Surprisingly good

Rating: 8/10 (28 March 2003)

The Ring surprised me. I have to admit, I didn't expect much. My son rented the movie from Netflix, and before I sent it back I thought I would check out a few minutes. I was expecting a teen slasher movie. However, I was quickly hooked by its stylish imagery and interesting characters. Some of the scenes were very David Lynch.
I like a story where the characters behave (more or less) believably in unbelievable circumstances, and I think they did a pretty good job in that regard.
The pacing of the movie is very good. I never felt the story was dragging or jumping to far ahead.
Extras were minimal on the DVD. I would have like a directors commentary, or "making of" segment. Maybe there is a second disk I didn't have???