Not scary enough, but still good

Rating: 6/10 (26 July 2006)

This movie tells the story of Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts), a journalist who's niece has died of mysterious causes. Rachel wants to find out what these causes are, so, on a tip from her niece's friends, she seeks out a videotape that is said to kill those who watch it exactly seven days after seeing the tape. Inevitably she watches it and has 7 days to discover its secrets.
The Ring is not so much scary as creepy and it spends so much time being creepy that, near the end, I expected it to be scarier, and when it wasn't, I felt let down. The Ring tells a good story and it sets itself up for a big payoff at the end, a climax that should have been very frightening, but in the end, rather than being terrified speechless, I asked my sister, who had already seen it, "Is that all?" Now don't get me wrong, I liked the movie and I can't say that I wasn't scared for most of it. It's definitely worth seeing for those of us who like to scare the crap out of ourselves, but don't expect to be crapless when this movie is over.