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The Ring (Widescreen Edition)

The Ring (Widescreen Edition)

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Yeah
Review: Good movie, but it kept you thinking though. The DVD has great features. It wasn't as scary as i thought it would be. The ending was so-so.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: This movie stays with you long after you watch it.
Review: Some may say this is not a great film, but for me it has the #1 spot for the scariest movie i've ever seen. I'm not into gore fests, or some stupid ghost story where the plot is about staying in a haunted house all night for a million bucks. This is a pschological thriller, that keeps you on the edge of your seat, and makes you not want to be home alone at night for a week after seeing it. I recommend seeing this movie if you like scary stuff BUT DO NOT WATCH IT ALONE!!!!

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Missing something
Review: You know how when you write something yourself you can overlook any mistakes in the writing again and again, like misspelled or omitted words, because you know what it's _supposed_ to say? I get the feeling that's what happened with this movie. I think the editor and producer needed someone else to take a look at this movie before they released it.

There were a lot of things that weren't explained at all and also what seemed to be unnecessary scenes left in the movie. All in all, I did not find this movie to be very cohesive, and I didn't find that the ending answered many questions or resolved many issues. I also didn't get the feeling that the movie was supposed to be one of those subtle and/or leaving issues unanswered kind of movies (those gaping-mouthed corpses certainly weren't subtle). Try the book, Ringu by Koji Suzuki, that the movie is based on, it does answer your questions, and tells the story in a much more sinister way.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Horrifying, if somwhat plotless
Review: It's amazing that a movie such as this can be so complex and horrifying, yet have so little plot.

The Ring is very disturbing, and everything is enhaced by the use of great filmogrophy. Some of the images are really frightening. While watching it I really got into it, and thought it was going to find some great way to finesh itself and explain everything. However, once the movie ended and I looked back on it, I realized something: The Ring had no plot. How anything happened, why it was connected to the video tape, none of it was explained. The movie was very complex, and you had to think to get what was going on, but despite this it still maneged to not truely make sence.
Anyway, in the end, it was a frightning foray into horror, and was able to make me remain somewhat scared and keep my lights on and long after my TV had been turned off. And that is a sign of a good horror movie. So if you're in the mood to be frightened, go out and rent this flick. Just be prepared to never want to watch TV again.

A little side note: The Ring is actually based on a Japanese movie which in turn is based on a novel. The Japanese movie is now available here in the U.S. under the tiltle of Ringu, so anyone who just can't get enough of the Ring
should check it out. But be warned; it's suposed to be just as frightning as the American version.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: DIFFERENT
Review: OK guys! Hated that review did ya? All I will say is
this movie was different! No more, no less!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Awesome
Review: This movie was awesome and that is all i have to say. No, it wasnt as scary as i thought it would be, but it was cool just the same. I think the other revier should have focused on the story rather than the fact of there being no blood.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Ok but not my cup of tea!
Review: This is the most weirdest movie that I can think of. The acting was great but the story line was stupid. What the hell "You'll die if you see the ring" oh ahh scary. This has no meaning to it. Oh wow they get a call telling them "Seven Days" ohh even scaryier. What is the big deal with these stupid movies? That is all, Good-bye.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: All this and no Wagner?
Review: The Ring is one of my all time favorite classical music pieces. I was happy to hear that they were releasing a movie of that. I was waiting with baited breath as the camera would pan across the Rhine and treat me to scenes of Rhine Maidens. Instead, I get something completely different. If Hollywood is going to make a movie with the same title as one of the best classical pieces out there, they could have the decency to use the same plot. No, instead, they do some stupid horror movie.
I mean geeze, what's wrong with showing scenes of Fafner after he puts the ring on and becomes a dragon? And then having his brother Siegfried kill him? Blah.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: this movie [STUNK]
Review: I don't see how in the world anyone could sit and watch this movie without laughing. It is such a cliche. It uses the phone ringing without anyone being there like on scream, and seeing "the ring" before you die and having a certain time limit before you die is from Fear dot Com. It has the little boy being a sort of prophet like the little girl in Bless the Child. It is awful. The woman who played Aydens mom didn't act like she was even scared most of the time. They could have picked better actors/actresses than the ones they did. Maybe it's just where I have seen so many of these movies that they are all running together. But i thought it was an awful movie.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: A horrible movie...
Review: I don't like horror movies at all and I actually went to see this at theater. I know why. I heard this movie compared to "The Sixth Sense", which was a great movie. And the premise is great. "You watch a video tape and a few days later you die."

So I wanted to see why. What was so evil about this tape. How did these viewers die, and why? Everything about this movie is good except the ending and the answer to the above questions. First of all, the Ring is in no way like the Sixth Sense. At least that movie was consistent, it was a ghost story.

The Ring for the whole movie (except the ending) leads us to believing there is a logical reason why people are dying. Naomi Watts inspects the tape with high-tech equimpment and follows leads. I kept hoping she would find the evil killer genius behind it all, but instead the movie reduces itself to some "Freddie Kreuger" type ending. I was very dissappointed.


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