I paid to see One Missed Call during its theatrical run, because I liked the original Japanese version. Boy, what a mistake that was on my part. It made me want to rip my seat out of the floor and throw it at the screen. That awful remake of Pulse looks like an epic by comparison.

tom normandy wrote: yeah it wasnt anything special.  if you want to see a good asian horror remake, check out THE EYE starring Jessica Alba.

I heard this movie sucked and i saw THE EYE, which was one of the dumbest remakes ever...i can't believe they remade the original...its not even compared

Heard this movie was terrible.

On the other hand, that is a really great, creepy poster.  They did the right thing by sticking with it for the cover art.

Yeah but that was before Toshiba announced HD-DVD was no more. You think they would have some sense to stop production on a format that will no longer exist 2 Months before May.

Isn't anyone wondering why Warner Bothers is releasing this film on HD-DVD when they dropped it for Blu Ray months ago, even before Toshiba announced the end of HD-DVD?

I'd like to know who said it first, but they said it best:

"Full Screen is a drool cup for the artistically ignorant."

Full Screen is still being produced for the mouth-breathers that do the majority of their shopping at Wal-Mart. I'll go to Wal-Mart to sometimes pick up the exclusives that are released alongside new releases, the bonus discs, but they're always paired with a Full Screen version of the film it accompanies. I'll usually buy the pack, go home and take out the bonus disc, then return the Full Screen version. Always works. If Blu-ray ever were to replace SD entirely, there will be Full Screen releases just for Wal-Mart, not a doubt in my mind.

And pity the poor schlubs that work in the Wal-Mart video section that actually know a thing or two. I've talked to a few of these damned souls that are daily on the verge of mass mayhem when one of the knuckle-draggers walks up and shouts, "What do you mean this isn't available in Full Screen?! I gotta watch this on my 30-year-old-TV with black bars on the screen?! Gawd!"

I heard the movie is a absolute insult to the original, but Ana Claudia Talancon is HOT, HOT, HOT!

I wish they'd gone with the tagline in the ads. "Scream and scream again. You just missed a call." I laughed every time I read it.

Dustin P, wrote: Kinda makes me mad that they still insist on releasing movies in both fullscreen & widescreen on one disc. I cannot imagine anyone still wanting to watch fullscreen. Usually the problem with widescreen is young audiences find the black bars distracting. Well this is a horror movie, so it doesn't seem a fullscreen version is needed. I am not against movies coming out in fullscreen and widescreen, just not on the same disc.

Well, it's better than just a foolscreen release (which Warners did with a lot of movies in their earlier DVD phase), but this is funny in that it doesn't deserve a flipper disc presentation. It seems pretty foolish to provide a pan-n-scan version alongside the 1.85:1 ratio of the film for those who want it.

Makes me wish the WB would stop fooling around and just give us a widescreen-only release of this dud. They did it for "The Invasion" and "A Sound of Thunder", so what gives?

horrorfan25 wrote: Why is everybody so cruel. I liked One missed call. Probably not buying but it's worth a rental.
IMO I tend to find them boring as few add anything and I've seen it all before, many times.

Asians still do this type of horror best. I remember watching the Ringu remake, it was just awful. The sequal was much better, but still why bother? The original is already so good.

Likewise Americans do action films so well, few other countries can compare. Hong Kong is also very good at it but there action films are distinctly different.

Kinda makes me mad that they still insist on releasing movies in both fullscreen & widescreen on one disc. I cannot imagine anyone still wanting to watch fullscreen. Usually the problem with widescreen is young audiences find the black bars distracting. Well this is a horror movie, so it doesn't seem a fullscreen version is needed. I am not against movies coming out in fullscreen and widescreen, just not on the same disc.

Wow. WB went as low as to release this movie? I thought the movie was made by Screen Gems, Fox Atomic, Dimension, maybe even The Asylum (makers of Transmorphers, Snakes on a Train and I Am Omega) or any one of those studios that do lame horror movies like this.

shwanzi wrote: tom normandy wrote: yeah it wasnt anything special.  if you want to see a good asian horror remake, check out THE EYE starring Jessica Alba.

Because we all know that Jessica Alba = quality.  ;p

Well, she'd definitely a quality piece of ass.....

Heard this SUCKED!

I will definitely pass on this. I hope Hollywood leaves all of Takashi Miike's other films alone. I do not want to see an American version of Audition, Visitor Q, Ichi the Killer, or the various other films he's done. But especially not those three.

Considering that all the American remakes of Asian horror I've seen has so far been woeful I'm not expecting much. Get some new ideas Hollywood instead of nicking other peoples.

If you want to see OMC, watch it when it came out 5 years ago...although I recommend you skip it entirely, this movie (and this dog turd remake)is terrible.  

both this and the eye remake sucked watch the originals, they are way better

Fabricio De Zuasnabar wrote: IT'S REALLY BAD...
i got scared like twice...

it happened so fast...

i dont know..

i'll get it anyways...

Movie studios love people like you...

tom normandy wrote: yeah it wasnt anything special.  if you want to see a good asian horror remake, check out THE EYE starring Jessica Alba.

Because we all know that Jessica Alba = quality.  ;p

Fabricio De Zuasnabar wrote: IT'S REALLY BAD...

i'll get it anyways...

*Phhhhfff*

This was one of the worst I've seen in some time. On a lark I picked up the original Japanese and it's sequel as they were on sale, can't imagine the original is much worse than the remake.

Horrible tag-line.  I'm gonna automatically ignore it on that point!

No, it's terrible. I downloaded it ages ago.

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