Horrible remake!

Rating: 4/10 (8 March 2003)

Having seen the original Ringu film, I was very happy to rent this it's first week out. Having heard from friends how it scared them so bad, and how it was a good film, I had to see it. How disappointed I was with the regular bland american studio produced crap it turned out to be. With Gore V. directing I should have known, he would sell his mama if the studio's told him to. This remake is so slow and pointless that it makes the original look so much better. All of Naomi Watts' character's findings come to her very easily. Maybe she is Columbo's daughter the way she solves this mystery.
In the Ringu version the story unfolds slowly, but realisticly. The actual video that you watch and will die for, is much more scary in the Jap version. To much CGI and rip offs make for a bad time. I guess the ending is what most people talk about. I felt that the ending in the american version was forced upon us very quickly to the point where it wasn't even scary. The Ringu version has a great scary ending, that will make you stop breathing (at least for a few seconds). The biggest difference is the explanation of what's going on. The Ring confuses people because it is a bad movie, period.
There are 3 Ringu movies from Japan. Ringu 2 is not that good, but decent. I think they used a few things from part 2 in the american Ring. Ringu 0, which is a prequel might even be better or at least as good as the original Ringu. Be sure to get ahold of Ringu 0, it is available on Ebay with subtitles. Ringu has been available as well, even though Dreamworks just released it on Friday, to cash in some more. Why does this movie have such a high rating? Let's get with the program people.