Comments on: MySpace Meets J-Horror in Hideo Nakata’s ‘Chatroom’

By: Rob Hunter

Rob Hunter — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:21:27 +0000

@ Meha, you are of course correct. I should have double checked! As penance I promise to watch Girls Rebel Force of Competitive Swimmers three more times.

And yes, I realize Nakata didn’t direct that film either.

By: Rob Hunter

Rob Hunter — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:21:00 +0000

@ Meha, you are of course correct. I should have double checked! As penance I promise to watch Girls Rebel Force of Competitive Swimmers three more times.

And yes, I realize Nakata didn’t direct that film either.

By: Meha

Meha — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:05:17 +0000

Nakata didn’t direct the Dark Water English remake, he directed the original
Japanese film. This would be his third English film if you’re counting the upcoming
Ring 3, which sounds pretty terrible honestly.

By: Meha

Meha — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:05:00 +0000

By: Cole Abaius

Cole Abaius — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:52:38 +0000

The internet thing is obviously not a new concept -especially in Japanese film. I’m sure it’ll play a more prominent role, but films like Noriko’s Dinner Table and a few others have used the internet as a catalyst for suicide or murder fairly well. I’m not totally hyped about this premise or the usual logical inconsistencies that comes with Nakata’s work, but it might have some promise.

By: Cole Abaius

Cole Abaius — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:52:00 +0000

By: Nish

Nish — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:50:15 +0000

This sounds like a movie written by someone who has no understanding of kids or the internet, which suprises me as he is japanese. As in the internet part not necessarily the kid part.

By: Nish

Nish — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:50:00 +0000

This sounds like a movie written by someone who has no understanding of kids or the internet, which suprises me as he is japanese. As in the internet part not necessarily the kid part.

By: Kevin Gustafson

Kevin Gustafson — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:48:28 +0000

Dark Water didn’t suck. It wasn’t great either. Color me mildly intrigued. I didn’t get the connection between the ghost plot and the custody-battle plot. It felt like two movies in one–a horror movie and a melodrama.

By: Kevin Gustafson

Kevin Gustafson — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:48:00 +0000

By: Kevin Gustafson

Kevin Gustafson — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:44:32 +0000

The potential of technology to kill us or enslave us is scary. But I wonder if filmmakers are writing stories about really interesting topics. Chatroom sounds like it could be like Carrie updated for the 21st century. It might be a good movie. I have to learn more. An even greater idea would be a movie on text messaging or file-sharing. It’s hilarious this was a stage play. Surely, it wasn’t an hour and a half with teenagers sitting at their computers typing in an apartment set with the exterior walls cutaway.

By: Kevin Gustafson

Kevin Gustafson — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:44:00 +0000

By: Reg

Reg — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:36:02 +0000

Umm good imagination Trace but I would prefer something else. I disagree with Rob Hunter I enjoyed Dark water and Ring (not Ring 2) theyre weren’t that bad. J-Horror remakes are good unless they are done correctly. I would like Hollywood do a take on Audition with a psycho japanese girl with an abusive past type of movie. I wouldn’t mind that all.

By: Reg

Reg — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:36:00 +0000

By: Trace

Trace — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:03:57 +0000

The opening scene will show a kid hung by his studded black leather belt in his bedroom, light from his computer monitor throwing a blurry shadow across the walls. And on the screen, an email from Tom, apologizing for a server crash that ultimately deleted the kid’s mySpace account.

The audience then sees Tom transform into a reptilian humanoid and dance to the Turtles “Happy Together.” The end.

By: Trace

Trace — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:03:00 +0000

The audience then sees Tom transform into a reptilian humanoid and dance to the Turtles “Happy Together.” The end.