Movie: The Ring

[Thordic]

I saw The Ring this weekend, and all you people saying this was scary need to reevaluate your manhood

I honestly can't really think of a scary part in the whole movie. They had a few opportunities, but it just didn't happen.

Not that it wasn't a decent movie. I liked when they showed the whole tape in the beginning, I thought it was cool. Reminded me of some old German and French movies from the 1920's.

The other cool scene was when she came out of the TV. I'm sorry, but it should NOT have been in color, it was done perfectly.

The movie itself was pretty well-written, the plot had a lot of things going on that all came together in the end and it made sense for the most part. There were some holes, but I don't bother going into them since they weren't major

[SyntaxError]

Hmm, well I saw it two days ago and I must say I wasn't horrified by it. The scariest part in my opinion was when the kid's cousin's mom said, "I saw her face!" and they flashed the dead girl's face. I was expecting something odd, but not completely f'd up like that. On the plus side however, not only did I take a girl there, I took 3! YEAH!!

There are some things I don't get though. Why did Samara appear to "be at rest" when the lady went down into the well, and then killed the dude? Like what was the point of going down the well anyway, it didn't actually do anything.

And how did that stupid annoying kid know that Samara would kill everybody now that she was "freed"? Was I the only one here who cheered when he watched the video hehe? What an annoying kid!! Did she like talk to him or something? How did he draw those pictures like of the house? I don't get it.

Also, why did the horse go crazy? It was funny when it died though, lol.

Overall I agree with Thordic, if you found it that scary you should re-examine your masculinity, hehe.

[GreasyPigeon]

o yeah

i forgot about that part when the horse jumps off the boat. i laugh so hard at that part that my girlfrined hit me in the gut. and i also though it was funny when the kid watched the movie, i was hoping that they all would die. but any ways . that movie still give me the creeps. when it comes out on video i am going to show it to my little sister

[InfinatyBPS]

Originally posted by Thordic
I saw The Ring this weekend, and all you people saying this was scary need to reevaluate your manhood

I honestly can't really think of a scary part in the whole movie. They had a few opportunities, but it just didn't happen.

Not that it wasn't a decent movie. I liked when they showed the whole tape in the beginning, I thought it was cool. Reminded me of some old German and French movies from the 1920's.

The other cool scene was when she came out of the TV. I'm sorry, but it should NOT have been in color, it was done perfectly.

The movie itself was pretty well-written, the plot had a lot of things going on that all came together in the end and it made sense for the most part. There were some holes, but I don't bother going into them since they weren't major

Please Tell us about the holes it will give us stuff to think about...

[pumpamatic]

I really didn't think that movie was that scary, it just used the flashing image and loud noise to scare you, and maybe if it gets inside your head you'll be freaked out. But honestly, my biggest jump was when the guy whacked the lock on the barn door with a shovel. I laughed a lot throughout the movie.

[Ironmag]

Well, all I have to say is that the movie wasn't what I was expecting. Granted, it wasn't too shabby of a movie, but the other people in the theatre ruined it for me. It seemed like 2 seconds before any "scary" thing happened, this stupid girl would scream and ruin the suspense for everyone. My favorite part though was when the girl came out of the TV. That was the highlight of the movie for me. And, what was up with the ending. I seemed to almost completely miss that one.

[lopxtc]

Some one asked about the boy ... I hate to break it to you all, but the boy was added(bigger role) to the film as a way for the director to explain Samara(and why freeing her wouldnt solve anything) to an American audience. Dont flame me ... it was written in several reviews that compared the original to the American version. Another unfortunate case of directors feeling the need to dumb down movies for an American audience. This happens way to often with translations from Asian cinema to US cinema.

I believe in the original there was a son but he didnt have weird almost psychic abilities, instead Samara's mother had the ESP abilities. This was used to explain some of why Samara and her had problems. Also there was no horses in the Japanese version ... but this is understandale as there are like no horse farms in Japan.

Did you all catch the homage payed to the original version? The one medical chart written in Japanese, the Japanese painting hanging in the fathers house (visable when the girl returns at night), and there was one other.

