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The Ring (Widescreen Edition)

The Ring (Widescreen Edition)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I LOVED IT!
Review: I absolutely loved this movie! It is rare that I am scared by a movie but this did the trick. Many people have told me that they did not think it was scary but I think they are too embarrassed to admit how truly scared they were.

One of the best purchases I ever made!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best Scary Movie In Years
Review: This scared the hell out of me when I first saw it but that was the best part about it and this is a great horror movie. Theres nothing else to say but that this is a fantastic scary movie and the best scary movies in years I rcommend it to everyone who likes real horror flicks.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Well...
Review: I have to say, from hearing the other reviews, i just don't get why people say that Ringu is scarier than this movie. You may have to see that movie first, but I think that this was MUCH scarier. I mean, Ringu was OK, but not as great as everyone says. But you have to take into consideration that that movie was made like 5 years ago and technology and film making have changed.
Anyway, The Ring was a really cool, really scary movie that is DEFINATELY worth watching. I am not trying to steer people away from Ringu, but I just thougt that this was better.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Creepy moments, silly movie
Review: The good news is that there are several images in this movie that are truly frightening. Having said that, the rest of the movie undermines those images. The trouble is not with the acting, editing, cinematography, etc. The trouble is with the story itself. While the premise - evil child is born, threatens parents and horses and whatever else, is "killed" by parents, then returns from grave to kill again - is interesting, it is also highly unoriginal. The means by which the evil one kills is also not entirely original although the images used in telling the tale are quite effective. I think the problem here is that the storyline is so familiar that no amount of scary pictures and lighting will allow you to forget you are watching a rerun. Not only that, but the storyline is disconnected. How is Samara supposed to kill someone 7 days later if there is no television around? What is the purpose of the telephone call except to condition the audience to jump at the sound of a ringing phone? While answers to these questions may not be necessary in scaring the audience, they should have been explored more in telling the story. When the heroine realizes that it took 7 days for Samara to die, the explanation seemed gratuitous rather than important. Moreover, if she (Samara) "never sleeps" how could she be killed in the first place? This is a perfect example where a moviemaker relied too much on the photography and not nearly enough time on the story.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: OK for the U.S. version
Review: The story seemed to drag and the change in the storyline from the original Japanese version (Ringu) that came out around 1996 did not make sense. I suggest You watch the original Japanese version to make sense as to why this girl has such powers and better understanding as to why the boy also. Though the boy plays less of a part in the original Japanese version. Though I warn that the original version was low budget and does not have the effects of the American version, except for the wonderful scene of the girl coming through the TV. Overall its an ok movie that did not scare of freak me out at all (Freddy Kruger still freaks me out)...I slept like a baby that night. Hard to find a good scary movie these days...take care.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: a spooky good time
Review: Scary and different. Spooky remake from the asian versions. Fun. Score: 95/100

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Awesome!
Review: This movie is the scariest I've seen in a long time. The last time a movie scared me like this was "Evil Dead"!!!! And that was mostly because we had a basement and woods behind our house.
The best part about this movie is that just when you think it's over - it's not!
The special effects are GREAT!! And the makeup effects are great, too!!! Rick Baker did the makeup and anyone who's seen "American Werewolf in London" knows that he's a genius.
Well enough of my raving.

Enjoy!!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Wait did i just hear the phone?
Review: I was watching this and when we got to the part where she was watching the video the phone would ring. Some of sequences where creepier than others but then again i am writing the review at 6am the morning after watching it. The end freaked me out so much that I made a COPY.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: An Utter Disappoint
Review: This movie is an abysmal waste of time. I should have spent the time more productively by working a crossword puzzle or something.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Get's Real Confusing & Slow In The Middle
Review: This movie defied logic. The plot had so many inane twists and the ending defies the laws of all horror flicks. This movie really made me want to through something at the screen. It made no sense to me. I think Naomi Watts gave a fantastic performance. Little things about the movie that made me mad. How come her son could communicate with the spirit and why was this never explained? What was the whole deal with the horses all about. This movie was more hype than quality. Let's just hope the sequal is better. The beginning had promise and I thought it was going to be real good, but they lost me somewhere in the middle.


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