a clearer "explanation" of The Ring

Rating: Null/10 (20 October 2002)

***spoilers - don't look if you don't wanna see it***
I feel I should write this to help should anyone out there be relying on any previous posts if they didn't get this movie.
Let me start by pointing out that The Morgans didn't give birth to Samara. She was adopted and no one knows from where.
It's never indicated Samara has "carrie-like" abilities. She's a really creepy girl. She doesn't move things with her mind, she screws with people's heads in a bad, bad way. The closest she gets to carry is creating pictures out of thin air. She's not telekinetic though.
Anna is not obsessed with Samara's problems. She is afraid of Samara. The girl is driving her insane, which is why the father puts the girl in the barn, to keep her away. It is here she has horses and TV, two things she clearly comes to hate.
Samara's institution scenes indicate no love for anyone, especially when they are replayed at the very end. The tone of her voice is slightly changed, as is the inflection. It was clear to me that she was saying she knows she hurts people and she will not stop. She was a bad little girl.
The "I made a copy" bit that kept Rachel alive is a direct reference to the tape. Why? Because it spreads the little girl's evil. Make a copy and show it to someone, and that person will die. It's what the girl wants. Aidan can't be a reincarnation of Samara because her spirit still exists, quite obviously. If he was one, the writers had an odd vision of how reincarnation works.
Samara was not the "unproperly put to rest" ghost. That was what the false ending of the movie was trying to make you believe. It was some nice trickery on the part of the filmmaker. However, when Aiden says "why would you help her?" you know that something is amiss. If you hadn't figured it out there, when Samara crawls out of Noah's TV and kills him, that should drive the point home. Rachel didn't save a good spirit and put it to rest, she freed and evil one and let it loose. This movie has a sequel in Japan, and will obviously have one here. Hence the killing and bad news will continue