Mar 06 2009
DARK WATER (ORIGINAL)
Not as good as I expected.
PLOT
Yoshimi decides Ikuko into an old, decrepit looking apartment building where the rain constantly seems to flow. It’s her only choice as she’s in the middle of a bitter divorce and needs a home to gain custody of her daughter. Once there, she starts to notice odd things like water stains on the ceiling and a little girl that no one else sees. Yoshimi realizes that she needs to find out the truth about the old little girl if she hopes to save her own child.
TRIVIA
Hideo Nakata who directed this movie, also directed the original Ring and Ring 2.
Based on a short story called Floating Water.
THOUGHTS
I was actually a little surprised to discover that I didn’t like the original Dark Water. In fact, I actually kind of like the American remake a lot better. Yoshimi is completely worthless here and she just kind of floats around the whole time. Her roof’s leaking and she calls the super once to complain and then kind of forgets about it. She also seems like a pretty horrible mother and the authorities probably should have given her daughter to the father.
There’s also the ridiculous and pointless ending, which thankfully they left off the Dark Water remake. It made me roll my eyes and reach for the remote. However, the cinematography is great and some of the scenes are actually a little creepy at times.
