Horribly Overrated

Rating: 1/10 (30 November 2002)

This movie was terrible. I can't believe the amount of hype that this movie received. I went in expecting a movie that would be somewhat scary but all I got was a movie that was laughable at best. Let's see, there were so many weak points, it's hard to know where to start.
1. The lack of a coherent plot severely crippled this movie. It took too long to figure out what was actually going on and the ending was a tad lame. The ending didn't really answer any questions and at best, added to the confusion.
2. The lack of good acting skills also hurt this movie. In my opinion, the best character by far was the little boy. Everybody else was just gravy.
3. The capabilities of Samara were not scary, but just so far out there that it didn't make any sense. With the abilities that Samara was given, she should've been able to destroy everybody...weird...she didn't...
4. This movie was just plain overrated. If this is what is considered very scary, people need to watch the classics again. To relate this movie to The Exorcist does not do The Exorcist justice. That movie was truly scary. The Ring went for some cheap scares and it shows.
In the end, this movie was pretty poor. Too often, the standards of the general public falls when they view a string of weak movies. This movie might be scary compared to what has been released lately, but it is nowhere near the quality of The Exorcist.