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Ringu Anthology of Terror (Rasen/Ringu/Ringu 2/Ringu 0) |
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Published: 2005-08-23 |
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i ordered the item new but the case came all bent and beat up. other than that the order was great.
 The J-Horror Movie That Spawned The Hollywood Re-Makes
I'm sure we all know what these movies are about by now as Dreamworks Entertainment has done two re-makes of this terrifying trilogy(I say trilogy because the second movie Rasen was to terrible to count as part of the Ring legacy). I agree with what most reviewers have said out of this box set the truly best of the movies are Ring, Ring 2, and Ring 0 as the supposed sequel to the Ring 1 was called Rasen but they made that movie so scientific an trying to explain the curse of the tape that it actually detracted the supernatural terror from that film. Ring 0 was a nice touch because it tries to give Sadako a more humanized touch to make us feel for what happened to her and why the curse came to be. I also liked the son in the first Ring movie as the actor put more feeling in his character than the American actor did for his character Aidan in the re-make. Also don't worry about a dubbed version luckily the DreamWorks / Universal Studios team didn't do that so you just get the original voices for the set. The video is clear and sharp so don't worry about any blurriness or any distortions and the audio is very clear as well no complaints on that end either. So if you want the original J-horror movie that started the Hollywood years of re-makes I say for the price of this box set it's definitely worth it....
Ringu Vs. The Ring 6 Round bout. DVD features for the anthology below.
Sometimes explaining that something is unexplainable can explain a lot, let me explain.
BASIC PLOT:
Director Hideo Nakata's Ringu follows a beautiful reporter Reiko Asakawa as she investigates a videotape that kills you a week after you watch it, after her niece Tomoko's death is linked to the tape. After tracking down the tape at a cabin her niece and some friends stayed at, all of which have since died, she brings it to her ex husband Ryuji played by Hiroyuki Sanada (The Last Samurai, Sunshine) to help her explain things. As the story unfolds we learn that Reiko, Ryuji, and their son Yoichi all have the power to see things, powers not as strong or evil as the mother and daughter on that tape however.
ROUND 1. The Explanation - RINGU
What I meant by my first line was that in Ringu they mention the strange girl on the tape not being from this world and they do not go into great detail of why she does the evil she does or how. The girl on the video is left more of a mystery to us which I found more effective.
ROUND 2 The Tape- RINGU
There is also no attempt in Ringu to go into some weird explanation of how the tape came to be. In Ringu it's just there it's evil and some evil can't be explained. Also in Ringu the tape is kept simpler aka less confusing, there is no ladder or dead horses or this big long back story attempting to explain every frame which adds about 30mins to The Ring which both confuses and takes away from the mystery.
ROUND 3 The Scary Kid- RINGU
The reporter's child in Ringu is just a kid, he has the power to see things like his parents but he is less gimmicky and doesn't attempt to get laughs.
ROUND 4 The Scares- RINGU
The scares in the Ring were geared to make you jump, some of them with cheap loudness or scary faces, which Ringu does as well but in a more subtle way. The Ring starts strong and probably has more attempts at "scary parts" as far as quantity but Ringu's are more effective and build up to the climax. Ringu's scares are geared to stick with you, I can imagine seeing this if you are young and how many sleepless nights it would give you. We can basically all relate to growing up and hearing urban legends. Ghosts, curses, the paranormal and certainly the unexplained are all real. Using videotape, telephones, and televisions to scare us in the places we live really hits home and is relatable. Keeping the little girl a mystery makes her all the more scary at the end.
ROUND 5 The Climax -RINGU
Overall I thought The Ring started strong and then got weaker as the film progressed. Ringu on the other hand started solid, rested for a moment, and then got stronger to the end climax. As for the ending climax and the television, in The Ring the girl is all digitized and snowy, not very effective. In Ringu the girl is a girl, very creepy, crawling out of the tv set without fake looking special effects, and the glimpse you get at her disfigured face that you never fully see is terrifying. The ending of The Ring came off corny where The ending of Ringu cements it as a great horror film.
KO! Ringu Wins!
Even though I gave high praise to RINGU in comparison I still feel The Ring has solid scares and started strong as they were following the original movie closely but then it just got confusing attempting to explain everything. All and all not bad but Ringu is great.
THE ANTHOLOGY DVD
RINGU
RAISEN - Sequel to the Ring
RINGU 2- Back cover says it reveals more truths to the haunted girl on the deadly tape and she attempts to possess a young boy, and begin a new cycle of terror.
RINGU 0 - Takes place 30 yrs before the events of RINGU, provides the shocking background story of how the girl on the video became a deadly spirit.
No special features
RINGU sells for 12.99 and I think the less we know about that girl the scarier it is, I don't think Hannibal Rising added much depth the Lecter but who knows.
 The One That Started It All
This box set contains the movies that started all that long-haired creepy moving dead girl with the curse that never ends! If you haven't watched these movies, then you're missing something.
These movies has almost no CGIs and the scoring is minimal but effectively creepy and scary.
Overall i love all three films (Ringu, Ringu 2 and Ringu 0) but Rasen is totally non-sadako type. But buying the boxed set is worth it.
I live in the Philippines and buying this from amazon in a separate shipment cost me half an arm and half a leg with customs and duty taxes but i think having the collection has quench whatever horror thirst i had!
A MUST SEE AND A MUST BUY!
 I was...underwhelmed.
I love J-horror and I loved Ringu but this set is not worth buying.
There are no bonus features, no commentary, no theatrical trailers or making-of featurettes.
Its simply a bare-bones set of the four Ringu movies in a snazzy looking case. Lame.
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