Saturday, October 27, 2007
Story Background for "The Ring"
Here is a site about the American remake:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ring_%282002_film%29
Here is a site about the Japanese "Ringu":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_%28film%29
Here is a site about the book that started it all, "Ringu":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_(Suzuki_novel)
Here is a site about the sequel to the American Remake, "The Ring 2":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ring_Two
Character Synopsis for "The Ring"
*****SPOILER ALERT! IF YOU WANT MY REVIEW, SKIP TO THE NEXT POST!*******
In alphabetical order:
>Aidan Keller: The son of Rachel Keller, he is also the cousin of Katie Embry. He is a quiet child who Samara picks to be her "messenger." He understands Samara and at first finds her to be his friend, but then he realizes that she is evil and helps his mom to fight her.
>Anna Morgan: The mother of Samara and wife of Richard Morgan. She had many miscarriages then finally had Samara, who caused her to go crazy. Eventually, she suffocated Samara in a garbage bag an threw her down a well. Then she went on to commit suicide, throwing herself to the water on the shore of Moesko Island, where she lived.
>Becca Kotler: A friend of Katie Embry, she was there when Katie was killed. Mentally scarred by Katie's face when she found her in the closet, she was sent to a mental institute where Rachel visited her to try to gain information. She knew much more about Samara and the tape than Rachel did at the time, but could not properly say it.
>Dr. Grasnik: A doctor on Moesko Island who knew the Morgans and told Rachel about Samara and the grief she gave her parents.
>Katie Embry: Rachel Keller's niece and also Aidan's cousin whom he loved very much. While with her boyfriend and two other friends on a weekend getaway in a small cabin, she watched the mysterious video tape in which Samara shows different images. One week later, while at her house with her friend Becca Kotler, she was found dead by Becca after mysterious signs of Samara's presence.
>Noah Clay: Rachel's ex and Aidan's father. Rachel sought out his help when struggling with the mystery of Samara's video tape. He was soon fated after he watched the video, dying one week later exactly.
>Rachel Keller: The mother of Aidan, the aunt of Katie. She is a journalist and discovers photos in Katie's room at her funeral, then ensuing on a potentially fatal investigation, discovers a mysterious video tape and learns the tale of Samara Morgan and her twisted life. She enrolls the help of her ex, Noah Clay, and her son, Aidan Keller.
>Richard Morgan: Samara's father and Anna Morgan's husband. He lives on the property that belonged to him and his wife. He tells Rachel about Samara and Anna, but also causes her harm. He then proceeds to electricute himself, and Rachel Keller is the one that finds him.
>Ruth Embry: Katie's mom and Rachel's sister. She is a minor character.
>Samara Morgan: Daughter of Anna and Richard Morgan. She was born after several miscarriages. She never slept and when she was a child, her parents put her in a psychiatric ward in which a series of tests were done on her. She was eventually suffocated by her mother, but there is no evidene that she is acually dead. When she was born, she caused everyone around her to suffer in varying ways. All the horses on the farm went crazy and started to die. As quoted by Dr. Grasnik, "ever since that girl's been gone, things have been better."
Why The Ring is One of the Best Movies Ever
**********SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT!*************
**************STOP NOW IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE RING!*****************
If you know me, you know that The Ring is one of my favorite movies. I have never seen a movie as disturbing and sick as this. The true genious comes from the after effects of the movie. First, there is the haunting video tape. The scariest and most terrifying thing about this is that you have to wait for your demise. You've seen the video tape and now have one week in which you wait in anxiety, forced to go through a series of terrible physical ailments and errors. Can you imagine having to wait for your death, just to know its coming and be constantly reminded that in a few days, you will be killed? You may nearly drive yourself insane thinking about it. But of course, the creepiest aspect of this movie is that once it's over... you've now seen the tape. You also know that Samara is still alive, and she has just captured you, and subconsiously you're in the palm of her hand.
Summary:
A journalist, Rachel (Naomi Watts), visits her niece's funeral. She discovers pictures of her niece and her friends taken one week before her death, but the faces on the photos are distorted. Rachel investigates further, finding a video tape with mysterious images and video clips. She digs deeper. Once someone watches the tape, the phone rings and a girl mutters, "seven days." Then creepy things begin happening to that person and after seven days have passed, the girl kills them. The girl is Samara, and she lived on a horse farm, where her mother committed suicide many years before. When Rachel is visiting, Samara's father commits suicide and Rachel finds an old shed where Samara lived. Rachel doesn't realize, however, that her son is more connected with Samara than she is; we discover near the beginning of the film that Aidan had been drawing demented pictures of Samara and death. Aidan connects with Samara. Rachel soon seeks the help of Aidan's father, Noah (Martin Henderson). He watches the tape and they try to solve the mystery together. Then, one night Rachel wakes up to find that her son had watched the tape. In a race against time, the trio works together and finds a well underneath the old cabin where her niece had stayed the night she watched the video tape. As the last week of Rachel's life draws to a close, she makes a copy of the tape and the presumed day of her death passes without any harm coming to her. She then realizes that this is the key to escaping Samara's wrath. Unfortunately for Noah, she is too late when trying to caution him. In the end, Rachel has already entered the dreaded well where Samara lay. Aidan informs her that she has completely released the evil that is Samara into the world.
