Okay, maybe Craig Woods editing isnt completely innocent as a culprit behind the films slowness, keeping scenes loose and quiet, yet when things pick up and Wood finds an opportunity to play with some nifty editing tricks, he delivers on neat quick insertions of imagery to keep you alert during the more meditative moments when not making sure that the films relatively more fast-pace moments keep pumping through slickly stylish quick cuts that supplement the intensity that gives you a reasonably potent sense of intrigue towards the films mystery aspects and, of course, more major thrills.

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Allowing her investigative curiosity to get the better of her, Rachel tracks down the video and watches it.

Featuring Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Brian Cox, and Amber Tamblyn, the casting is pretty good, with one exception (the child actor who plays Watts son).

And while the pacing seems slow, it just makes the thrills that much more intense when they come.

Additionally, the investigation of the tape is well-plotted and engrossing.

Though American remakes of foreign films have a bad rep, The Ring is an impressive horror film that delivers some bone-chilling terrors.

I presume that silly misunderstanding is why the Rotten Tomatoes consensus is so strangely emphatic about there not being a whole lot of gore, but either way, the fact of the matter is that this is no Peter Jackson film, even though I can see how you would make the mistake, not just because this is a breakout film of sorts with Ring in the title, but because it features Naomi Watts having to deal with some strange creature with a whole lot of hair.

Yeah, this chick seriously needs a haircut, though Im certainly not gonna tell her that she looks about as hairy as King Kong, not just because I seriously wouldnt want some crazy demon girl to get mad at me, but because shes freaky enough when shes not showing off her messed up face all the time.

Shoot, I think Jack Sparrow is too disturbing-looking, and if I thought there was any remote possibility that he would crawl out of the TV, forget about it, I dont care how white I am, Im not touching that tape.

Shoot, its 2012, I say that like I will touch a video tape in the near future.

Well, already dated or not, the fact of the matter is that this chiller is an effective one, and yet, and as tense as this film gets to be, perhaps it is a touch too atmospheric for its own good.

Intended to be good old fashion ceaseless tension, the film is immensely atmospheric, and that works about as often, if not more than it doesnt, yet the fact of the matter is that there are occasions where the immense atmosphere doesnt necessarily work, overemphasizing the aura of a situation so much to the point of feeling manipulative, and not just during the scary moments, as too much tension will find itself pumped into areas where no overwhelming intrigue is needed, with quite possibly the biggest Wait, what moment occuring directly after young David Dorfmans Aidan Kellers watching of the tape, when backstory that is known by everyone but the audience and has little impact on the plot to a character relationship is presented as a stinger twist in a fashion thats almost chuckle-worthy.

Sure, Gore Verbinski is a good enough director to where the scene in question and others dont come off as too awkward, yet the tonal overbearingness still stands, which isnt to say that the atmosphere has to necessarily be behind something to be problematic.

Just the overally meditative dreaminess of the atmosphere proves disengaging, as it dulls things down quite considerably and quite often, and yet, although the film is perhaps at its dullest when quitness is emphasized, its not like the film is all that much fun when theres nothing to fear.

Expostion and one-off dialogue pieces arent necessarily too boring, because theres still something going on, yet things get to be all too quiet, even when quietness is purposeless, and this, of course, keeps momentum from picking up all that consistently.

Dullness is formed often, and with it, dullness old companion, blandness, which may not be too terribly relentless, yet stands consistent enough to do some damage on the final product.

Still, its not like the film was ever going to have all that much bite in the first place, as its story, while reasonably engaging, is filled with conventions, and is not too much more than simply decent to begin with, and with the storys shortcomings going emphasized by the aforementioned thorough slowness, the promising project sputters out as a bit underwhelming.

Of course, the film doesnt fall too far down the well-I mean, the totem pole, because for every fall, there is indeed a rise, in tension that is, with style keeping consistent in its commendable height.

Deeply colored, bleakly lit and handsomely defined, Bojan Bazellis photography may supplement the films blandness, being dreamy and with color diluted by an overwhelming amount of deep greenish blue, yet still catches your attention with its elegantly dark look, as well as its supplementing the films bleakness more than the blandness, while something that soley supplements intrigue being, of all things, the editing.

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