Yeah, I just got back from seeing it and, while I can say it is a decent movie in itself, it in no way stacks up to the original. I did definitely feel the story being "dumbed down" for the american audiences, unfortunately. While the creepiness factor, I think, was increased, the gore-aspect seemed to decrease majorly. Every death in the original was so brutal, and in the american version they are so much more tame and almost bloodless....a shock to me. I know it isn't necessary, but I'm a gorehound, what can I say.
Overall, I will be sticking with the original.