Just didn't get it

Rating: 2/10 (3 March 2008)

Well, obviously quite a few people love this film, but I'm not sure why. I found the whole "cursed video" laughable, and was never able to figure out why a girl who was kept in a barn and drowned in a well would choose a videotape as her vehicle of revenge. For that matter, exactly how creepy is a wet 12 year old with stringy hair supposed to be? The point of killing random strangers seemed a bit strained as well. Overall, I found the cinematography disappointing and the acting never rose to the level of mildly convincing. Perhaps many of these elements made more sense in the context of the Japanese movie -- Ringu -- on which "The Ring is based; I have no idea, since nothing I saw in this movie would make me want to watch the original.