The Ring (2002)

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

This is a very good movie like very underrated. It's fun homestly, I had a good time while watching it. This is the film that shock people in 2002, the one that started the japenese horror remake. Always the story is good, the script is well written, good characters, and convincing acting. It's a slow burner because it could feel slow at times but still not a bad movie. The ending is pretty shocking and I'm not spoil it because it doesn't derserve to be spoil. I lile the character Aidan because he's interesting like Tommy Jarvis from Friday The 13th and Jamie Lyoid from HalloweeN. This is my review on The Ring (2002), pretty good movie.

It is well made. The movie is perfectly scary. But I have seen so many horror movies where the jump-scare of the real revelation of the ghost kills it. Naomi Watts has acted well. The depiction of the ghost is good. The child playing the role has done well. But somehow the back story reveal is not up to the mark. If the back story was made better and spookier I would have given it a 10. Disclaimer, I have not seen the Original so that I do not end up comparing the two.

This film is a terrible "remake" of the Japanese miniseries, those were so much better.So much more suspension, so much more "jumpscare value". When I watched the American version I was seriously disappointed.Not every movie or series should be redone....

Gonna keep this short. What the Japanese version Ringu (1998), the meaning of water for Japanese people, the way it was shot, symbolism and the over all plot development is, to this day, is phenomenal. Dated yes, but can stand up on its'own.Sadoko in the Japanes version is just freaking scary. Those who have seen it, know the well scene can scare the living daylights out of viewers. Nevertheless credit is due to the American version where the lead female character Rachel, played out by Naomi Watts is more fleshed out and modernized. This may be a cultural thing, but the Japanese Reiko Asakawa comes across as submissive to her male counterpart.The ring a a great movie and the pacing is well constructed, but if you have seen the Japanese film first, than you may end up not liking this film.