Terrible. Here is why

Rating: 1/10 (19 July 2006)

I am a great lover of Japanese horror and therefore find this American Adaptation of The Ring truly awful. They changed the storyline and although clearly this can be a good thing to play around with originality wise, they changed parts to something totally irrelevant and slowed down the whole pace.
Not only this but Asian films don't rely on scary music playing every 5 seconds (which in American horrors ruins it anyway as it tells you whew to prepare for a 'scary' moment), rather than the surprises you get from the original and far superior Ringu.
This American version has to spell out every bit of the plot with totally unnecessary dialogue to explain the story, whereas the clear symbolic images in the Japanese version is enough. It allows cognitive pleasures from the audience and does not spoon feed or treat the audience like they are totally stupid.
I felt the young boy was represented in a far too 'mature' way in the way the part was acted and scripted. The younger innocence of the boy in Ringu makes parts far more sinister.
There is a long list of reasons this version is awful, I have merely listed a few. Clearly no remake can live up to the original of anything, however there are many ways they could have improved this version and not make it the trash that it is.