When I first heard about the J-Horror Theater collection the premise sounded awesome and was eager to view whichever installment came my way first. I still have high hopes for other titles in the series mind you, but upon completion of Volume 2: "Yogen" (Premonition), my enthusiasm has been shaken.
Not that the basic premise of "Yogen" is all that bad or the movie suffered from awful production value - its just the base narrative is so fractured the stronger points are suffocated. And I love fractured narratives; Ju-On: The Grudge, Memento and similar flicks thrill me like nothing else can. Like these movies did, "Yogen" too takes drastic left turns to introduce key facets of the plot, but lacks even eventual explanation of newly introduced elements.
Remember, this is just the opinion of an uneducated geek here, so if I am way off base feel free to call me on it.
Sometimes it amazes me just how far off base expectations can turn out to be though: "Yogen" turned out to be the type of scare-free feel-good failure I assumed 'White Noise' was going to be. I bring this up as the two story lines are very similar, so if you have any reservations about "Yogen" I recommend skipping it and checking out the far superior Michael Keaton flick if you haven't already.
Thanks for listening!
Not that the basic premise of "Yogen" is all that bad or the movie suffered from awful production value - its just the base narrative is so fractured the stronger points are suffocated. And I love fractured narratives; Ju-On: The Grudge, Memento and similar flicks thrill me like nothing else can. Like these movies did, "Yogen" too takes drastic left turns to introduce key facets of the plot, but lacks even eventual explanation of newly introduced elements.
Remember, this is just the opinion of an uneducated geek here, so if I am way off base feel free to call me on it.
Sometimes it amazes me just how far off base expectations can turn out to be though: "Yogen" turned out to be the type of scare-free feel-good failure I assumed 'White Noise' was going to be. I bring this up as the two story lines are very similar, so if you have any reservations about "Yogen" I recommend skipping it and checking out the far superior Michael Keaton flick if you haven't already.
Thanks for listening!