I thought it was sufficiently creepy. The image of Samara climbing out of the well still sticks with me...*shiver* In my opinion the best part is the scene where Aiden is in the tub and the water is on the cieling...pretty cool.

What an utter disappointment, there is no comparison between this tripe and the original (which is a remake of the superior Japanese version). The original had genuine atmosphere, inventive cinematography and real suspense. The film quality is very standard this time around and lacks the high contrast grainy quality of the first that added to the atmosphere. The main protagonist hasn't gained any more intelligence since the first movie. In fact, she is a complete ditz who needs an IQ infusion to take it out of the double digits. In the first version, she had somewhat of an excuse as she stumbled across the origins of the videotape and began to realize the implications. There were indications in the first movie that she was somewhat of an absent parent who needed to make a connection with her child. In this version, she is even more absent-minded and neglectful. WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD Examples: 1) Right near the beginning, the demonic girl makes an appearance by emerging from a body bag and grabbing the mother to try to pull her into the netherworld. Hmmm...you'd think the mother would clue in and grab her kid and find a police station, hospital or some of other well-lit public place with lots of other people. Nope, instead she leaves her kid alone in a big empty house while she does her investigative reporting at all hours of the night. Plus, they have a Big Screen TV in their new digs. Hello! You would think after what they went through in the first movie, they would avoid being around TVs at all costs. It gets worse, not even half way through the movie, the mother has either left her kid alone or lost him altogether an additional 2-3 times. Example 2) would be after seeing the demonic girl manifest herself in the kid's room and seep out of the walls, the mother takes her son to her romantic interest's house...and leaves him alone in the bathtub while she goes for a drive! The demonic girl loves the water; it's her calling card and main mode of transport, apparently. So, naturally the kid is on his own again with you-know-who. And don't get me started on the "scary" computer-animated herd of roaming deer, yeah, that's right --- demonic deer! Vicious, villainous venison! Oooo, spooky! It has to be one of the most unintentionally funny moments in a horror film and brings the suspense to a screeching halt. No floatation device, ring or otherwise, would save this sinker.

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This movie failed on all levels with me. First of all, if you've seen The Ring, nothing in this movie will surprise you. Samara isn't nearly as scary in this one as in the first one. It was far to easy to tell when it was Aiden, or Samara in the possession scenes, and I didn't think Rachel's acting was particularly good at any point in the movie. The special effects in this film are pretty much what you got in the first one, no surprises there. There are two good effects moments, though. The deer attacking the car (Why didn't Rachel just listen to Aiden and keep driving?) and the bathtub scene (Why didn't Rachel listen to Aiden when he said he didn't want to take a bath?). Those two scenes were the highlight of an otherwise dull and unremarkable film. Skip it.

Eh. I'll start off by saying that I did like The Ring, but this sequel, as most sequels tend to be, wasn't as good as the first. Rachel and Aiden, a mother and son who had come in contact with a bizarre videotape and the creepy, angry spirit within it in the first movie, drive off to a town to start a new life, but the vengeful spirit manages to find its way over to their lives, anyhow. Now, the little pissed-off spirit wants more than just to drag people into her little nightmare world, she wants her mommy. The story, because I've seen the first one before this one, didn't have that many things to be surprised about, and thus not much to be scared of. This movie relies more on computer graphics, much more than the first movie did. Overall, it's just okay. (CAUTION: SPOILERS AHEAD) I'm not sure if I liked Samara's character development; I think I just liked her being this pissed-off vengeful spirit rather than a psycho child who just wants a mother. And the sudden appearance of her ability to telepathically control other people . . . I figured she had enough powers already, did she really need that? The scene with the deer, though, was actually just so bizarre that it was funny. But, gotta give it some credit, it was still a lot better than most of the horror movies I've seen.