Disappointed...

Rating: 3/10 (5 March 2003)

I hate to say it, but I may have fallen victim to media hype on this movie. I thought this movie was terrible. It sparked memories of Jacob's Ladder, and such over "scary" movies that incorporated disturbing images and quick cuts to 'bubbling blood shots' and such to mortify it's unlucky viewers. Throughout this entire movie I kept waiting for something to catch me...suck me into the story. This movie lacked focus. The entire portion of the movie where she tried to figure out the puzzle of 'who is this woman, and why is she haunting me?' was dumb. At that point I found my self saying 'who cares'...bring back the video and watch it again or something. The more I think about this movie the more I feel like it's a cheap copy (which it is), and we all know a copy of anything is not as good as the original. Bottom line...I was very disappointed...maybe Ringu will be better.