the script was kinda not good, but it was still really cool. and HOLY SHIT, that girl's face near the beginning freaked me WAY the fuck out. really well-done.
i saw THE RING last night!
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the horse part was like "eh" until it fell; the way its back leg hit and flipped it over was brilliantly done.
FalseTodd
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I think this was discussed on the board before, but that movie was surprisingly good until they *completely fucked up* one of the last scenes, purely through editing. Don't build up and incredibly tense moment and then cut away smack dab in the middle of it to show a very lame car chase scene.
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if you think about it, it seems as though hollywood has made great strides in organic-figure-violently-falls-off-of-boat tech.
a lot of progress was gained in the mid 90's, but recent forays into this arena have proven quite sucessful. i agree, this is definitely one of them.
a lot of progress was gained in the mid 90's, but recent forays into this arena have proven quite sucessful. i agree, this is definitely one of them.
Agreed, FalseTodd!
I want to see RINGU now. I wonder if "The Ring" will go the way of "Vanilla Sky" and be one of the few American movie remakes I've ever seen that is absolutely and totally better than its foreign originator.
I want to see RINGU now. I wonder if "The Ring" will go the way of "Vanilla Sky" and be one of the few American movie remakes I've ever seen that is absolutely and totally better than its foreign originator.
FalseTodd
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I think the japanese one is still better, but it's way more creepy than outright scary. And you will find the victims of the Ring to be way goofy looking.
heh...to bounce back to Vanilla Sky, the disfigured dude was incredibly dumb-looking in Abre los Ojos.
I thought the Ring was an excellent--perhaps near-perfect--blend of the "horror" and "terror" genres. I tend to like horror movies tremendously and not so much terror movies, but horror movies with terror elements are very cool. the design and cinematography were excellently-done, and that's what I'll be watching for in Ringu. (Japanese scripts/dialogues are, almost universally, garbage. I think they're even "smartened up" for American audiences, yet still retain overt expository dialogue, excessive descriptions of things as "nice", etc.)
I thought the Ring was an excellent--perhaps near-perfect--blend of the "horror" and "terror" genres. I tend to like horror movies tremendously and not so much terror movies, but horror movies with terror elements are very cool. the design and cinematography were excellently-done, and that's what I'll be watching for in Ringu. (Japanese scripts/dialogues are, almost universally, garbage. I think they're even "smartened up" for American audiences, yet still retain overt expository dialogue, excessive descriptions of things as "nice", etc.)
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man, this thread should be re-entitled "i saw THE RING last night: SPOILERS!"
luckily i didn't get much past the girl's face and that there's a horse in it someplace. i know, i totally should've known better. it's my own fault.
i even thought "wait- you haven't seen this; what if they talk about content?" but no...
luckily i didn't get much past the girl's face and that there's a horse in it someplace. i know, i totally should've known better. it's my own fault.
i even thought "wait- you haven't seen this; what if they talk about content?" but no...
there's actually no spoilers in here. the girl's face thing happens in the first few minutes and it's not really a surprise...the horse thing is no big deal either. toby was totally oblique about the only possible spoilerish part...
CHUPE IS GAY CHUPE IS GAY NYAH NYAH NYAH
this is kind of fun, like jumping on a bed just because your mother isn't home and you finally can, even though you don't really have a desire to jump on said bed.
this is kind of fun, like jumping on a bed just because your mother isn't home and you finally can, even though you don't really have a desire to jump on said bed.
this thread is also now the "reveal secrets you don't want eric to know" thread.
* I THINK LESS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE MIDWEST.
* I THINK LESS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE MIDWEST.
* I THINK PEOPLE WHOSE NAMES BEGIN WITH VOWELS TEND TO SMELL FUNNIER THAN THE CONSONANTEERS
(except A's)
(except A's)
* AT THE END OF THE RING, IT TURNS OUT THE ENTIRE MOVIE IS A DREAM AND THE LITTLE GIRL IS THE PROTAGONIST DREAMING ABOUT HER ADULT LIFE
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DAMNIT!!!!!!!!xfer said:
(this was way funny up to that point- don't tell me if the film is really like that. i will assume you made it up for now. i especially liked the "ALL VOWEL NAMES R BADD except a" part)
