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If you see the ring before you die after watching this I was prayig. I want to see the ring I want to see the ring. Please don't torture me any more!!! Good story, one good actress but everything else felt boring and well not scary. Sometimes it had a creepy feel and the only part that I felt was good was the opening scene too bad it lasted for five minutes.
A great remake that exceeded my expectations. Gore Verbinski films each scene with such class its like watching a designer label horror film. The atmosphere of dread he creates is outstanding and thanks to such gifted actors , namely Naomi Watts everybody involved brings this remake to terrifying life. The video tape itself contains such unsettling imagery, add to the mix a creepy son , a rainy dreary Seattle setting plus Samara and the whole story behind the ring and its curse and you have one disturbing, creepy , genuinely frightening film. I loved It .
Posted By: horrorking95 at 6:05am, December 29, 2008
I liked this film but I felt it could of been a lot scarier and more creepy moments, there wasn't much horror in this and it was more of a thriller. It did however have a good solid storyline and some good acting but I prefer the grudge over this as the grudge was a lot scarier I think I expeted more from this.
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I know its like a classic and everything, but it was not like that amazing. There were some scary parts and liked the idea of a killer video tape, but i actually fell asleep during it. That should tell me something.
Posted By: AshWilliams95 at 7:26am, December 23, 2008
I thought that the ring was as scary as hell.
Storyline: A mysterious tape is created and who ever watches it gets a phone call from a scary little girl and dies in seven days. A woman watches the tape and searches for clues and tries to uncover the secrets of the little girl and her past. 10/10
Acting: The acting through out the whole movie was just amazing and the actors did a really great job. 10/10
Special Effects: The effects are sweet and everything looks real from the girl coming out of the tv to the mutilated faces of the death victims. 10/10
Best Scene: When the girl comes out of the tv and kills noah. 10/10
Ending: The little girl gets laid to rest...... unti the sequel of course. :D 7/10
Overall this movie had great scares and the atmosphere was well created. The little girl was as creepy as fuck aswell and I give this movie a 8/10
Posted By: BRLAXATTACK22 at 11:59am, November 14, 2008
I dont think this movie is all that scary. It is entertaining and had agood original story but it was not much of a horror movie in my opinion.
The Ring is a great horror movie and one of my all-time favorite scary movies. The story is exciting as the mystery unfolds. The acting s exquisite. Naomi Watts is the cream of the crop of actresses and Brian Cox is pretty awesome, too. Wow! What an ending! Love this movie.
Posted By: Fridaythe13th at 12:41pm, October 31, 2008
Complete trash. This movie doesn't deserve all the praise it gets. I saw this movie and laughed throughout. Only one part truly made me jump, the rest was just complete garbage. Definitely not worth it... I refuse to watch it again. I'll be somewhat nice and give it a 2/10.
I really did not enjoy this. Naomi Watts turned in a very good performance, but the main problem for me was the fact that it was so damn typical. At the time, Asian horror remakes weren't as big as they are now, but even then the whole thing just seems too cliche. I'm definitely in the minority on this one.
"I know there will be some misguided souls who stumble into a showing of THE RING believing that it's either a film of Richard Wagner's famous operatic cycle, or has something to do with Hobbits. Needless to say, they will be in for a surprise.
Gore Verbinski's THE RING, based on an extremely popular Japanese film and novel, is a creepy and disturbing thriller that may do for VCRs what JAWS did for the ocean. After watching a recent sneak preview, I couldn't help but imagine people all across the nation going home and throwing out their videocassettes and players, in fear that they might accidentally watch the tape that's at the center of this movie.
The fast-paced suspense film begins in Seattle with an urban legend-type set up: two high school girls - Katie and Becca - are alone in Katie's home at night. Conversation turns to a videotape that has a horrifying effect. Moments after you watch it, the phone rings, and a voice tells you, "Seven days." And exactly a week later, you die. Katie reveals to her friend that she watched that tape at a cabin in the woods, seven days before. In a brilliantly edited sequence that is sure to make you drop your popcorn, Katie meets her fate, and we learn that the tale of the tape is no mere kids' story.
Katie's aunt, a newspaper reporter named Rachel (Naomi Watts), is asked by her sister Ruth (Lindsay Frost) to investigate the death, and she soon finds herself drawn into a world that's as dark and claustrophobic as the grave. Pulled in with her are former boyfriend Noah (Martin Henderson), and their son Aidan (David Dorfman).
We see the tape in question early on, and at first it appears to be just a random series of weird images - a ring of light that looks like a solar eclipse, dead horses floating in water, a woman leaping from a cliff, a fly buzzing, a stone wall that encloses a well - playing out like a home movie made by David Lynch and Luis Buñuel. As the film progresses, however, we learn that the eerie black-and-white vignettes are clues to who made the tape and why. I'd hate to give away too much, so I'll just say that the answer takes Noah and Rachel to an island where a horse breeder (marvelously played by Brian Cox, the original and best Hannibal Lecter) seems to be hiding a secret that's by turns sad, and horrifying.
The acting in THE RING is fabulous throughout, with the actors stretching well beyond the caricatures all-too-often found in horror films and creating realistic, intriguing people. I've met and interviewed Naomi, and yes, she really is that beautiful and charming in person, and here she proves once again that she's an outstanding actress. Martin Henderson, another actor from Down Under, is perfect as a videographer turned reluctant action hero, and young David Dorfman and Daveigh Chase are scary-good. Amber Tamblyn (daughter of multitalented actor/singer/dancer Russ Tamblyn) and the engaging Rachael Bella do a wonderful job of starting the movie off with a scream, Lindsay Frost shines in a small but important role, and Jane Alexander (an actor's actor) is fun to watch as a doctor who knows more than she wants to. The direction is crisp, stylish, and sure-handed (hard to believe that this is the same guy who helmed MOUSE TRAP and THE MEXICAN). Even the lighting and sound are beautifully worked out; those elements make a sequence with a horse on a ferry especially chilling. Hans Zimmer's soundtrack hits all the right notes, and the screenplay is smart, original, and pulls no punches. It's worth noting that unlike most modern horror films, you won't see people terrorized with knives or other conventional weapons, and there's very little actual gore. What you do see, however, as well as what's implied, may give you the worst case of the creeps you've ever had. I'm sure that some purists who've seen the original Japanese film (which spawned sequels and a TV series) will pick apart this version, but, for my money, this is one case where the remake of a foreign film can stand on its own merits." --scott-390, imdb.com
The only movie I have ever seen that I can honestly say scared me. I can understand why some may not find it scary, especially if they’ve seen the thousands of rip-offs first.
The camera angles, the style, the feel . . . it’s all perfect. It had me hooked from the unnerving first scene until the horrifying middle, to the ending I wasn’t expecting.
It’s not for everyone, but everyone must at least see it if they call themselves a horror fan.
I dont get how people love this movie. It just sucks ass so bad. There is nothing scary about it at all. The only cool part of the whole movie was when you actually saw what the movie was and even then it wasnt that cool. I really hope they stop making them.
This movie is truly a creepy movie. not that scary but creepy. Naiomi Watts is a really good actress and, was brilliant in this movie!! Samara was frightening and the story 2 this movie was brilliant. Cant wait 2 watch the ring 2 2nite!!
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