The Reel Rejects - THE RING (2002) IS FREAKY AS HELL!! MOVIE REVIEW!!

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Starting point is 00:01:52 listening on Apple or Spotify, the two of us five stars, so you can ride along with us. Now, we're going to talk about our movie, feelings, obviously, but we also got some questions from the patrons, our royal rejects, so thank you so much and we will go over all of them.

Starting point is 00:02:07 But quickly, you know, our thoughts will be peppered in throughout these questions. So without further ado, Mary Soul! Thank you so much for sending it a question. I watched this back in college

Starting point is 00:02:23 about 5,000 years ago, some friends at our house late at night. We were so stressed out that no one dared move from the tight little bundle we had formed while watching those disturbing images. One of our most impressionable friends became almost obsessed with the idea that the truly terrifying part wasn't the jump scares, but the realization that the evil doesn't need a reason to exist. It simply is. What do you think about that? it's insidious it's terrible i don't like it's very pretty pretty bad pretty bad that's like

Starting point is 00:03:08 that's a terrible realization but i i totally feel where you're coming from um and when you're saying like real evil doesn't need a reason to exist it's like they showed us little pieces of evil along the way especially with like the mom having a bunch of miscarriages and then obviously getting adopting a daughter like it's all she ever wanted and then she freaking gets rid of it because she doesn't know how to handle her right it's like that whole thing evil for sure yeah she's putting images in her head for sure she's yeah she's creating images that she don't understand it's just all all kinds of bad she was all kinds of bad unfortunately she was just born that way. Yeah. Yeah. God. And I don't know. Your question, the evil

Starting point is 00:04:03 just exists because it simply does. It reminds me of many moons ago. Love with Tara and I watched the movie called The Strangers. And at the end of that movie, you know, the I don't, first of all, you should go watch

Starting point is 00:04:19 the reaction. But just there's a line from the movie that stuck with me that haunts me. when the killers are asked why they did the things that they did and tortured this couple the answer was simply because

Starting point is 00:04:34 you were home and it is it just is evil just sometimes is and it's not understandable some people just want to watch the world burn

Starting point is 00:04:48 some people just want to kill people through a TV and it's really terrifying And that is very understandable why you guys all hugged up in a tight bundle for sheer comfort and the assurance that nobody is unsafe and that you guys are all secured together. So thank you for sharing that experience with us. We really appreciate it. And yeah, the fact that evil is just around is a terrifying thought. And it is very real both, you know, in fiction like this, but also in our real world.

Starting point is 00:05:22 so yeah yeah and there's a pimple on my face i would just went to the bathroom it's definitely bigger that's stress that's evil that's evil that's evil straight up it exists well thank you for the question mary soul appreciate you j rustin my guy thank you so much for sending in this question the movie freaked me out because we assumed the mystery got solved and then well nope what your take on this movie what was our take on this movie Terry you want to go first I get what you mean about saying

Starting point is 00:06:03 like the mystery got solved and then it wasn't like we're a little bit at a standstill yeah because she's there with a kid she shows him the copy as though that's the way out then what was the last thing that we saw oh him looking at the well yeah and the girl getting out

Starting point is 00:06:25 right that was the that wasn't the last last last thing we saw that was the last victim we saw of the tape but yeah the last thing we saw was the well and then static yeah that was last videos we saw so now we've seen the video right and the characters have passed it on to us yeah now we're screwed Yes. This also, I know, right? Like, we won't seven days, man. The movie also freaked me out. And I get me mean about the mystery being solved.

Starting point is 00:06:58 I mean, a little bit where I'm like, oh, okay, did they realize how to not die by watching the copy? So if we ever see the kid again, then I guess that's what happened. So it's a little bit of it getting solved. But my take on this movie is that it's direct. directed really well. The writing was really good. I love all the shots. I mean, I talked about that. The cinematography and obviously the performances. Like Naomi Watts always crushes it. That guy from Virgin River, I don't know his name, but he's always great. And the casting with the kids,

Starting point is 00:07:34 brilliant. And it's hard to find and work with kids. And they were both amazing, especially to be creepy children, like on set. they did a really good job um and i think my main take is that that real evil does exist like i said when when she put the bag over the girl's head drew down the well my head was just going there are stories that i know real true crime of like moms drowning their children because they can't like take it anymore it's so disturbing and that really exists and Like, this movie highlights that. And yes, I wish that there was a way that, you know, we could turn back time and save those kids.

