The Ring (2002)

This film is a terrible "remake" of the Japanese miniseries, those were so much better.So much more suspension, so much more "jumpscare value". When I watched the American version I was seriously disappointed.Not every movie or series should be redone....

So,in 1998,One of the most creepiest horror films alive was made called Ring,the film spawned three sequels and one crossover against another highly famous J horror franchise Ju On. Then of course,a American remake was made starring Naomi Watts and Martin Henderson..and the casting couldn't of been more brilliant. I can't tell you which one is scarier,Ring or The Ring,you tell me. So,we all know what it's about the cursed videotape that kills you in seven days. The Ring has absolutely no flaws,what so ever,the story is exactly the same basically except for the names,the acting choices were brilliant and gave more time for the kid and his personality and how the tape effects him due to in the Japanese film,the boy had barely any lines. Two sequels were spawned of course after The Ring,The Ring Two was probably the worst sequel ever,probably worse than like Poltergeist 3 or Omen IV and then Rings came out the third reboot,that basically didn't really have any point to be made,but was OK,nothing special,OK. The Ring is probably one of my favourite horror films ever.

Several days after their cousin's death, a reporter and her young son find that a cursed videotape watched by individuals leads to their death in seven days and forces them to uncover the meaning of the tape and how to stop its terrible curse before it continues to be passed on.This does have a few pretty nice points about it. Among the better areas here is the fact that this manages to really do some stylized individual scenes to give this some exceptionally enjoyable and chilling moments. From seeing themselves in a live surveillance monitor where they notice their face is all distorted while everything else around them is fine, another starts pulling something out of their mouth that just keeps coming and looks like a long string with something on the end of it and another featuring a bunch of marbles coming together on the floor to make the image of a pointing arrow. It's also got the ability to build up some great scare scenes with a really weird dream where they see an image of a young girl who grabs her on the arm yet when they wake a hand-shaped burn mark across her arm where they were grabbed is noticeable, the incidental videotape itself is incredibly tense and chilling and makes for quite an effective central piece to the puzzle and the revelation at the cabin with the discovery of the well and the big highlight where a partially decomposed girl crawls out of a well on- screen and then crawls out through the TV, onto the floor and then starts walking toward him chasing him around the apartment which is just all sorts of chilling. The only other thing that really works for the film is its final resolution which is a rather chilling outcome. These are all great in making the film quite watchable even though it does have some pretty sizable flaws. One of the biggest issues is that the film didn't need to be as abstract and ambiguous since it's a mystery, and as such should provide us with a clearly defined solution. It's apparent the girl was quite twisted, yet we have no idea why she was mental even before being confined as there's absolutely no explanation what made her that way. What's even stranger is her sense of priority as nothing is given as to what she is trying to get out of all of this. It's obvious we're supposed to feel bad for her, but if they're completely crazy, then there's little chance of it happening. It's also not given how she got inside the videotape anyway, or why a videotape which too obsolete a technology to make much impact. This dates the material greatly and really makes the fear seem less important. Along with a plot that tends to go back on itself by never completely solving one mystery before starting to investigate another, these lower it substantially.Rated PG-13: Language, Violence, children in danger and animal violence.

Some points:At the beginning, how did exactly Katie's friend (Becca) know about the video tape? Somebody already found out that he/she needs to make a copy to survive and tell someone else the story?When they gonna watch TV, they sit very close to them, and no one wear glasses.Two of Katie's friends who watched the tape too, died in a car accident (crashed into a tree). They had TVs on their car? Or was they just running?So, Samara can control water, cameras, photos, and TVs (or at least their remotes), open refrigerators, call people and talk or leave a message after the beep, burn things. All of that, when she's a ghost. We must just accept it without any explanation.When Rachel is visiting Becca, how did Becca know that Rachel watched the tape? Does Samara control friends of people who watched the tape?What was that nose bleeding and taking a fly from TV?Typing fast into a local HTML file (from Desktop) and still using the mouse (with slow motion) to click the Search button. Just press Enter.How does Samara's father know about the tape?Why did Rachel suddenly attract to the horse in the ship? Just leave him alone. You're hurting him."Are you OK?" "Yeah, I'm fine." Seriously, your daughter just died in a horrible way, you just watched a man electrocuted himself in front of you.Too much symbolism and not-important events.