What I Liked: The opening scene with the dickhead teen
trying to get some girl to watch the tape so he can be off the hook is good…until
Samara shows up. Then the guy’s death gets
kinda weak.
Also in that opening scene they show us an interesting
situation which leads to some food for thought.
If you put the tape on but close your eyes and don’t actually watch it
do you still get cursed? If you don’t
get the curse then wouldn’t that make blind people immune to the tape? What if you only saw a part of the tape and
not the whole thing? Cursed or not
cursed? What if you didn’t put your
glasses on and you could kinda see the images on the tape a little but really
it’s blurry as shit? Cursed or not
cursed?
The part where the doctor injects a syringe of air into her
neck was a cool death.
It was funny when Rachel says her one liner “I’m not your
fucking mommy”. It’s incredibly silly
but also sorta badass.
What I Didn’t Like: Everything else.
Overall Impression: Shifting the story to focus on Aidan was
such a big mistake. He was awful and
horribly annoying in the first movie and he’s even worse here. He’s not scary, he’s a way too serious
not-at-all-like-a-real-kid kid.
And when you throw in stupid shit that doesn’t belong in a Ring movie, like the deer attack scene,
and just other unnecessary crap, like finding out Samara’s mother is actually
alive and locked away in a mental hospital, then you get a messy and
unthoughtful picture.
The Ring Two feels
like a movie that nobody was into making. If you haven’t checked out the original
Japanese Ringu and Ringu 2 then I would suggest seeing
those first if you’re hungry for more of this series.
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