![]() ![]() The first difference that struck me was the teens found in the car. Of course it certainly doesn't hurt to have the ability to rewind and in instances where I was unable to finish reading the dialogue completely you can be sure that I made use of it. In this case though, I found it to be less of a problem. I've found that reading subtitles often detracts from the complete enjoyment of a film as one's appreciation of the visual content usually suffers from the distraction. ![]() The familiarity actually served as a primer for watching the original. ![]() I believe 'The Ring' would have been less enjoyable as it likely would have suffered from comparison. Somehow I doubt that this would have been the case if I'd watched these movies in reverse order. I assumed that the absence of surprise would diminish the experience greatly but, as it turns out, the difference in the styles (and some of the substance as well) was adequate enough to scare me all over again even though I thought I knew what to expect. So when I got around to watching 'Ringu' my expectation was low. I hadn't been truly frightened by a scene from a horror movie for a very long time so I was unequivocally impressed. After all, when the scene finally occurs in 'The Ring' the unexpectedness of it very much increases the shock of it. The Hollywood version was quite an unsettling experience in it's own right and having seen it first I rather expected 'Ringu' would be a 'ruined' experience as I was already familiar with the overall story and, of course, THE scene. Now that I've seen both I would have to say that 'Ringu' is the better film (marginally). Unlike some reviewers here, I'm happy to have seen Hollywood's 'The Ring' first. ![]()
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