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From Amazon.com With its disturbing images and a few good shocks, The Ring is the kind of frightfest you'll watch to set a chilling mood or spook your susceptible friends, but when you try to sort it out, this well-mounted American remake (of the 1998 Japanese hit Ringu, based on Koji Suzuki's popular novel) becomes a batch of incoherent parts. The negligible plot follows a Seattle reporter (Naomi Watts) as she investigates the death of her niece, the victim of a mysterious videotape that, according to urban legend, causes the viewer's death seven days later. (Fear Dot Com borrowed the same idea while avoiding this film's lofty pretensions.) The countdown structure follows the reporter, her son, and her estranged boyfriend into deepening layers of terror--all quite effective until the movie attempts to explain itself. At that you're better off shutting down your brain and letting the creepy visuals take over. --Jeff Shannon
Amazon.ca Nouvelle version du film fantastique culte Ringu, du Japonais Hideo Nakata, The Ring, réalisé par Gore Verbinski, nous aspire dans un suspense particulièrement angoissant.
Une mystérieuse vidéocassette provoque la mort, sept jours plus tard, de quiconque la regarde. Réalité ou légende urbaine ? C'est ce que tâchera de découvrir Rachel Keller, journaliste, lorsque sa nièce mourra dans des circonstances plus qu'étranges et qu'elle se verra forcée de s'engager elle-même dans cette course contre la mort.
The Ring réussit à maintenir une tension stressante jusqu'à son dénouement en forme de trompe-l'œil très habile. Verbinski manipule constamment les attentes du spectateur grâce à une bande sonore adéquate et à l'insertion de quelques scènes-chocs assez dérangeantes, provoquant beaucoup plus de sursauts que le Ringu de Nakata, à la structure très sobre. Malgré l'éclairage verdâtre qui rappelle sans cesse l'esthétique de The Sixth Sense, et malgré les allures de poupée de Naomi Watts (remarquée dans Mulholland Drive), plus ou moins crédible, The Ring est le genre de film à regarder très tard dans la nuit, parfait pour jouer à se faire peur. --Helen Faradji
... then you dieJune 4, 2008 E. A Solinas(MD USA) Every horror buff knows -- the horror that creeps up on you gradually is much, much scarier the one who bounces out and yells "boo" as it decapitates somebody with a machete.
And sadly, most current "horror" movies lack horror, because it's easier to substitute it with screaming blondes, blood, guts and sharp objects. But "The Ring" is soaked in foreboding, creepiness and horrific imagery. Director Gore Verbinski relies heavily on the original Japanese movie for a lot of his remake's flavor, and the result is a slow-building terror that keeps twisting right up to the end.
Single mum Rachel (Naomi Watts) is attending her niece's funeral, after she died under bizarre circumstances. Several of her friends died on the exact same day, at the same time, which (surprise surprise) makes Rachel think this isn't a coincidence. So she investigates the mountain cabin all the kids stayed at a week ago, and finds an unlabeled videotape with a series of bizarre images -- and a curse that will kill you one week afterwards.
She enlists the help of her ex-boyfriend Noah (Martin Henderson) to help her unravel and break the curse. The secret of the tape is wrapped up in a young girl, Samara, who vanished from her adoptive parents' horse farm years ago. Somehow Samara's evil rage has lived in on her curse, and it will destroy Rachel, Noah and their son unless Rachel can find a way to escape it.
Remaking Asian horror movies is one of those movie trends that is hanging on in Hollywood, with everything from "The Grudge" to "The Eye" to "Bangkok Dangerous" getting the A-list Hollywood treatment. Some are good, some are mediocre, most are wretched. But "The Ring" was the first of these, adapted from Hideo Nakata's adaptation of Koji Suzuki's novel (cue cries of "but the original was better). And it achieves the distinction of being almost as atmospheric and haunting as the original.
