This is not the news I wanted to hear on Ring 2. I was reading the article from logboy on Twitch and it struck a chord with me. I too have been seeing increasingly negative comments about Ring 2, mainly from those who have seen Ringu and Nakata direct before, and they are quite scathing in their comments on his latest Hollywood movie.
With all the differing reviews giving me an (overall) negative impression of Ring 2, I don’t know if i will be pleased with it when i eventually get to see it. I love Nakatas’ work, perhaps too much.
Careful if you read that article when you scroll down into the comments, there are a couple of spoilers, let me summarise.
It seems that what was previously a hidden, creeping evil that would reveal itself late on is now apparent throughout the movie and all the mystery has gone. The whole premise of the evil is more or less out the window.
Now I haven’t seen it, let me say again that I was just summarising some of the comments I’ve seen and some of those from the comments on the back of logboy’s article. I’m with logboy though, spot on with his comment above. I too perhaps like Nakata too much and it will cloud my judgement, but from the sounds of it I’d say the story is already broken, as is Nakata.
Does Hollywood bend every new talent that enters it’s realm? Has anyone seen this installment and are familiar with Ringu and Nakata? Want to give us your non-spoiler comments?
Twitch is also suggesting that someone has mentioned a third.
…there is already news that the third sequel is being written, hints that it will be the last, no talk of who will direct this one.
Could be a bad idea.
