So, tonight I saw The Ring 2 and it was quite possibly the biggest disappointment since... nothing. It was more of a let down than Episode I. I didn't even want it to be better than The Ring, I just wanted it to be the same. Sadly, it fell short of its predecessor in almost every single way. Naomi Watts is an excellent actress, but there was no way she could save this movie. Within the first few minutes I realized something was off, because visually things just looked different. All the creepy lighting and stunning cinematography was gone. Everything was just visually uninteresting. The only striking image was Anna Morgan plunging from the cliff, but that was straight from the original film. Rather than cinematic artistry, The Ring 2 relies on uninspired cinematography and CG effects galore. Why did the Ring 2 look SO different than its predecessor? Thank Hideo Nakata, the man who took the helm as director in place of the outstanding Gore Verbinski. The difference was literally night and day. As for the story, I don't even feel like getting into it. I'm sorry I saw it myself. The Ring was such a work of art. I'm simply going to pretend The Ring 2 doesn't exist.
Posted by Mike at March 19, 2005 10:58 PM