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	The Ring (2002 film) - Wikipedia
		The Ring is a 2002 American remake of the 1998 Japanese film, Ring (which was also known as Ringu).
		The Ring debuted on network TV on ABC on Monday, June 6, 2005 at 9 PM It was rated TV-14 V (for violence) with a viewer discretion warning for violent content.
		In "The Ring", Samara floats to the surface.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Ring (1656 words)

	Hollywood Gothique: The Ring (2002) - Film Review
		The “Ring” of the title, in the original film, referred either to the sound of the telephone announcing that the countdown to death has begun, or to the cyclical nature of the phenomenon, with the revelation that each new victim can only save himself be dragging another victim into the circle of fear.
		In Kruger’s script, however, the ring is, literally, a circle, a visual motif seen through the film, which is supposed to represent the dying Samara’s last glimpse of sunlight while looking up from the bottom of a well.
		The film attempts to use her brief screen time to turn the character into a recognizable horror icon, but Chase comes across like a runner-up at a Christina Ricci look-alike contest (circa THE ADDAMS FAMILY), and her attempts to be threatening falls flat.
	www.hollywoodgothique.com /thering2002.html (1265 words)

	Classic-Horror Review of The Ring (2002)
		The Ring's principal narrative involves a Seattle reporter (Naomi Watts) investigating the death of the pre-title teen, who is her niece.
		The phone rings, a voice says "seven days," and a race against time for her life and the life of her son (who also ends up seeing the creepy video) ensues.
		Based on the 1998 Japanese film Ringu, (which has spawned a pair of sequels thus far), The Ring's only fault is that it lets down its frightening premise with a script that simply can't match it in originality.
	classic-horror.com /reviews/ring2002.shtml (489 words)

	At-A-Glance Film Reviews: The Ring (2002)
		Little in The Ring is blatantly out of the ordinary, but it's filmed so unnaturally as to evoke the kind of intensely unsettling feeling that horror buffs are constantly seeking but rarely find.
		The original was a 1995 Japanese made-for-TV film, remade as a theatrical film in Japan in 1998, and again in South Korea in 1999.
		The theatrical Japanese film is considered the definitive version and spawned a number of sequels, also made in Japan.
	rinkworks.com /movies/m/the.ring.2002.shtml (376 words)

	The Ring (2002)
		In The Ring, Naomi Watts stars as Rachel Keller, an investigative reporter who's placed herself in the middle of a freighting real urban legend, after the unsubstanciated death of her neice Name, she was told that may be in connection with the death and she relentlessly digs as deep as she can into the enigma.
		Unlike many of the films that clutter the horror genre, 'Ring' is sophisticated and well-drawn and not a gory, paint-by-numbers mystery as similar films have been.
		Then there was also the point that the film of which 'The Ring' is based, the Japanese smash hit Ringu was a massive success at the box office, so maybe it wouldn't be as bad as a few of the early buzz had tried to make me believe.
	ticketmovies.tripod.com /reviews/2002/Ring.htm (1036 words)

	The Ring (2002)
		The film has created an international boom time in horror fiilmmaking that makes the current era one of the truly exciting periods to be following the genre.
		In this country, the original film is more rumored than experienced, passed around on bootleg videos and imported VCDs among the cognoscenti like the videotape that drives the film’s plot.
		Much of the explanatory material is derived from the original film’s sequels (which, by and large, make the same mistake of explaining away the mystery), and the current film simply sags under the weight of it all.
	www.tranquility.net /~benedict/ring2002.html (844 words)

	rebecca reviews :: 2002 film
		as it was, it is a film of gorgeous visuals, interesting special effects, lots and lots of action scenes...and no emotional center whatever.
		lord of the rings: the two towers [ **1/2 ] this is probably the hardest of the three films** to pull off--it's the middle of the story, with no real beginning or end.
		lord of the rings: the fellowship of the ring (extended version) [ ***** ] the additional scenes are very nice (though they add little to the story) but the appendices are outstanding.
	www.rebeccablood.net /film/ancient/2002.html (1359 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Ring [2003]: DVD: Naomi Watts,Martin Henderson,Gore Verbinski,David Dorfman,Brian Cox,Jane ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		While transferring the action from Japan to modern-day Seattle may weaken the impact of the plot's mythological elements, and the film may be guilty of pointless padding (belying the original's lean format), Verbinski's effort is no less squirm-inducing, bolstered with a tremendous shocker of an ending.
		The film follows her increasingly deperate attempts to solve the mystery of the killer videotape in just 7 days...
		This film drags on a bit (in a scary way of course - shredded horse anyone?) but it's worth hanging in there for the genuinely terrifying ending which you won't see coming (well, if you're a bit slow on the uptake like me, that is).
	www.amazon.co.uk /Ring-Naomi-Watts/dp/B00008JMG3 (1471 words)