Starting point is 00:08:26 But, you know, we can't. And just like we couldn't save her. No. Yeah. To answer, or not to answer your first question, but to acknowledge it, yeah, dude, I thought, like, we solved it. She held the body. She's like, she looked at her. She's withering away.

Starting point is 00:08:43 Everything was peaceful. You know, they were going back to their lives. but nope. The dad watched the tape and got murdered by Samara and the only reason I knew it was not over is because we have a roadcaster

Starting point is 00:08:56 in front of us telling us the runtime of the movie and I was like, this seems too early for this all to be resolved. And had I not seen that, I probably would have had a sense of relief that the mystery was over. But because I knew the runtime of the movie I was like, no, I'm still tense. This feels too

Starting point is 00:09:11 good to be true. And lo and behold, it was too good to be true. I really enjoyed the movie I think that it was suspenseful and it's all the stuff you don't see it's the buildup and I think the mystery of the movie

Starting point is 00:09:27 is the most interesting thing about it I was thrilled and I was enthralled by uncovering what happened in this case who were the people involved why things were happening

Starting point is 00:09:42 all the different pieces in images that were shown to us and you know for a lot of it we did get the answers but there are certain aspects of things we did not get the answers to the fact that you know they couldn't have a baby for years and they just showed up one day and had their baby

Starting point is 00:09:58 the fact that she's still doing these hauntings and it's not about the fact that she was killed it's just the love of the game evil is just evil baby and she was infecting the town before she was even murdered that's why they had to get her out of there so yeah that was definitely unexpected i think it was a very well-made movie i think it speaks to

Starting point is 00:10:20 gorber vinsky's versatility as a filmmaker because yeah i would have you could have asked me who you think directed this movie i would have never said the pirates guy i would never in a million years said the pirates guy so i think that's a big props to him and his abilities to tell versatility and his story creations or you know tellings but yeah I thought it was really

Starting point is 00:10:48 good it's funny the mind is such a fickle thing because I feel like my own head and the suspense scared me more than the actual

Starting point is 00:11:06 images that were on screen yeah because the only because this is a thriller too yeah it's more i feel like it's more of a thriller than a horror movie and i felt the only truly terrifying image in the movie was when we they cut to her face of the girl who died in the beginning and the tongue's all out and it's like her head falls because when they show the guy's face i'm like oh okay i wasn't super scary it looks it looks gross but the the tongue all out was the truly freaky thing to me and a lot of it was just the buildups of not knowing what was going to happen and not knowing how this was all going to come to fruition.

Starting point is 00:11:41 So, yeah, that was my takeaway. And thank you so much for the question, Jayrushing. You rock as always, man. Appreciate you. All righty. Do you want to read one? Project Nation, you and I make decisions every day. But on prize picks, being right can actually get you paid.

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Starting point is 00:13:10 Sure. Resonant Z. I remember as a kid watching the ring and being disturbed from the video, mostly because of how weird it was. What are your feelings about the video, and would you have finished it if you randomly found a VHS TVD? Also, what was the worst death? For me, it was the horse. That was rough and sad. I am with you 110%. The horse thing kills me. I just am like, come for any human. No animals, please. I what are your feelings about the video would you have finished it um if i had known like her she was kind of doing a research i mean obviously if you know you're not going to finish it but then i feel like it doesn't matter as long as you see one image and you're you're totally effed you're cooked

Starting point is 00:13:58 so i mean if you if you don't know it's a weird thing to watch like if that just popped on I think anybody probably would. They'd probably go like, the hell is this? Yeah. Like, we didn't rent this. We didn't, this isn't,

Starting point is 00:14:14 you would probably have to sit there and just go, wait, what? And then you're, you're dead in a week. You're freaked out by what you're seeing here. Mm-hmm.

Starting point is 00:14:24 Yeah, that's, that's a tough one. Because I feel like, because I would like to think, as someone who, you know, knows the history of horror movies.

Starting point is 00:14:36 And the fact that, you know, a lot of dumb stuff happens. And you're like, people get in their nose in the businesses that they had no business getting into in the first place. And I feel like I would like to imagine that I would see a videotape, especially now. I'll be like, hell no. No markings. I'm good. I'm chilling on that. Plus, I got a phone.

