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Summary: GIVE ME A RING SOMETIME?
Review: Several horror films of the past thirty years or so have become "classic" expressly due to their chilling atmosphere, unusual photography, and enigmatic endings: "Carnival of Souls," "The Haunting", "The Others", to name a few. Along comes this flashy terrorfest called "The Ring." Admittedly, it has some truly disturbing and unsettling moments, including the strange death of a horse on the ferry boat; the emergence of a little girl from a well and through the t.v., to name only two. Naomi Watts is very good as the heroine, looking somewhat like a younger version of both Nicole Kidman and the divine Lara Parker. Martin Henderson has a boyish charm, yet soft machismo, that makes his Noah expand beyond the cardboard character he's given to play. In the version we bought, ten minutes of some kind of "footage" are tapped on the end, without explaining exactly what this footage is or what it's doing on the tape. Actually, some of the unused footage helps clarify the plot a little better. The footage suggests that the video tape ends up in a video rental store; woe the viewer who watches this one. And that's where this movie's strength truly lies---the horrifying video is so surreal and frightening, it's like watching your own worse nightmare come to life.
The cinematography, atmospheric music by Hans Zimmer, and a small cameo by the brilliant Jane Alexander, also help elevate this movie. Watts is good to watch, there are plenty of scares; just wish I truly knew what the heck happened!
RECOMMENDED FOR TRUE FRIGHT FANS!
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Summary: Not The Scariest Movie.
Review: C'mon this movie was not scary, at all. It wasn't a bad movie, the idea is great, but it wasn't scary. I've seen some call it the scariest of all time, obviously you havn't seen classic horror films, like "Night of the Living Dead", "Body Snatchers", "The Omen", "Poltergeist", "The Fog", these are true horror films, not this. I will admit there were a couple parts of the movie that got your heart pumping, but nothing to make you jump out of your seat. I guess if you scare easy it will, but i have seen the best of the best when it comes to horror films, and as a film student, this wasn't scary.
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Summary: Goosebumps Galore
Review: With the story and directing filled with sharp twists and turns, The Ring turns out to be one of the best thrillers in the recent years. Naomi Watts stars as a reporter whose niece dies mysteriously. The niece's mother asks Rachel Keller (Watts) to track down the cause. The director, Gore Verbinski, makes the story move with such impressive camera movements and makes a visually stunning film. While tracking the cause of her niece's death, Rachel Keller hears of the whispered tale of a frightening videotape that causes all that watch it to die seven days later. She finds that the four kids, including her niece, that watched it, died seven days later. Stumbling upon the tape in a mountain lodge, Rachel watches it herself and gets a call saying, "Seven Days . . .". With the days narrowing done, Rachel must find the origin of the tape and save herself. When her child watches the video tape also, the race is on to save their lives. The film will keep you totally engrossed in every passing second so that your eyes never blink or leave the screen. The DVD isnt that great though. The picture is superb and as clear as glass. The sound is also top-notch. Special Features, this is where the DVD loses power. The special features are: A never-before-seen short film created by the director with the deleted scenes, trailers for Ringu, 8 Mile, and Catch Me If You Can, and the actual RING videotape seen throughout the film. You think such a major box office hit would have more features to please its numerous fans. The DVD is still a thing to get if you really enjoyed this film or even if you thought it was just good. So with its amazing acting and directing, The Ring is a must see film and a must buy film. You should be pleased.
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Summary: SCARY!!!!!!!!!!! DO NOT WATCH IT HOME ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: This has to be one of the scariest movies in the last 10 years. The first time you watch it, it probably won't scare the ... out of you, but after it's over, maybe like 2 or 3 days later, you'll jump at every sound and will be afraid of your TV! If you are a hardcore horror fan like me, it is a necesity to own on DVD.
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Summary: Don't give a [care]
Review: Laugh at me if you will but the Ring is most defiently the scariest movie I've ever seen. The only other horror that had a effect on me like this was Salem's Lot. I haven't seen the original "Ringu" and I don't think I will. I hear it's a lot scarier than the remake. People keep comparing this to Exorcist but to tell you the truth with me, Exorcist didn't scare me at all. It had me laughing in stitches though. Anyway Ring was awesome and it does it's job so well that I will avoid this film at any costs in the future. One big thing probably is because I went to see this by myself and I really had no idea it would scare me like this. So if I ever do watch Ring again, well I know better than to watch it alone! Naomi Watts is captivating, she hits all the right notes. She also pulls off another spectacular performance in Mulholland Drive, I defiently recommend this as a date flick. Check it out.
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Summary: Dear God...
Review: Dear God, Please deliber me from ever seeing movies like "The Rink" again. Ok, pretend it's 1982. John Carpenter's mood masterpiece "The Thing" is released upon the movie going public. It is, without a doubt, one of the greatest horror films ever released. What do the critics have to say? Well, they HATED it. The end leaves you without closure as to whether or not the Thing survived and may or may not take over the planet. What does this have to do with The Ring?...Well, the critics resounding LOVE for this [item], mainly.
Not only does The Ring not have a definate ending, but aside from the first ten minutes of the film, it has no definate ANYTHING. The plot is a complete mess. It starts off sounding like a pretty great movie. There's a cursed tape, kills you within a week of watching it, and the first ten minutes takes this fantastic premise and uses it to scare the heck out of the viewer. I kept expecting to see more scenes like that, but instead the movie jumps back and forth between completely nonsensical and unrelated plots. There's something about an infertile mother and diseased horses...I mean, I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I know that this movie never explains ANY of these stupid little subplots which fill the following hour and twenty and minutes.
