Mediavore: Seeing The Ring
I missed the screening of the Ring trilogy at this year’s Cinemanila filmfest. I was curious at the buzz surrounding the movie when it came out as well as hungry for anything other than Hollywood produced. Of course the possibility of getting it on DVD was there but where can you find a local store carrying titles like that? (Without charging an arm and a leg I mean…)
Imagine my surprise that someone out there decided to release the English-subtitled Ring last week in all the major malls. Greenbelt, Megamall, Galleria, G4. Access heaven!
I caught the movie with a couple of buds and the theater was packed!
On a weekday!
For a subtitled movie!
In a mall!
I don’t want add any more to what’s written about this movie (nothing I would say would matter at this point) except that it’s a great ride. It’s utterly creepy and I enjoyed being immersed in the story. It’s different from recent horror movies because it avoids the gore and instead focuses on the suspense…in truest meaning of the word.
With that said, I also enjoyed watching it in a movie theater full of people. I love hearing them react. I love hearing the nervous titter in the darkened theater. I’m used to watching these types of films at home with a few friends or in some small space with devoted film fans, but nothing, nothing comes close to that shared experience of watching a good movie in a theater full of people willing to be entertained for at least an hour and forty five minutes.
Go try to see the Ring at your favorite mall before the blasted Metro Manila Filmfest starts boring people and insulting their intelligence again. (Although I must admit I want to see Vic Sotto’s Lastikman because I can still vividly remember the black and white version being shown on TV…)
This Wednesday: My Big Fat Greek Wedding in theaters!
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And yes, I’d still watch the Hollywood version of the Ring because I’m such a sucker for these things.
8 Comments, Comment or Ping
meg
yey! you finally saw it!! now go see Battle Royale!!!
Dec 9th, 2002
Yash
oist, pwedeng pakikwento kung ano sa tingin mo comparing the hollywood ring to the japanese ring? wala pa kseng release dito yung japanese version and if i want it i’d have to buy it in ebay pero kung hindi naman malaki yung pinagkaiba hindi ko na lang bibilhin diba?
salamat =)
Dec 10th, 2002
IF-meg
personally, masgusto ko yung japanese version because it doesn’t hold your hand and lead you step by step into the story. instead, it gives you space to get lost in your imagination. if you watch the japanese version first, matatakot ka. but after watching the american version, baka ma-influence nun yung pag-watch mo ng Ringu. paanorin mo pa rin. Ringu-japanese is classic.
Dec 10th, 2002
Markmomukhamo
Ang pinakamalaking pagkakaiba ng Hollywood version ng The Ring kumpara sa
Ringu ay ang kwento kung saan nagmula ang videotape. Iba ang mga pangyayari sa
American version na sa palagay ko ay hindi masyadong kapanipaniwala. (Kung sabagay,
horror movie nga eh, madaming hindi kapani-paniwala.)
Pero iba rin ang pagkakagawa ng Hollywood kumpara sa Japanese version. Nadagdagan
na nila ito ng kombinasyon ng music, special effects, upong mapilit ang manononood na
matakot. Emotional blackmail kung baga.
Kaya ko siguro nagustuhan ang Japanese version dahil sa kawalan ng mga palabok
at pormula na ginagamit sa mga horror movies. Masasabi kong sulit mapanood ang Ringu.
Dec 11th, 2002
Yamamura Sadako
ei peeps napanood nyo naba yung “Uzumaki” = DarkWater parang ring type na movie
Jan 27th, 2003
pauline
i think japanese is more scarier than the english one..but i dnt get it.. why is it that there’s has to be water in every seen of killing?
and why all the victims look like zombies? and where did they get the little evil girl?
Feb 4th, 2003
mincee
i really like this movie, “The Ring” because of the story. it was so excitingespeciallt those shocking events… i’m so scared… i really really like it especially my idol SADAKO… she’s so beautiful…
Jun 20th, 2003
mincee
especially those shocking scenes… sadako, your great
Jun 20th, 2003
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