Did anyone else think The Ring was really disturbing??? We bought it BEFORE we saw it and now I want to throw it out

I had this great idea though...lend the movie to someone and when you KNOW they are watching it or just finished, call them and say "7 days..." Wouldn't that be freaky?

I did not like this movie at all, those images they kept showing were very disturbing and I wont' be watching the sequel.........

We watched it 3 days ago and I am still freaked out about it!! The movie is creepy!! I really regret watching it. Could someone else just watch the sequel and tell me about it, cause I don't wanna see it!

I didn't see this but my friend did and had to stay over at her bfs because she was too scared to ride the ferry home afterwards! :eek:

Jessica

Is there a sequel? When?

I also found this movie to be terribly disturbing. Ick.

Okay I'm really wanting to see this, I wanted to see in the theater, but we never got around to it, and it's been out at the movie rental so we haven't seen it yet.

Somebody tell me why it's disturbing??

I really want to see it, but I'm wondering if I should cuz I wouldn't go to the bathroom alone for a month after I saw Candyman (how lame is that, lol??). And I was scared of being outside in the dark after seeing the Blair Witch Project, lol.

Oh, mama. I'd definately steer clear if the Candyman scared you! :D

I can't go into it too deeply without giving away the (VERY DISTURBING) ending but I'll say that the imagery is very graphic and...well freakish. The scenes from the videotape that they keep watching throughout the movie are bizarre and scary. You never reach a lull, either. It's tense and stressful to watch the *whole* way through and it's just...ick. LOLOLOL

OH yeah! That movie was super creepy. I thought it ended set up for a sequal too. I thought it was OK, just because I like scary movies but it did leave be pretty freaked and there were a few seriously disturbing scenes.

Well we watched it last night. Can I just say that it stunk - that would be a thumbs down for me, lol.

What a crappy ending, what a crappy beginning. Barely much of a story line, I'm just looking for a way to stick some disturbing images on film so I'll throw up this crappy story to go along with it kinda movie, lol.

I think they need to remake it with some more history of the crazy family, cuz the bits and pieces were driving me insane.

And I thought it was set up for a sequel too. Totally disappointed after hearing reviews about how good and scary it was.

Now the first Blair Witch movie scared the crap out of me, much scarier movie IMNSHO, lol.

Originally posted by fericito
Did anyone else think The Ring was really disturbing??? We bought it BEFORE we saw it and now I want to throw it out

I had this great idea though...lend the movie to someone and when you KNOW they are watching it or just finished, call them and say "7 days..." Wouldn't that be freaky?

LOL! My dh and a bunch of his friends went to see the late screening of this, and when they got back to their separate homes, they all called each other and did that. Some of the guys live next door, and one of the guys lives with us; he was in our room cause he was too freaked by himself in his own room; and when they called next door, you could hear the screams when the phone rang over there. It was really funny. Then they did it to the last guy who lives a block or so away, and boy did they hear about it the next day. I personally will never be watching this. I get too freaked! I didn't put to my feet to the floor in my room after watching "It" for like three nights running! LOL

Murali

I didn't like this movie, either, when it came down to it. Too many unanswered questions to be truly enjoyable.

But, I didn't find it scary. Probably b/c it was too confusing! :rolleyes:

dh & i watched it today... i am a scary movie fan & it was ok.. kinda disturbing i guess..lol, but i am curious what parts you all thought were disturbing & what wasn't answered for you?

i think it is interesting how diff. people see things differently in movies.. ~

anyone wanna chat about it?

my dh on the other hand...lol..he is a scardey cat! ;)

i prefered the originals (ringu, ringu 2 and ringu 0--the prequel) but i did enjoy the american version and cant wait to see if they redo the other 2.

it was a remake? really!

hmm... i didn't know that ~ i wonder if my video stores have the origs?

Originally posted by harvestgirl
it was a remake? really!

hmm... i didn't know that ~ i wonder if my video stores have the origs?

hmmm depends on if your video store is into japanese imports :)
i read about the original "ringu trilogy" in fangoria magazine about 2 years ago and bought them off ebay. i was so happy when i learned that an american remake had been filmed! the japanese original is more psychological than the american version and the american version is more visual (the quick flash of the girl in the closet creeped me out) than the japanese. i collect horror movies (well mostly gore movies from italy, i.e. zombi, cannibal ferox, city of the dead, and suspense movies from japan etc, etc, etc) and while the movie isnt everyones favourite i thought it had some great scenes and it was refreshing to not have the same things that one normally expects from an american horror movie (of course that would probably be the fact that it *is* a remake, but still it was refreshing to see something else in the theaters).
i have talked with many people who didnt like either one but most of these people have a different version of a "horror" movie in their mind and some people just have different tastes. i see "the ring" as a thinking movie, others see it as nothing but a chain letter. my perspective is that it all depends on how much thought you give to it and when i think about it it acts on all the primitive fears that i have.

oh, and just a note, the original gives you more background on the child and the reasons she is like she is. watch ringu then ringu 2 (the 2nd movie starts right where the 1st ends) and then ringu 0 (the prequel).

Why is the kid the way she is, branwyn? Pleeeeeease tell? I really want to know but I'll never see the original.

Just the previews on TV freaked me out. That woman screaming. I will not be watching this movie. Blair Witch scared the bejeezus out of me, I am just getting over that and it has been years. I am a hiker and it doesn't work for me to be scared to go in the woods LOL Kate

I was just thinking about this too.......isn't it a mark of a good horror movie that it freaks you out so much that you don't answer the phone, or don't put your feet on the bedroom floor, or won't go in the woods? I would think from the writers side that they would feel they had sucessfully effected you with thier film if you changed your habits- even if only for a few days- b/c you were still scared. Kate

i thought blair witch was scarier...by far!!!

i'll be checking out my video stores...lol, i bet they don't have them!!

thanks!!~

yeah I agree nicole, the blair witch scared the crap out of me, I would not go outside in the dark for a long while, lol.

I'd be interested in seeing the other movies too. I wonder if I can find them around here.

But I need background, lol. I can't just take something on faith, I need to know WHY!!

Was she their biological child? I'm assuming no, based on what the movie showed. And what the heck was wrong with her? was she just evil and couldn't help it?? And why did she spare the lady, and not the guy who helped her find the girl's body?

Too many unanswered questions. I think if they had more to the story behind the story, then it would have been a really great movie.

Yes I've probably thought too much about this movie, lol.

i don't know all the answers, but i think she spared the lady because the lady copied her tape and showed it to someone else, so her story kept getting told... does that make sense? That's why at the end she was making her kid copy the tape... even though the guy helped her body, he didn't copy it or show anyone else so he got axed...

Remember the kid freaked out and was like why did you help her? Because it wasn't about the body getting moved... they just THOUGHT it was...

eww i'm remembering scenes and it's creeping me out.

Originally posted by SnuggleBee
And why did she spare the lady, and not the guy who helped her find the girl's body?


b/c she copied the tape..remember & at the end she even said " why not me, what did i do that he didn't???!!" or something like that...lol ~ then she remembers the copy under the couch {that her ds watched} so she has her ds make a copy too so he won't die... then he asks " what will happen to the person we show it to"

do you remember all the m/cs that were in her records? strange... & mr. morgan saying "MY WIFE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAVE ANY CHILDREN! "

SO..... i think samara killed the horses that her mother loved so much.. & her mom killed her, then herself.

but WHY? lol... i dunno! kinda hope they do a prequel!!~ ;)

Oh, I understand, lol. I didn't think about the copying thing.

Yeah the look on the boy's face when he asked why she helped her did scare the crap out of me. I think that was the scariest part, lol.