Ringu 2 VS The Ring 2 (American)
haven't seen ringu 2
anyone have any comments which was better (or crappier)?
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--lindsay
Go make yourself a dang quesadilla.
sadly it's a 'which was crappier?' question.
ring(u)2 is a reaction to the very unsuccessful 'rasen' - the 'true' sequel to ring which was based on the second book in the trilogy but turned audiences off because it has too much science and not enough scares. they asked nakata to return for an alternative sequel and what he did was add scares. there some real corkers in this film and they're spread through the film more evenly than the first film. the problem is that the story is a bit ambitious. it, too gets overly involved in science. this all means that ring(u)2 is a cool film and an enjoyable horror but doesn't stand up to repeat viewings. when you watch it again, knowing the scares, all you see are it's shortfallings. (incedentally, this is quite the opposite to ring0 (prequel) which i wasn't too fond of the first time but the more times i see it the more i like it)
as for the ring two (US) i don't have much to say. it's really bad. they set up conventions and rules in the first film then break them all in the second. they set up interesting possibilities for sequels in the first film then ignore them all for the second. i feel like they tried to expand on the very simple ideas of the first film but tried to do too much. all the scares and atmosphere come from the simplicity of the curse. when these waters get muddied samara becomes less threatening and so does the the whole film.
loved the bit where samara was crawling up the side of the well though... that was pure nakata!
the hills are alive with the sound of screaming!