I guess I'm one of the very few that liked it...

After such a long wait, I can't say that I didn't love it. I guess it's not what I expected, and I wasn't as dissapointed as I could have been because I was warned ahead of time about it. It's definently not a horror movie. I don't think they really even tried to scare the audience (except, maybe, once). It's definently a drama with some freaky moments thrown in. I loved the story. I'm surprised, because I thought the story would be the weak part about the movie, but it was it's strong point, in my opinion. Naomi Watts's performance was good, though it doesn't match up to her performance in the first. As for The Ring vs. The Ring Two... well, it's a no contest. The Ring was the best horror movie I've ever seen. It brought a great premise, and scares. The Ring Two brought a great premise and answered a lot of the unanswered questions in the first. It definently doesn't meet up to the first, but I never expected it to. The one thing I noticed was that they didn't really focus too much on the actual tape in this movie, but more Aden and Samara. Overall, I enjoyed it a lot, especially since I expected to be a little dissapointed. A-

Let memake this very clear...Kill Bill is one of the worst films ever made, and yes, Ring 2 may not be the worst sequel ever, but it is a mammoth disappointment. Like I said, it did nothing right. And I take umbrage with Dark Shape tyring so incorrectly to sum up my feelings with his psuedo analysis of my analysis. Ring 2 is a weak film, and that is all i have to say about that.

Kill Bill rocks

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you keep misspelling grammar.

I liked it. Just not as much as the first, which is my #2 horror film of all time.

THE RING 2 - 6/10 (B-)

I didn't even expect it to be nearly as great as THE RING and I still ended up really disappointed. It's nothing like the first one and that's a real shame. I was never on the edge of my seat and didn't jump once. Even CURSED was scarier. I jumped a few times during that movie. The sequel is pretty pointless (a sequel in general isn't pointless since there were still a ton of things that could have been answered after the first one yet sadly this one doesn't really answer any of them. It seems its main reason for existing is to make some nice $$$, and that's a shame. I think it at least would have been quite a bit better if Gore Verbinski, the Director of the first remake of The Ring, would have been back to do this one. He is definitely missed.). I actually really wanted a sequel and I got one that is hardly satisfying. You can't ignore that the brilliant first Ring exists and just take this as a separate movie. It might have been better had this not been a sequel to a great horror/thriller, but it was and in comparison to the first it's a half-assed effort. I was never bored though and it did get better eventually (at first it was good, then got pretty lame for awhile, and then got better again). Nothing great and not the sequel I wanted at all (please do a third with Gore back as well as Naomi Watts and David Dorfman that can actually do The Ring justice and make up for this really disappointing one).

I wish I would have loved it more. But I loved THE RING and this was a major disappointment. It's pointless, not scary, and is just nothing like the first RING. The brilliance is gone. This one offers more laughs (a lot of unintentional ones) than scares (no scares). It's really sad that this is a sequel to THE RING. Sure it's a million times better than the shitty GRUDGE, but that's not saying much. I don't see how any major lover of THE RING could love this one too, or even find it acceptable that it lacks so much in comparison.

Mike, you're an interesting grader. Had I not seen that B-, just by reading your review, I would have guessed quite a bit lower.

Key words you used like "really disappointed," "pointless," "major disappointment," "lame," "half-assed," and "not scary" don't really scream a B-, even though you said you weren't bored and that it got better towards the end.

There are a few people here actually that have Ring II reviews that don't match their grades.

To summarize my feeling about this movie, its the same feel I had for the Village where you are expecting a psychological horror but came out with a totally different movie. I cant say its a bad movie but the trailers are falsely advertised. It didnt feel like a horror movie and as someone mentioned alot of scenes made no sense especially the deers attacking Rachel and her son in the car. So now we know The Ring had nothing to do with videotapes but now they can occur in dreams too and especially you can now mind control people into ejecting needles into themselves.Overall I would say its kind of dissappointing but then again I came in their with low expectations. I would say its around a C for me

People the DEER scene made sense. It just shows that people don't pay attention.

Yeah, the basement. We saw that. It still makes no sense.

So, do you guys think it's fair to rank this as one of the most disappointing sequels of all time? I do.

I loved The Ring, so yeah, The Ring II was a huge disappointment for me.

Nah, im not all that disappointed with the movie

I still don't understand why everyone is sooooo dissapointed.

Did you all really expect The Ring Two to scary you silly? Did you think that it could actually beat the greatness of the original?

I didn't.

I'm with you, although I didin't think it was quite as bad as you did. I actually really enjoyed the first hour or so. After that, though... [-(

I really think that Hideo Nakata is getting an unnecessary amount of shit for the film's failure, though. I put most of the blame on Ehren Kruger's shoulders for providing a script that betrayed everything that was great about the first film.

Hideo can only film what was given to him by Ehren. And I believe in this case the writer outweighed the director in terms of power.

At the same time, I also think Hideo did a poor job visually when compared to what Gore was able to achieve in the first film.

I definitely believe that Gore Verbinski did a much better job with the first. If they do a third installment they should definitely try to get him back at all costs!

No, I thought that the movie was good. It wasn't that dissappointing.

DEFINITELY not.

The Deer scene was embaressing for a few reasons .... one it was just awful CGI, I mean it was almost laughable and hard to take seriously. That was the point where I gave up on the movie.

As for it making sense, you can make a case for it yeh, Horses going crazy, and they were killing deer ... um sure! But in reality the whole thing was just an excuse to try and scare you with some loud thumps and suprise attacks. unfourtunatly the scene was so bad you couldn't take it seriously.

Well y'know he IS the one that decided to throw in the deer scene, because he thinks deer are scary...

agree with most of the B/B- reviews. Aiden was given wayyyy too much screen time and the deer scene was fucking ridiculous. If it wasn't meant to be scary, it would've been good. Like, throw in a good reindeer jokes, such as blood dripping down his head to give him a red nose, EH? Maybe not. There were some good parts as well, which a lot of these reviews fail to mention. SPOILERS The well scene was terrific. Samara climbing up the well could've been scarier but it was still cool. "I'm not your mommy bitch" was great. Obviously trying to create a famous line for the movie, like Aliens.Good film with flaws. Better than The Village, which got a similiar reaction. MUCH better than The Grudge, which was just a piece of shit. I'm sticking to a B as of right now. There won't be a Ring Three. Why? Because there are no O's in the word three. The Ring Zero is very possible however. Naomi won't be in it though :-(.

Hmmm B- it was okay no where near as good as the first one. the story was good alittle confusing in one part. ******spoiler*********






the whole deer thing wtf?

I agree, that part of the movie was incredible and very well done, ofcourse it could have been better, still it got people got into the movie.

FYI: During the Deer scene the theatre that I was at was jumping up and I heard a lot of girl scream.