There are two main differences between the movies, The Ring, and Ringu that make them stand apart from eachother. The Ring was more believable and seemed to me to be more of a horror movie, than Ringu. Because of these points, I heavily favored The Ring.
There were many things in the plot and even in the actors themselves that made Ringu seem less believable as a story, and as equally less believable as a horror movie. First, the psychic storyline in Ringu seemed farfetched and rather ridiculous. There are three characters in the movie with powers, and it seems to be more of an episode of X-Men than a realistic story plot. It seems as though, with this plot, that this movie would fit better into the fantasy section of your local
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My favorite line in the movie is, "before you die, you see the ring." This makes a direct correlation between the video and the video watcher's experiences. While watching Ringu, I found myself to be lost at times, wondering where exactly the movie was going, and what the images in the video even meant. Without the correlation between the video and the actors' lives, the movie is not tied together enough. Had I not seen The Ring before Ringu, I would not be able to say exactly what the movie was even about. Aside from tying the movie together, the videos themselves were very different in creativity and detail also. The images shown in the video of The Ring were frightening and horrific, like a horror movie should be. A viewer could tell what they were, and while they watched they could think to themselves, "Oh now here is where that fits in." In Ringu, nobody was clear what the image was or why it was there. The recurring hooded man bothered me the most. I could not decided whether I was seeing a member of the KKK or someone dressing up as a ghost a little early for Halloween this year. The images were not nearly as horrific as those in The Ring, and they were rather boring. This element also added to the confusion of the movie.
Another aspect that weakened Ringu, were the actors. It seemed as though the actors in The Ring, were perfect for their part and did a wonderful job. However, in Ringu,
My initial reaction to the film was of utter shock at the brutally raw reality of the film. Upon reflection and commentary from other sources, the film’s simple yet vastly effective filmmaking techniques of developing the explicit and implicit meaning of the film. The explicit meaning, as
In the Outsiders I think the actors played their roles correctly especially Tom Cruise who played Two bit. I felt like the they picked the best actors to play the roles of the characters from the book. The death scenes
In the way it is visually astounding is only a bonus, it is perfectly executed and displayed. I feel as if this is a masterpiece because of the way it tackles discrimination, not only from the ‘white side’ view but from the how the Native populace feels toward the invaders. It exposes the tender side of two worlds colliding, such as trying to make peace and attempting to learn both sides of culture. The contrast between the two worlds is shown by Jake Sully constantly moving between both worlds, the audience is eventually more exposed to the Na’vi side just as Jake Sully is. He says “It feels like out there is the real world, and in here is the dream..” James Cameron does beautifully in showing a ‘cliché’ event in a new
Nolan creates an atmosphere where one scene will move steadily to the next, building anticipation until all hell breaks loose. Nolan has really done his research with this film as he explores a deeper meaning in good vs. evil. It makes the film seem so real life unlike most fantasy superhero movie. For some reason, the viewer can actually imagine this happening in real life. The lights and effects are very promising.
With a messed up ending of a very bad twist and weird Idea that left the viewer asking why am I even here. The movie although thought to be great just like your grandmas cookies was terrible. They both had a lot to offer but neither brought
Another aspect of the movie that was special is the photography and the place the movie was filmed. It was really nice to see the flash backs because it made it easier for the viewer understand what was going on and it also helped the viewer understand what happened, to lead up to that point. Lastly, the landscape that the movie was filmed on was very beautiful. It made the movie more seem more authentic.
The Nile river has influenced Egyptian life and culture and it was also influenced in artwork as well for a few different reasons. The backbone of Egypt has and still is, the Nile River, which through its annual floods, supported all life in that ancient land. It has defined these cultures to the way they have developed along its banks. Most of the crops are used with the water from the Nile River because of its rich soils it brings to them. After this the beginnings of Egyptian civilization predate writing and are consequently obscure. On the banks of the Nile River around 3500 B.C.E is where they had the tombs, paintings, pottery, and other artifacts. During the time of 3500 and 3200 B.C.E many of the archaeologists had discovered the most expensive series of mural paintings on the wall of the tombs.
A symbol in “The Hobbit” is the One Ring. Rings normally symbolise eternity, and longevity because a circle has no ending, but the One Ring symbolised both good and evil characteristics, like power and commitment, but temptation and having no control. In the story, one example of someone who had no control was Gollum, the corrupted hobbit. Gollum started out as a nice hobbit named Sméagol, but he inadvertently found the One Ring and became addicted to it. He had no control over what he was doing, and was tempted by the ring’s power and kept on using it.
First of all, I'm not really feeling the movie. There is too much strange stuff going on, as well as randomness. People were still walking around normally even after taking an incessant amount of bullets, as though they were shot by a nerf gun. I felt that the plot and the killing were too rushed. The classmates don't seem as close, seeing them being seemingly calm even having witness their classmates being murdered by their teacher infront of them and goes on with the video. In one of the scenes Mitsuko could be seen curling her lashes in the middle of an survival zone??? I just didn't think the elements went well together, especially in a rigid environment like this where you had to watch your back 24/7.
The acting was mediocre-with the exception of two character-and their development could have been better. The movie seemed to go from zero to 60 in a short amount of time. Initially, it was moving painfully slow, but within the last 30 minutes the pace picked up before reaching a sudden stop. The movie is a horror movie, yet the scenes that were supposed to be scary were not. The execution of the plot in the movie in comparison to the original book was feeble at best. The Shining was viewed as one of the best horror movies of all times, but I found it to be a major disappointment. The acting was poor, the execution of the plot was somewhat boring, the pace was inconsistent, and it had the typical horror movie
Though the starring actors have plenty of box-office power, the acting was mediocre at best. The film should have been called the Charlize Theron movie, because let’s face it; the movie was all about her dramatic portrayal of the evil queen. Theron’s performance was so strong that poor Kristen Stewart just didn’t have a chance. The stunningly gorgeous Theron, made it hard to believe
The first aspect of the movie that really stood out was the way bland colors were used throughout the movie. A lot of the scenes were shot at night giving a somber vibe to everything, but even the scenes that were shot during the day did not have huge popping colors. The use of bland colors
In conclusion, the three main lines, the devil trick, and the shocking end make this movie one of the greatest piece of art the world has ever had. The dramatic escalation from the first part to the last part of the movie makes you unable to lift your eyes from the screen. This is the work of art people should see and
I thought this film was very unique because it shows the true Native American perspective of everyday life, not the usual phony stereotype of Indians such as teepees and bow and arrows. It also showed how much Native Americans are not much different than other cultures. Instead of singling other cultures out or judging people that are different from
Since the early days of filmmaking, Hollywood the dominated over the world cinema. American cinema has always drawn inspiration from other nations. In the past, few countries have received more attention from Hollywood than Japan. There be little doubt that Nakata’s Ringu (1998) has much to do with the recent international interest not just in Japanese cinema, but East Asian cinema more generally. (Colette, 2008). In America and Europe horror films tell the story of extermination of evil spirits, Japanese horror films end up with the suggestion that the spirit still remain at large. That’s because Japanese don’t regard spirits only as enemies, but as being that co-exist with this world of ours. (Suzuki, 2005). In this essay I will look at the difference between American and Japanese horror style and discuss the reasons why Japanese horror films are appealing prospect for remake. To do this I need to look at the importance of Roy lee and vertigo entertainment in remaking films such as the Ring (2002) which is directed by Gore Verbinski.