The Ring

Post by **Loredoctor** » Sat Dec 14, 2002 10:27 am

Has anyone seen, the Ring? I just saw it today and thought it was marvellous. Scariest film I have ever seen.

Post by **[Syl]** » Sat Dec 14, 2002 1:27 pm

Yeah. Saw it a couple months ago. Great movie. It kept me up for a good hour the night I saw it. I had to turn the lights on in my house to go to the kitchen and get something to drink... and I refused to look at the TV as I walked through the living room.

I'm 25, a pretty calm, rational kind of guy. I felt like I did when I watched The Amityville Horror as a kid.

I highly recommend seeing it... tho I don't recommend renting it on VHS. My wife and I were lucky enough to see it in the theatre with nobody else there.

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Sat Dec 14, 2002 9:41 pm

I liked it. My favorite part of it was that...

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(Sorry, I don't know how to black stuff out the way you folks do here. Don't read below this or you'll be spoiled.)

...solving the mystery of the girl's identity and murder didn't stop the process. Surprise! She's still going to kill whoever she can. Although I guess it didn't matter that she helped the girl. (Sorry, I don't remember any names at this point.) Her son was upset, "You <I>helped</I> her?!?" I don't think that made any difference.

Post by **Vain** » Sat Dec 14, 2002 9:48 pm

To use the spoiler thingy:

1. Click on the "button" above and to the right that says "Spoiler"

2. Then type whatever text is the spoiler

3. Then click on the spoiler button again

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Sat Dec 14, 2002 10:03 pm

Ah, neat! Look at all those little button thingies!

Thanks.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Sat Dec 14, 2002 11:59 pm

Maybe someone can clear something up towards the end of The Ring:
When the two lead actors and the child are in Rachel's apartment, it's all dark. Look in the background and you'll see the kitchen (dark as well). You may notice a silhouette of a figure moving about. I think it may be a mistake, but it's kinda creepy that someone was there.

Post by **[Syl]** » Sun Dec 15, 2002 3:39 am

www.moviemistakes.com/film.php?filmid=2807

The question is, did anybody see

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the subliminal shots of the ring? My wife didn't see any when we were watching it, but I swore I saw one after the horse jumped off the ferry. I thought I might have been imagining it until I checked it out on the 'net.

TheLeperFairy · Post by **TheLeperFairy** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 4:08 am

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Hey Syl, yeah, I saw that too...

I watched it with my friends, me and one other girl couldn't stop laughing. We must be terrible people, but my other friends are so funny when they're scared! When, in the beginning the girl is wakling down the hallway, my friend was like, "Oh...my...God... I would NEVER have a hallway like that!" It was hilarious.

It was a good movie, but it didn't explain anything, like why the movie actually killed people and what not... I was rather dissappointed, I haven't had a good scare from a movie in quite some time, it might be nice.

Post by **[Syl]** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 10:38 pm

Actually, I thought everything was pretty well explained by the end. No character comes out and says, "This, this, and this happen because of this, this, and this," but the answers are all there.

Post by **Zahir** » Wed Apr 02, 2003 8:15 pm

Me and my fiancee watched The Ring and she was clutching me nearly the entire time! That thing was terrifying! And it was such a perfect blend of explanation and mystery! For example:

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We know so much about Samara, but fundamentally we don't know why she is the way she is--what about her birth was "unnatural?"

Did a search and found some interesting differences (according to commentators) between this and the Japanese film Ringu on which it was based. Stylistically, the American film lacked a major element in the Japanese--silence. Large chunks of the original have no sound at all. And for another, a certain female person's face is [/u]never seen. Plus there's a suicide--which in the Japanese flick involved a volcano.

I strongly recommend this flick to anyone wanting to get seriously creeped out. Myself, I want to show it to someone and arrange for a phone call just as the credits begin to roll. Heh heh heh...

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Wed Apr 09, 2003 11:01 am

I've not seen The Ring yet, but I saw Ringu (Ring), Ringu 2 (Ring 2), and Ringu 0: Baafudei (Ring 0: Birthday), on their british TV premiers last year (this year for Ring 0). I hear that the american version as a much more clear-cut horror than the original (I already know that the plot of The Ring has absolutely nothing to do with the books). Apparantly it is scarier, although i really am a fan of the originals and don't like to see huge changes to the plots...
Has anyone else seen both the new film and the original? How does it compare?

Post by **caamora** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 1:45 am

It is a pretty scary movie. The scariest one that has come out in a while.

Post by **BobLind** » Mon Apr 14, 2003 12:02 pm

Yeah i agree don't like to see changes from the originals id leave things out but to change it

Its like them damned fucking lotr movies
I don't think pyjamas (Peter Jackson) ever read the books

Ok I'm ranting ill stop

I don't like to see changes either

stay safe

Spence

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Thu Apr 17, 2003 3:07 am

Actually, PJ read LOTR when he was 18--and he had it with him during the filming, dipping into it every now and then, right on the set. I think folks fail to see how much effort he and others put into all the different tiers of LOTR's production; some have literally spent 5 years of their lives on it, and are continuing to now. Come on; whether you like the LOTR movies or just plain hate 'em, you gotta admit it's simply amazing enough that the once-thought impossible feat of making them was made! But, many people would just rather scoff at that--a much easier venture, mind you, than serious, open-minded thinking. But, oh well--not even God can sway some LOTR purists out there. The second the movie veers from their "bible", they go “Hark! BLASPHEMY!” If I wanted a totally faithful adaptation of LOTR, I would have just read the book.

Oh--and as for the Ring! Just saw it less than an hour ago--what a movie! I heard a phone ring right after it, and I did NOT feel up to answering it.

Post by **Mick Axbrewder** » Thu Apr 17, 2003 10:02 pm

A pretty scary film. Plus, Naomi Watts is a goddess.

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Thu Apr 17, 2003 11:07 pm

Oi, Naomi. . .

Post by **Infelice** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 12:41 am

After all these positive reviews I`m kicking myself that I didn`t make the effort to see it in on big screen. Oh well, hope my brother can get his home theatre set up quickly, at least seeing it on wide screen with surround sound will be the next best thing. I love a good scary movie.

Post by **Brinn** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 12:47 pm

A horror fan!?!? Ahhh an Elohim Queen after my own heart!

Post by **Infelice** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 1:01 pm

Yep, I thoroughly enjoy being scared totally witless.

Do you have any personal favourites?

Post by **Brinn** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 1:42 pm

A million of em'...

The Excorcist, Alien, Hellraiser, John Carpenter's The Thing, Pet Semetary, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Night of the Living Dead, The Evil Dead, The Shining and many many more. I consider myself an afficianado. I'll have to post a picture of me last Halloween in the Hellraiser/Pinhead costume that I made!

Ok your turn...Any recommendations?

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