3/5 I liked it. It was quite tepid at times, feeling more like Dark Water than Ringu, but the horror scenes were well done when they were there. Samara's lame teleporting is gone I'm happy to say - the "essence of the original Sadako" has been perfectly captured IMO. Bringing on Nakata rather than have Gore Verbinski return was an excellent move IMO. Finally a good extension of Ringu.
Much much better than the bollocks Ringu 2, with it's pointless science-based plot points, and absolute shit finale. Obviously Nakata needs a decent script to produce a good film which isn't just tied-together creepy moments.
The Ring Two (yank sequel) - Finally a decent sequel
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Saw this yesterday, and for me it was only 2.5/5.
Didn't think it was that great at all. The scene mentioned above was quite stupid IMO, and I just wasn't interested in the film much at all. Didn't get me excited at any point, the plot wasn't too gripping - I just watched as the screen glazed over my face. There were a few jumpy bits, but despite having Nakata at the helm, the style was no different to other hollywood films of this ilk. You could have put any other director in the chair, even Gore Verbinski (sp?) and I doubt I'd have noticed the difference. The scares are still the quick noise and sudden movement variety, not the build up of suspense that Nakata has shown he is cable of producing in his Japanese films.
He possibly was only brought on board because, the Asian film fans would repsect the film more, so would be more likely to see it, thereby adding a little more to the ticket sales (the majority of people who see it obviously couldn't care less who directs it), and also he was probably cheaper to hire for it than the likes of Gore et al.
I still don't understand all the sort of digital effects that come with Samara... if the "video" was actually on DVD or some other digital media, then yeah, digital effects. But a video is analogue... maybe i'm just being too picky.
Glad I've seen it, but not as good as the original Yank version, which in turn wasn't as good as the original film. Not seen the Japanese sequal or prequal yet.
Didn't think it was that great at all. The scene mentioned above was quite stupid IMO, and I just wasn't interested in the film much at all. Didn't get me excited at any point, the plot wasn't too gripping - I just watched as the screen glazed over my face. There were a few jumpy bits, but despite having Nakata at the helm, the style was no different to other hollywood films of this ilk. You could have put any other director in the chair, even Gore Verbinski (sp?) and I doubt I'd have noticed the difference. The scares are still the quick noise and sudden movement variety, not the build up of suspense that Nakata has shown he is cable of producing in his Japanese films.
He possibly was only brought on board because, the Asian film fans would repsect the film more, so would be more likely to see it, thereby adding a little more to the ticket sales (the majority of people who see it obviously couldn't care less who directs it), and also he was probably cheaper to hire for it than the likes of Gore et al.
I still don't understand all the sort of digital effects that come with Samara... if the "video" was actually on DVD or some other digital media, then yeah, digital effects. But a video is analogue... maybe i'm just being too picky.
Glad I've seen it, but not as good as the original Yank version, which in turn wasn't as good as the original film. Not seen the Japanese sequal or prequal yet.
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