studio did not have a moderator there instead to question the duo about the
film is beyond me. I understand this convention is for fans but this
appearance was for THE GRUDGE goddamnit! Buffy is over, it s in the past,
let s move on!!
Before it began, we saw a new trailer, edited by Sam Raimi that pretty much
gave me the same vibes THE RING had given me back in 2002. The cockroach
walk and creepy infant boy were, as always, the highlights. Luckily, a few
of us got to meet Gellar and Behr beforehand and ask them a few
movie-related questions. Gellar seemed genuinely excited about this film
and looked cuter than I ever imagined she would. She had just returned from
re-shoots 6 days earlier. Behr is a cool guy but didn t make an impression
on me one way or another. As far as I m concerned, he just exists. He was
going all out with that bubblegum in his mouth though   a wise choice to
make him come off cool and relaxed in front of thousands of fans.
Unfortunately, something tells me he might ve nailed Katherine Heigl on the
set of ROSWELL back in the day and I wouldn t have minded hearing about
that. But it was not to be.
This following is what we learned 
    * This is the first American remake of a Japanese film to use the
original Japanese director. Although, you d think producer Sam Raimi
directed the film by the number of times they mention his name. We re not
that naïve, guys 
    * Sarah Michelle Gellar Scooby Prinze Jr. brought along a top ten list
for the folks at the Con seeing as this was her very first appearance
there. The list, it seems, was prepared by her husband seeing as it had
many obscure comic book references in it. The list was the top ten reasons
she d never attended the San Diego Comic Con before. A few that she
mentioned "I never had a ride before." / "I m still trying to make sense of
the whole Spider-man/clone story." / "I m already married to the world s
biggest comic book geek." / "There is not enough merchandise with my face
on it."
    * Presently there aren t any plans to make a THE GRUDGE sequel.
    * Both Gellar and Behr related their experience in Japan filming this
movie to the overrated film, LOST IN TRANSLATION. They both had a great
time visiting the sights but they spoke about a definite sense of isolation
and loneliness that comes about sometimes.
    * When asked about the rumors that he might be considered for the title
role in the new Superman movie and if he would like that, all Behr said was
that he thought Christopher Reeve was the ultimate Superman. Yawn! How
uninformative. Way to go after a part, guy 
    * They recently re-shot the shower scene to make it scarier. They ve
also added some scenes that show more of Tokyo.
    * Gellar, when looking for the director one day, shot a little film on
set called Where in the World is Shimizu-san. She hopes it ll be added to
the DVD.
    * Behr s character was not in the original JU-ON.
Uh yeah, like I said, not much to learn about the film. Don t blame me
though, blame the studio 
http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=4882
Jolan Tru
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 William Mapother
Speriamo bene...il film originale e' davvero un capolavoro