	UGO.com Film/TV - The Ring - Twice Scared: UGO's Guide to Horror Remakes
		There were certainly notable horror films released overseas before it, but Ringu may be the film that single-handedly started the term, "Japanese Horror Film," or "J-Horror," as it's sometimes called by semi-clever pop culture journalists.
		The film has some good scares, and sticks pretty close to its original counterpart in terms of story, characters and atmosphere, but ultimately The Ring suffers from a certain awkwardness.
		The Ring seems to be living two lives - on one hand, it's a Hollywood horror movie, filled with pretty girls who scream well on cue, neat-o special effects and Brian Cox acting weird and creepy.
	www.ugo.com /channels/filmtv/features/horrorremakes/ringu.asp (250 words)

	The Ring (2002) - A Review by David Nusair
		The Ring, based on the ridiculously successful series of books and movies from Japan, is hopefully another nail in the coffin that is the teen scary movie.
		In a sequence that turns out to be one of the most effective in the film, The Ring opens with two girls talking about a supposed videotape that causes the viewer to die seven days after watching it.
		While there's no questioning that The Ring is far scarier than any of the recent so-called horror flicks to hit theaters (stuff like Jason X and the Scream trilogy), the film does tend to over-explain the ghostly goings on.
	www.reelfilm.com /ring.htm (728 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| "The Ring" review (2002) Gore Verbinski, Naomi Watts
		Then "The Ring" goes into a steady decline, mostly because it tries to become a brainy horror movie without bothering to plug its many plot holes large enough to drive anyone with half a brain to distraction.
		When one of the girls dies of fright (we're told "her heart just stopped," which is an absurd diagnosis considering her body looks green and half-decayed), her aunt (Naomi Watts, "Mulholland Drive") decides to look into the story of the videotape.
		While "The Ring" might be able to slide by on its mighty forbidding atmosphere of fog, chills and latent peril for an hour or so, it's never genuinely scary after that opening scene.
	www.splicedonline.com /02reviews/ring.html (582 words)

	Howard SHORE The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Film Music on the Web CD Reviews January 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
		Howard Shore's "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" is loud, varied, a perfect cinematic match, yet adds nothing by way of new or classic material.
		This is a film that holds true to the spirit of Tolkien's story, condensing yes, abbreviating certainly, but never losing sight of the heart of the tale.
	www.musicweb.uk.net /film/2002/Jan02/LordoftheRings.html (2190 words)

	Turbula - Autumn 2002 - Review of "The Ring"
		Similar to the original film (according to the synopsis in the Internet Movie Database), the plot involves a demonic videotape.
		With its silly premise, "The Ring" has found a perfect parable for fate and humans' need to control that predetermination.
		An average film with a jarring mood, "The Ring" won't be a classic of the genre, but for a few hours, audiences' hearts will pound, their guts will churn and their breathing will race.
	www.turbula.net /2002-fall/film-ring.html (457 words)

	The Ring/The Ring Two (Hans Zimmer)
		The 'promo' of The Ring was a limited pressing by the TIL Music Group in late 2002.
		The 2005 Decca album would be the first commercial release of music from either film, and for collectors of the bootlegs from the first score, this commercial album features a strong arrangement of music in significantly clearer sound quality.
		The Ring Two is a combination of rehash and remix that further muddies the waters.
	www.filmtracks.com /titles/ring.html (1620 words)

	The Ring (2002) - Ninth Symphony Films Review
		While the premise of this film doesn't strike one, off the bat, as being particularly scary (a videotape that kills?), the execution of this film is what makes it so entertaining.
		No one will be bowled over by the intelligence in this film or dialogue in the script, but with the way the movie plays on the screen, there really isn't any need for this film to be unlike anything that's been seen before.
		It might be worth noting that this film supposedly went through a series of re-shoots and a heavy edit because early audiences did not like the ambiguous and more spiritual ending of the film.
	regencylady.tripod.com /site/filmreviews/thering.html (893 words)

	TheMovieBoy Review: Ring, The (2002)
		Directed by Gore Verbinski (2001's "The Mexican") with a sharp eye for visual detail and a keen sense of generating suspense, the film is a creepy and considerably unsettling experience that works its way deeply under your skin.
		"The Ring" is a superbly crafted horror film that, rare to form, does not lessen the impact or dumb down its foreign counterpart.
		The atmospheric cinematography, by Bojan Bazelli, is marvelous, with vivid fog-shrouded and rain-drenched landscapes and a penchant for indelible gray and blue hues.
	themovieboy.com /reviews/r/02_ring.htm (608 words)

	The Ring (2002) - Channel 4 Film review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The story of a cursed videotape and vengeful ghost, the film was at times wonderfully terrifying.
		The task of transposing the story from the bleak cities and sodden back country of Japan to the bleak cities and sodden back country of the US (the Pacific Northwest to be precise) fell to screenwriter Ehren Kruger (Arlington Road, Scream 3) and director Gore Verbinski (Mousehunt, The Mexican).
		The photographer and video expert in the film, Noah (Henderson), even derides it as "very student film" when he watches it on the insistence of investigative reporter and former girlfriend Rachel (Watts).
	www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=107671 (323 words)