The only thing that ruined the movie for me was the after conversation I had with friends. There we came to the conclusion that we just spend almost two hours watching a movie about the horror of not passing on that chain letter you received in the mail a few days ago.

Aaron

**EDIT**
Also forgot to mention, for those who dont know the sequal has been out since 1998 ... not sure if US directors will attempt to convert this also ...

[Vegeta]

*may contain spoilers- comedic or otherwise*

you people were actually scared? I saw it and I laughed so hard in so many spots becasue it was SO STUPID. I mean.. did you guys see.. like in the first five minutes.. when the chicks were on the bed and talking.. the MICROPHONE ABOVE THEIR HEADS!? it was SO OBVIOUS! why didn't that get edited out!?!?! the producers must haev pissed somebody off on the editing staff becasue it was so there.

also, when they showed the chick in the closet with the messed up face.. it wasn't all that scary.. and what made it hilaroius was that this guy in the front goes right after they show it "Thats f***in' gross man!"
the whole theatre was in tears of laughter becasue hte timing was PERFECT.

I also laughed at the PREDICATABILITY of this thing.. sure hte ending was a bit strange.. but everything else was so classic horror movie. The thing was.. the director made more of a deal of scaring the people IN the movie than scaring the people in the THEATRE. I found myself going (as person on screen is about to turn around)..."oh oh don't go... ahhhhhhhhhhw that sucks". and LAUGHING ABOUT IT!

THen every time they displayed one of those "DAY 2" or "DAY 4" screens.. I was like... "Dun dun DUNN!"

Yes it had some good parts. The 'videotape' itself was strange. I wouldn't mind having another look at that. Very freaky.

There were too many loose ends in the movie. Where did the videotape come from? Who made it? if that little girl was dead... how the hell did she make a damn tape?

One very cool part was when the chick starts to come out of the TV set... and she's all interlaced like it's still part of the tv image... and then she just pops straight up all of a sudden.. that was a kicker. But WHY THE HELL did the guy just stand there and LOOK AT IT! MY WORD!

Overall it was okay I guess.. but I am not a fan of horror movies. I find them more downright funny then scary.

[TransMan]

OMG u peopel make me sic that movie was hilarious i laughed the whole time but then i was high so maybe my opinion doesnt count but still u people should be ashamed...
Gotta love those dead people they smoke good

[spazzed]

shoulda known

[Ironmag]

Tru dat guys. Like I said, just the idiots in the theatre killed it for me screaming seconds before the obvious "scary" moment. I was dissapointed with the movie cause I was expecting a "Horror" movie, but it was far from it.

[Vegeta]

The part where you got to see the whole videotape was prolly one of the best parts of the movie. They prolly spent more time making hte footage for that tape than they did on the rest of the movie. The spinnging chair.. that freaky ladder against the seemingly endless wall.. the nail going thru the finger... and what it really bad was the underlying shallow noise. It was a combination between a phonograph's fuzz and some sort of whale.. i dunno it is too hard to describe.. i need an mp3 of it.... ehhwh

[Ironmag]

Veg, I totally agree with you. That video was very interesting to watch.

[lopxtc]

You should have paid more attention to the movie itself in stead of trying to make fun of it as this was a no-brainer. If you had, you would have seen where they pointed out that the girl had the ability to put images not only into peoples minds, put also into a corporeal form. As evident in the "films" that the doctor was asking how the girl made.

Unfortunately to many directors know to expect this kind of audience, and movies that were stunningly good in their original form are usually left only partially intact in their American release. They realize that to many theaters are plagued by people who enjoyed ruining the movie experience. This being so, many times they feel the need to remove what would be a better although more complicated revealing of the plot for a more simple device which stands less chance of being ruined by people who should probably be in line for "JackAss the Movie" (and its inevitable sequals)...

Aaron

Originally posted by Vegeta

There were too many loose ends in the movie. Where did the videotape come from? Who made it? if that little girl was dead... how the hell did she make a damn tape?

[Thordic]

The video tape was pretty easy. The explained it fine. Don't blame the movie because you weren't paying attention