The Ending , Oh Dear The Ending

Rating: 6/10 (13 October 2003)

Reading the back of the DVD case you might be forgiven that THE RING is just another " Teens get stalked and killed by a stalker " flick . In fact the first five minutes plays out just as you`d expect a " Teens get stalked and killed by a stalker " flick , but after the opening things start improving a lot . Director Gore Verbinski crafts one extremely moody film crammed full of haunting abstract images . This would have been a memorable film for all the right reasons if it wasn`t for ending which makes THE RING memorable for all the wrong reasons
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I don`t know if I`m stupid but the ending didn`t make any sense to me . Let`s see Rachel finds the body of the murdered child and lays her to rest and only then does her son tell her she wasn`t supposed to help ! Oi vey , now he tells me . Were all the other people killed simply because they tried to help ? It doesn`t seem fair does it ? you bust your ass trying to do the right thing and what happens ? , a spirit of a child comes out of the TV and kills you . This leads to another plot hole . If you`ve watched the video and seven days later you surround yourself with people who haven`t seen the tape would the spirit still be able to come out of the screen and kill you ? Oh and did Rachel survive because she saw a copy of the tape rather than the original ? You tell me