It’s originally a Japanese movie released in 1998, known as Ringu which an American remake came out in 2002 known as “The Ring”, have you seen the Japanese original prior to watching the US version of what’s supposedly meant to be an adaptation? If so, what are the differences between the original vs the remake? If you consider the US remake crap, why is that the case when comparing it to the original one?
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Yes.
The US version of The Ring was very well made. Unfortunately, it kicked started the rush for every shitty movie studio to remake every Asian horror film within the next few years.
While you’re at it, watch Videodrome too.
Long live the New Flesh
Oops. I did it again.
– BritneyRingu is a perfectly good movie. The remake isn’t bad either. It’s interesting to see the cultural differences in both movies. It’s also interesting how each movie tries to meet the viewing preferences of the local audience.
Some movie remakes are doomed to fail. cries Leave Oldboy alone. ;) I also can’t imagine a modern/ western remake of Seven Samurai. Or even a Pulp Fiction remake without Bruce Willis and not made by Tarantino.
Is remaking a sign for the lack of new original movie plots? I wouldn’t think so.
I like the effort they put into the death face in the remake. I thought they were both pretty forgettable, but I’m not a big fan of horror. Everyone caught the second death face, when the mother recounts finding her daughter in the closet. There’s another one, during the cold open, but if you blinked or looked away, you’d miss it. The girl who died goes up the stairs and puts her hand on a door, then you get the title card, unless you didn’t blink, in which case you saw it switch to a POV inside the room, and rapidly zoom in on the door as she opens it, and her face turns green and elongates unnaturally. This particular image haunted me for a while. At one point I had a production still from the scene which is zoomed out a bit. The shot does not exist in the movie; it looks like it was a photograph somebody took on the set. Anyway, I don’t recall the original going that hard. Also, Daveigh Chase. She was adorable, so she was a tragic villain, not just a scary one. I think the remake humanised her a bit more. Otherwise, the remake felt “safe”, whereas Japanese horror from back then was kinda edgy and gritty.
I watched the original afterward.
The Japanese version is much better. That said the US version is a great movie.
Yes. The US one is shite in every way. 🤮
No comparison needed; it damns itself by it’s no-effort, soulless grift of a "remake"existence.
No one needs to see that schlock —unless they’re studying how not to make knock-offs, or they like their horror as spicy as sun-warmed mayo.