Most of its brilliance comes from director Gore Verbinski, who thankfully did not simply use the name and concept, and invent a teenybopper plot around that. This is actually rather similar to Nakata's adaptation -- Verbinski alters some few things from the original film, but keeps the same dark, murky atmosphere and many of the same scenes. Even the cinematography has a dark, overcast look, filled with forbidding symbolism -- lots of grey skies and overflowing water. It's as if Samara's influence is permeating everything.
And what about the horror? It comes from the building tension as Rachel's deadline creeps toward us, and brief flashes of Samara's influence -- for example, that poor horse going berserk on a ferry, or the blurred-out faces of the doomed. The entire movie is infused with the feeling that something invisible and ghastly is just waiting to attack you, and it's just waiting for the right moment.
The keystone of this movie is Naomi Watts. This talented actress is virtually perfect as the perpetually worried, perplexed Rachel; as the deadline approaches, her fear and grief are almost palpably overwhelming. Henderson is also good, whether as a flip carefree artist or as a caring ex-boyfriend. Dorfman is the one disappointment -- he seems less like a little boy than a pompous oracle, and he's almost creepier than Samara.
Which is saying something, because Daveigh Chase is utterly chilling as Samara Morgan, a creepy little devil-child with black weedy hair over her face, a white nightgown and "Omen" eyes. In keeping with the watery theme of the movie, she always seems vaguely damp.
"The Ring" is one of those rarest kinds of movies -- a remake with its own flavour, even as it sticks to the original story. Excellent direction, great acting, and the haunting determination to never, ever watch an unlabeled movie again.
underwhelmingAugust 13, 2007 falcon(canada) i may be in the minority here,but i just didn't find the Ring to be a good movie.for me,it's not much different than the the Grudge.i will say,i liked it a bit more than The Grudge,only because it isn't so annoying.there are a few differences between the two movies,but in my mind,it's almost the same movie.i do remember being bored and struggling to not nod off.i just didn't see any excitement anywhere in the movie,but that's just me.Naomi Watts is in it,and she's not bad,considering what she has to work with.but once again,the ghost is not scary,although it does look a bit creepy,i guess,vaguely.i didn't feel any suspense either.but if you liked The Grudge,then you might like The Ring.or you might want to check out The Messengers(which i liked) and Pulse,(2006)(which i liked)which are sort of similar but better in my opinion.my vote for the ring:2/5
Scarred for life....November 16, 2005 First off, I've got to say that I LOVE horror films and have seen virtually every one out there. I never have nightmares about the films I see and never think twice about seeing a scary film, but all that has changed since I saw 'The Ring'. The film traumatized me so badly that I got a migraine headache, complete with aura and tunnel vision, right after watching the final scenes. I had nightmares for a solid week after and as soon as night fell I'd have to turn on all the lights in the house. I still sleep with a nightlight, and it's been three years since I've seen it. Scarred for life I am, and I never watch horror films anymore. Some people I know thought the film didn't make sense and didn't find it scary, so it seems to be the sort of film that you either connect with or you don't. But if you're like me and it happens to resonate with you, you're in for a truly terrifying experience.
don't watch this movieJanuary 14, 2005 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I saw this movie in the opening weekend and I'm still scared. I've literally slept with the light on ever since. You will have a heart attack. It is too scary. It went too far. I will never be the same again.
The Best Movie EVER!August 29, 2004 Matthew Berardos(Canada) First of all, my review starts when The Ring came out in theaters. My sister saw the movie a few nights after it was released. She said it was so scary. So the day in came out, she went ang got the widescreen edition. She really wanted to show this movie to me, so, she made me wacth it in her bedroom, in the basemen, lights out, volume up loud, on the laptop. This movie was really scary. Those burned and melted faces were really disturbing. I fel so sorry for Samara. I had nightmares for the longest time ever. SPOILERS! Wen Samara is slowly crawling out of the TV, I was absolutely stunned. If you have seen the deleted 20 minute short film by Gore Verbinski that reveals more secrets about The Ring adds more suspense. I cannot wait until the second one to come out, and maybe I will wait until it comes on DVD, and maybe, I will watch in in the daytime, upstairs, with the lights on.
