on the ring remake

[Peter Larson]

I thought the original Ring was good because it provided super-scariness
with a super slim pocketbook and didn't reply on expensive (or cheap and
cheesy) effects. Hopefully the US version of Ring 2 will use his true
talents.

Tomie was just a waste of film.

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[mailto:owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of Stewart
Fyfe
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 12:12 PM
To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Subject: Re: on the ring remake

Howdy.

--- christophe crison <ccrison at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe i was a little too bit too harsh on the
> verbinsky movie ;-)
> 
> But the movie feels and looks actually too "clean"
> to me, there's no sense
> of dread in it,

Except for the horse-on-the-ferry scene - best thing
in the whole film, and something which wasn't in the
original.
 
Something once noted on the forums of the Ringworld
site (http://www.theringworld.com/) is that people
seem to prefer the version they saw first.  

While I still prefer the original, I think there's
something to this - try imagine watching the remake
without knowing the plot ahead of time.  There would
be some good bits you wouldn't expect, and some red
herrings you wouldn't spot as red herrings right away.
 Plus, the remake suffers for those who know the story
because an investigation narrative is a whole lot less
interesting if you already know what the answer's
going to be.  (Then again, it doesn't help to have
Naomi Watts breathlessly repeat every line of text she
comes across.)

> in
> the remake it's all about
> a loud soundtrack...

As near as I can tell, they've also amped up the sound
effects in the American DVD re-release of the original
- the first phone call is much louder than I remember,
for example.  
 
> Verbinsky is "yes man" in the industry, a director
> with no personality; i
> mean from a who made "the mexican" & the "pirates",
> what can you expect? 

I actually thought "Pirates" was a well-constructed,
well-executed and enjoyable summer film, and nothing
Verbinsky should be ashamed of.  But hey, maybe that's
just me.

Stew


	
		
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