Starting point is 00:15:02 I got, we got digital now. I'm not clicking on no videotapes. Unless it's like a home video, something nostalgic. But, you know, everything's digitalized these days. But for the sake of the argument, I am a endlessly curious person. So my curiosity might have gotten me got. And that's just the unfortunate reality situation. Yep.

Starting point is 00:15:24 But if it's a physical place, I'm not going in there. If I see a dark woods, hell no. I'm good. Nope. Not that curious. What was the worst death for me? the horse was really bad the horse was really sad

Starting point is 00:15:38 oh that was terrible the bathtub was pretty hardcore yeah that one was another hardcore that was wild I feel like it could have gotten worse and part of me is wondering like how much is this directorial stylings of what they show

Starting point is 00:15:56 and what they don't show and how much of it is what was allotted in America at the time because I feel like what you're able to get away with in horror movies is a lot more severe today than probably was 20 years ago. Right, right, totally. Stuff like Hereditary and stuff like Smile has way more graphic imagery in those movies. Narlely.

Starting point is 00:16:17 Nourly. Nottly. Yeah, so that's my feelings on that. I think that the first one was they show that face was definitely the most shocking to me. So, yeah, I think it's a toss when all three there. All three were bad. So I don't have to give a definitive answer there. Picks.

Starting point is 00:16:34 Yeah, I think all three of them were probably tied for one for me. But yeah, dude, thanks for the question. Gabriel. Thank you so much. The question. This movie is basically what gave Gore Vubinsky the job in directing Pirates of the Caribbean, O.G. Trilogy. That makes sense because it's early 2000.

Starting point is 00:16:58 I think Pirates won is 2003. Don't quote me on that, but I'm pretty sure it is. What aspect of his filmmaking from The Ring do you think transferred most-slash-best into Pirates? Oh, especially when they go from Pirate to, what do they call them, like the ghostly? Like that, that kind of special effects. I can see that directly correlating. Yeah, no, I feel like there are definitely some horror tendencies in the Pirates movies and the way he's able to handle things that are darker in tone.

Starting point is 00:17:34 that are spooky he definitely has a grasp on those those the darker color tone areas of both films are where he shines he really shines in his use of of uh

Starting point is 00:17:47 is that as part of his job you know the color not color grading but palettes yeah sure palettes yeah I feel like the the color palettes for the I mean the directors are yeah always gonna have final say but costuming and set design will come to them but mostly the director will be like here's the Pinterest color like aspect that I want to use and then they have to make that work yeah so I think those things were really evident I feel like his use of building up suspense and the fact that you you know in horror movies you typically know that people are going to die so the visibility to get you to care about these people is was strong I feel like he is a good understanding of that I would say those are the things that kind of in the immediacy of this moment kind of

Starting point is 00:18:34 come to me as far as the correlation between Pirates and the Ring. Other than that, they're completely different movies. And we've never known that he directed this. But yeah, what do you think? Yeah, I would just say, like, the suspense. I think there is still some suspense in Pirates of the Caribbean. There's some moments where you're kind of kept guessing of, like, what's going to happen next, that it's not as easy to call out every single little part.

Starting point is 00:18:58 So I would say, because this movie was very suspenseful and almost like a thriller, slash horror that I would say this suspense carries over, I think, to the pirates. And obviously he's a great director because every actor in this, I thought was brilliant, amazing. Again, they're all

Starting point is 00:19:17 heavy hitters, so it's not like he had to do a lot of directing with them, but sometimes you never know. And especially in those first few pirates, everybody was awesome in them too. So I appreciate him as a director and I'm like, hey, hats off, man, that they're two total

Starting point is 00:19:33 different genres but he slayed it yeah he did i think he really did uh thank you guys so much for the questions we appreciate you and yeah we will be back with other potential horrors slash everything under the sun you know we cover it all here uh we appreciate you guys we love you guys and we will see you in the next one doses Hi, I'm Gene Chatsky, long time Today Show financial editor, author of Women with Money and host of the Her Money podcast. If you are 10 years or less from retirement and you're unsure if you're on track, well, you're not alone, but you don't have to guess anymore. Finance Fix is my six-week class that helps you find your retirement number, build a plan, and feel

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The Reel Rejects - THE RING (2002) IS FREAKY AS HELL!! MOVIE REVIEW!!

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