Markie 0 Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 Anyone see "the Ring"? It caught my eye because it is a Hollywood horror film based on a famous Japanese horror movie. The fact that Hollywood considered the plot worth copying aroused my interest even though I am not a horror fan. Well, anyway, I wasn't disappointed. I found it both entertaining and scary. Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 I quite enjoyed it too. The Japanese original is supposed to be more scary. Link to post Share on other sites
Glen Falting 0 Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 maybe it depends on which one you see first as the two are in many places word for word the same, so if you've seen one, you pretty much know what is going to happen in the other - although there are a couple of differences. i reckon the actual video in the english version is a little more disturbing than the japanese one - so its marginally more unsettling than the japanese version. still, both freaked me out. anything ghosty gives me the heebie geebies. a japanese friend of mine read the book. after she had finished it she threw is a way. she was so frightend by it that she couldn't keep the book in the house. evil! Link to post Share on other sites
danz 0 Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 wasn't the ring actually a TV mini-series/drama before it became a movie... one of my friends sad the series was even scarier than the movie...I only saw the japanese version, and it is twisted...scared me! danz Link to post Share on other sites
barok 0 Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 saw the hollywood version, and the scariest thing was how boring it was. I think the producers were trying to bore me to death, and the ending sucked as well. Link to post Share on other sites
Glen Falting 0 Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 ...and before the mini-series it was a musical on Broadway. But it had to close after a couple of weeks. Nobody wanted to see it because it was too scary. Barok, seriously, you honestly didn't find The Ring scary? All those freaky images on the video and that spooky bitch doing her TV trick - that didn't freak you out? Link to post Share on other sites
Stefan 0 Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 Saw the US version and I was scared stiff. I Couldn't sleep a wink. Plus my mobile phone kept changing frequency during the night so it kept on making funny noises, I thought I was gonna get 'the call'. I ended up unplugging my TV from the mains, and put my phone on mute in another room. I have an over-active imagination.... Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 Not seen either, sounds interesting.... Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 I used to have a TV that turned itself on. First time it happened was in the middle of an old Pokka drink commercial that had a funny voice saying "Watashi wo sagashitemasu ka?" No, I didn't jerk around and spill coffee all over myself when a voice in the corner suddenly said "Are you looking for me?" I'd like to have that feeling again. Perhaps I should watch The Ring. Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Seen the Japanese version (only) and quite enjoyed it. From what I have been able to gather it is a 3 part series based on 3 books. Ring, Spiral, and Loop. The first movie was made in 1998 by Hideo Nakata. The second, Ringu 2 was also made by Nakata and came out in 1999. In 2001 a different director (Norio Tsuruta) released a prequel called Ringu 0: Baasudei (Birthday). Please correct me if I am off. Link to post Share on other sites
Glen Falting 0 Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 sounds a bit like the star wars saga. is the ringu 2 movie the second part or a re-hash of part 1 in an effort to cash in on its success? Link to post Share on other sites
oblivion 5 Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 I like the Japanese one, not seen the US version. Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 Seen both recently - good movies. See the Japanese version first. Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 I've seen both too. I saw the Japanese one a while back - before the Hollywood one was released. I enjoyed them both but thought the Japanese one was much better. Some things in the Hollywood one were pretty weak. Link to post Share on other sites
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