The Ending is Easy to Explain..

Rating: Null/10 (20 October 2002)

*Spoilers..Major Spoilers Ahead...*
Wow, it's funny to see people coming up with these weird explanations of why Rachel was saved and the others weren't...
It's really simple, actually....
Samara wants everyone to know what happened to her. She wants to spread the message.
So when you watch the tape, you are required to make a copy of it and pass it along to someone else, else you will die. (Although I'm not sure what happens if you give it to someone without a TV Set..)
Thus, that is where the name of the movie, "The Ring" comes from.
Sort of a chain-letter from hell.
Great movie by the way...really spooky stuff. Hopefully we will also get a sequel and the prequel remade too.
It's interesting to see a lot of "Ringu elements" in games like Silent Hill and Fatal Frame. Each containing creepy little kids who seem to have more power than they should have.
I also loved how the American version still retained the Japanese quality of the original film..even the little girl with her hair in front of her face looked a bit Japanese.
Dan