What do the critics have to say about this film? This film which has about twelve different plotlines and never explains what one has to do with the other? "The best movie since The Exorcist!!!"? Jeezus...Maybe they mean Exorcist II: The Heretic, but The Exorcist I watched was a landmark movie which was actually scary and at the same time, made perfect sense. It also presented a great question about human psychology throughout the ages and about what we MIGHT be capable of with that 90% of our brains which we never use, or what evils we might be susceptible to. "The Ring" presents you with nothing. No questions except just what exactly the HELL you just paid seven dollars to sit through.
I'm a horror fan. I've sat through some strange stuff over the years, and not all of it made perfect sense. Videodrome, for example. Not EVERYTHING in Videodrome makes perfect sense, but in it, you're seeing things through the eyes of a man who is slowly losing his grip on reality, and a reality which is slowly losing it's grip on the TV addicted human race. So even though not everything is explained, it doesn't need to be. It takes place in a world gone mad. Or Phantasm...You're seeing things in sort of a dream-state. The Ring gives the viewer no such luxuries to its driveling incoherent storyline. The simple fact is, whoever adapted it from "Ringu" for American audiences was just an idiot. He clearly believes that audiences won't know the difference between a plot that has a narrative, sequential story, and a movie like the Ring that has no plot. Apparently he was right. This is one of the highest grossing horror films, which saddens me.
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Summary: Worth it to buy
Review: Ok, let me start off by saying that this isn't your typical horror movie. It is defintely something I have never seen before. The whole atmosphere of the movie in itself was creepy and dark. The sound effects and images were horrifically good. Although, there were no really special effects or gore in the movie, it just focused more on the characters rather than fancy visuals to make you say "how'd they do that". Although, the literal ending is a real big jaw dropper, which I thought the effects there were pretty neat to watch. All this is about is a reporter, played by the very lovely naomi watts (after watching her play this character, you are oddly drawn to her) who tries to solve the mystery of a creepy videotape that supposedly kills ppl in 7 days who watch it. The beginning is a real chiller and makes you numb for about 5 minutes until you can compose yourself again. (Hint: turn the volume up really loud and pay close attention to that first 10 minutes, that is where you really appreciate the content of the film). In the middle there were lots of scenes that make the hairs on the back of your neck raise up and your body feels a slight odd chill. (I.E.:the woman in the videotape makes you terrified just by the sight of her, although she wasnt what you thought she was.)
However, the actual story of the videotape isnt really solved and you will definitely be saying "huh" several times, due to the vague plot. But the only thing I can say is, this WAS/IS/ALWAYS WILL BE a good movie because some good movies are the ones that are not fully explained. Overall, a lot of the scenes made me jump with fright (if you're a horror fan, that's a good thing)I really liked the dark gloomy atmosphere of the movie. The scenery definitely adds to the movie. The background music was neat also, it was sort of a sweet lullaby mixed with sheer terror. Due to the fear factor it is definitely a movie that will stick in your mind forever, but at the same time learning the little information about the characters makes you feel a bit of empathy for them. I really liked this movie, it should definitely be in everyone's movie collection, because it was surely something we have never experienced before.
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Summary: SCARY!
Review: I have read a lot of reviews for this movie, and I find that half the people that took the time to write these have no idea what they are talking about when it comes to film, and when it comes to horror. These one star reviewers are trying to sound tough, but people it isn't fooling anyone. Everybody jumped in the theatre and so did you. If you didn't get the movie, you obviously have the thinking compasity of a mongoloid! Wacth this alone in the dark!
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Summary: One of the scariest movies ever made!
Review: This movie is really underated. All the critics wanna treat it like one of those dumb "Scream" type movies, and they uphold movies like Night of the Living Dead and Rosemary's Baby. Well for one thing Night of the Living Dead sux! and another thing, The Ring blows the crap outta Rosemary's Baby. When I saw the preview, I was confused about what the movie was about. It sounded like just another urban legend--a videotape filled with nightmarish images, leading to a phone call foretelling the viewer's death in exactly seven days. As a newspaper reporter, Rachel Keller (Watts) was naturally skeptical of the story, until four teenagers all met with mysterious deaths exactly one week after watching just such a tape. Allowing her investigative curiosity to get the better of her, Rachel tracks down the video...and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the "Ring." This is one that you must see by yourself in the dark.
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Summary: Ehhh... The Exorcist was scarier....
Review: The Ring is about a disturbing videotape appears to hold the power of life and death over those who view it in this offbeat thriller. A strange videotape begins making the rounds in a town in the Pacific Northwest; full of bizarre and haunting images, after watching it many viewers receive a telephone call in which they are warned they will die in seven days. A handful of teenagers who watched the tape while spending a weekend at a cabin in the mountains scoff at the threat, but as predicted, they all die suddenly on the same night. Rachel Keller (Nomi Watts), the aunt of one of the ill-fated teens, is a journalist who has decided to investigate the matter, and travels West with her young son Aidan (David Dorfman), a troubled child who has been drawing pictures of strange and ominous visions. Rachel managed to find the cabin in the woods and watches the video herself; afterward, she receives the same phone call, and realizes she must solve the puzzle of the video and the person or persons behind it within a week. Rachel turns to her ex, Noah (Martin Henderson), an expert in video technology who at first is convinced the story is a hoax, until he digs deeper into the mystery.
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