	Amazon.com: The Ring (Widescreen Edition): DVD: Naomi Watts,Brian Cox (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		As the film progresses, however, we learn that the eerie fl-and-white vignettes are clues to who made the tape and why.
		Like the video tape used in the storyline actually existed before the film was released in 2003, and I believe I've actually SEEN the footage on that video tape many years ago somewhere because the sequence with the mirror and the ladder looked incredibly familiar.
		The Ring is that rare animal, a remake that actually manages to be as good as the original, although there are differences between the two films.
	www.amazon.com /Ring-Widescreen-Naomi-Watts/dp/B00005JLTK (3169 words)

	The Ring (2002) Movie Review - The Hollywood News
		Based on the Japanese film of the same name, The Ring involves one hell of an urban legend.
		The early moments of The Ring would suggest that the audience is in for another take on the whole Scream phenomenon, but this movie definitely changes direction, becoming a nightmarish ghost story with some truly terrifying images.
		The Ring is ultimately a movie about technique, and on that level, it more than succeeds.
	www.thehollywoodnews.com /reviews/archive/2002/the-ring.php (670 words)

	The Ring (2002)
		The Ring is a creepy, dark film along the same lines of The Sixth Sense and Stir of Echoes, and while in some ways it is actually superior to both of these films, it has one fatal flaw that makes it merely an enjoyable experience rather than a modern classic.
		She may not be entirely convincing as a journalist, but she does manage to ground the movie in reality despite the absurdity of people dying from watching a video tape, and it is because of this that we don't dismiss the film outright.
		Overall The Ring is certainly one of the better films of its genre, but is sadly tarnished by a disappointing and somewhat ridiculous finale.
	www.moovees.com /review/ring.html (276 words)

	The Ring (2002) - Movie Info - Moviefone
		Synopsis: This is an English-language remake of the 1998 Japanese film 'Ringu.' A female journalist (Naomi Watts) discovers a profoundly disturbing videotape...
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	CNN.com - Review: 'The Ring' gets under your skin - Oct. 18, 2002
		A videotape that kills you seven days after you see it is that the center of the psychological thriller "The Ring." Based on "Ringu" (1998), one of the most successful films in Japanese history, "The Ring" is more eerie and spooky than it is out-and-out scary -- but oh, is it effective.
		"The Ring" is most definitely Watts' film from beginning to end, but Henderson does an admirable job as the second banana to her showy role.
		You may not be screaming your head off or hiding under your seat during this film, but you'll find it will linger in your mind long after you leave the theater.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/18/review.the.ring (658 words)

	Ringu / Ring
		This film has been at the forefront of the so-called 'New Wave' of Japanese cinema and has opened the door for many wonderful films to gain their proper respect in the West.
		Based on a series of best-selling novels by Kôji Suzuki, Ring was first brought to the Japanese public's attention by a TV series which featured many of the actors which went on to appear in the rest of the trilogy.
		Darkly shot and maintaining a tense, eerie atmosphere throughout, the film's high point and infamous final scene leaves even the most hardened horror-fan shuddering, even though all Nakata needed to create it was a simple, faceless figure in a white kimono, and a TV set.
	www.mandiapple.com /snowblood/ring.htm (943 words)

	The Ring (2002)
		The Japanese-made horror film Ring (1998) was an enormous hit throughout Asia.
		Verbinski began directing at DreamWorks SKG with the enjoyably silly children's film MouseHunt (1997) and then went onto the flop Brad Pitt-Julia Roberts romance The Mexican (2001) and later the huge success of Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003).
		The Ring Two (2005) was a disappointing sequel.
	www.moria.co.nz /horror/ring2002.htm (889 words)

	the Ring - Sadako, Samara and the cursed videotape (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In early 1998, a film made for just 1.2 million dollars would become the horror sensation of the year, smashing records in Hong Kong, Singapore and its native Japan.
		That film was the Ring (aka Ringu), and by 2002 it had been remade in both Korea and the United States, with the film's villainess -- whether known as Yamamura Sadako, Eun-Suh or Samara Morgan -- fascinating and terrifying moviegoers across the globe.
		And while I was unfortunately unable to participate in the filming, long-time members of the Ring forum will recognize a certain disco-loving individual that agreed to take my place in his own unique way...
	www.theringworld.com (312 words)

	The Ring (2002)
		Within it are all the clues that Keller will need to solve the mystery, but she only has 7 days to do it.
		It takes him a couple of days to come around to believing Keller that they are both in a race for their lives, and to help spur them on, their young son Aidan (David Dorman from Bounce) ends up seeing it when he can't sleep at night.
		In the tradition of films that can scare the living hell out of you, The Ring steps onto the mat and delivers a punishing blow.
	www.filmmonthly.com /Video/Articles/TheRing/TheRing.html (958 words)

	Dark Horizons - Ring (2002)
		Plot: Remake of the 1998 Japanese horror film which has become one of the country's most successful films ever and was based on the first of three novels by Suzuki Koji.
		Now, my friend had seen a bootleg of the Japanese version of "Ring," so he was familiar with the imagery used to create the mysterious cursed tape that is the center piece of the film.
		Based on the Suzuki Koji novel, 'Ring' follows a female reporter investigating an urban legnd that has claimed her cousin - a video tape whose viewers have all died within a week of watching it.
	www.darkhorizons.com /2002/ring/ring-n.htm (1249 words)

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