Artistic value
I dont normally write many reviews - i probably should write a hand-full more of movies i got quite a bit to say about still but normally im too lazy.
Tho now since I already wrote this analysis on reddit i thought i might aswell repost it here.
now after thinking about it for a while I came to this conclusion in regards to this film:
I found the artstyle very cool, the color grading and such, I…
Rewatch in the Alternate Korean Cinema-Cut
7/10:
It loses in quality due to this essentially just being a censored version with added scenes.
While the International cut manages to feel tight and is filled with Suspense even with it's long running time - this one feels overly long. I'm normally Noone complaining about the length of a film (heck one of my favorite films is the 4 hour long Love Exposure) but the added scenes here, while interesting as perhaps…
For those who think The Ring is great and this one is bad:
I'm sorry but you're completely wrong. The Ring was a soulless shit remake that spit on what made Ring (aka Ringu for Americans) great. Verbinsky introduced laughable characters and a Sadako-Clone that is mere a creepy orphan child. He completely ignored the "don't show her face / she was once beautiful" -plot line to turn her into a generic child monster, added some goofy horse kamikazi, spoiled…
