| Posted by: RogueSpear at October 21, 2002, 1:40 pm | | Topic: Reviews: The Ring Forum: JoBlo | | The Ring **Some minor spoilers throughout** Not very often does a movie come along that affects me this way. Not very often does a movie send chills down my entire body with each new scene. However, The Ring did just that. From the opening shot to the kickass ending my eyes were glued to the screen. I couldn't take my eyes away. Even after the movie was over I still couldn't get The Ring out of my head. I went into The Ring expecting a few thrills and chills, nothing spectacular and came out with a new best movie of the year. It was just that good. The plot itself is already pretty well known. There's a video tape. You watch the video tape and then your phone rings and you are told you have seven days to live. Rachel (Naomi Watts), a journalist, learns of the video tape at her niece's funeral. Apparantly, her niece and three of her niece's friends watched the video ago. From there Rachel decides to crack the mystery of the tape. After finding the tape and watching it, Rachel sets about looking for clues with the help of her friend Noah (Martin Henderson) and her son. As she learns more and more about the tape and time ticks by she realizes that nothing is what it seems. I have not seen many movies feel as depressing as The Ring. The entire movie is filmed with a bluish tint. It's always cloudy, overcast or raining. There is not a single shred of happiness in any of the characters and just when it seems like the light is beginning to shine through the darkness creeps back in. I commend the makers of the film for having the gall to make a movie such as this. I came out of this movie feeling sad and depressed and I loved it. All of this just adds to the tension that the movie conveys. The cast also helps add to the tension of the movie. Naomi Watts was very good as Rachel. She was the movie. The rest of the cast was good but faded to the back when compared to Watts. I thought that Brian Cox was very good in his small role and David Dorfman was the creepiest kid I've seen in a movie in a long time. I can't really talk much about the story without giving anything away but I will say that the story was great and just when I thought I had everything figured out...WHAM...something else came out of nowhere and took me completely by surprise. Which is exactly what I wanted out of the movie. To be surprised, creeped out, frightened, feel tense. The Ring gave me all of that. From the perfect opening scene to the depressing finale this was a perfect movie. That's all I can say. It was perfect. The perfect cast, the perfect mood, the perfect story. I loved everything and I doubt I will see a better movie this year. Final Score - 10/10 |
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