Wow, what a horrible disappointment.

Rating: 3/10 (29 October 2003)

I know it's never fair when you don't see a big hit movie until a few weeks after release, and you hear so many great things about it. It never lives up, and I usually have sympathy for a movie in this situation.
But The Ring was a freaking trainwreck of a production, and I can't believe anyone liked it. There were two good parts in the movie, and they were both beacuse of well done, creepy images. The first was near the beginning when they found the older girl in the closet, and you see her face for about a quarter of a second. That was creepy. The second and final good part was when the girl was walking out of the TV. Bravo for that scene.
The rest of the movie was nothing more than terrible. The acting...Oh my dear lord I can't even decide where to begin. It was despicable. And I am usually very forgiving of acting in either an action or a horror flick, because they usually have redeeming qualities. But there was no excuse for acting THIS unimpressive. I am talking here mainly about the two main characters. They simply sucked. I can't describe it any differently.
Also, the script/writing. What the #*&%^@(*&#%^()@# were these people thinking? What unengaging, uninteresting dialogue! Screw the writing of this bad, bad movie.
I have seen worse movies, but I'm very vocal abou this one because it's probably the worst movie I've ever seen that was considered excellent by most people. Maybe I'm just completely stupid.
2.5/10 You're better off watching Eight Legged Freaks so you can at least get some laughs. At least that movie didn't take itself SO seriously, like The Ring.
Bah. I can't say anymore.