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Rating: Null/10 (14 March 2004)

I have to say that I started in the wrong way. I say this because this was the first movie of the "Ring series"(?) that I saw. I was truly disappointed as I exit from the movie theatre... I thought to myself if the novel itself was that bad. I considered various thing in "The Ring" awful: the bits of story that were cut out (probably to make a revelation on the sequel), the cheap camera angles and the comic(!) terror scenes (it is the best qualification I can give them). Now, a week later I saw "Ringu" and... I couldn't even TRY to compare! The fantastic camera angles, the unexpected (complete) story, the jump-of-your-sofa terror scenes and the symbolic stops (in which I mention - with applause - the scene where father and son stop in the rain, which in The Ring has no special meaning).
So, seeing "The Ring", in my opinion, is a waste of time and I give it with no regret 2/10 (in the other hand, I highly recommend seeing "Ringu" - 10/10!)