knockoff i think not...

Rating: Null/10 (18 October 2002)

I'm Fairly disgusted by the rampant comparisons to david lynch twin peaks or blair witch.... First off before u go callin this movie a knockoff of cult classics , you must first come to understand , THIS IS A CULT CLASSIC. 'Ringu' was one if not the most crafty movie in its genre. Not for its camera work ( tho im a big fan of the over use of the color grey in this movie ) but for its script, both original and spooky in our tv generation the boogieman if u will for the x geners (and about as far off as u can imagine from twin peaks where if you had actualy saw the show or have ever seen any other david lynch movie uses his script to let out angers he has deep down inside him, thus making a tale about a videotape that has a curse from a witch i hardly see relating to bob and the gang from twin peaks .. good try thoo.) If anything this is a knockoff of another genre classic 'VideoDrome' by david chronenberg. In Ring you are taken on the ride from the first frame and you dont feel safe untill you hear everyone let out the big sigh when the credits role. It is a mistake to compare ring to the other crafty thriller 'signs' . 'Signs' was a reawakening of the use of imagination which we lack so much in movies theese days with the over use of special effects. Ring follows in this pattern , but not in the fashion where u realy dont get a good look at the shadow till the end, in ring you have a tape the same everytime u watch it, and thats the point. Ring is an old fashioned movie where u have the same situation thru the whole movie but the more information you get the more creepy it gets. Rebirth to the cool crafty horror movies of old??? I think not, but at least whe have mnight to hold us over. Now if you wana see more than just a movie to zone out to for 2 hours... punch drunk love is for you .. how can he use his camera like that!?!