BethanyThe Ring (and my first date)
October 1st 2008 01:14
We were supposed to go catch this special anime show that had come through the movie theater, but on the night we decided to go, it was out.
He was taller than me, black. His name was Michael, we were in chemistry together. We looked at each other, looked at the movies that were available, and the one that was coming on soon was The Ring. He bought the tickets (I'm pretty sure) and we went and sat down.
I loved the music, and it was the first thing I really noticed. I thought the way the movie was shot was really beautiful, and I was genuinely creeped out.
The movie starts with two girls, Katie and Becca, being teenage girls. Gossiping, talking about a fun weekend, and discussing a video- a video that when you watch it, you have seven days to live. Katie reveals that she's seen this movie, nearly seven days ago.
Unsurprisingly, she is killed.
Cue Rachel Kellar and her son, Aidan. Katie was Rachel's niece, and Rachel (a reporter) begins to look into it. She watches the tape and gets the inevitable creepy phone call, but so does Aidan's father (her ex) and Aidan himself. That's when things become intense.
Rachel scrambles to find out who made the tape and how to prevent her son from dying.
It's really a very simple plot device, probably based off of those 'pass this on to ten people in two days or you die' chain letter you get in your inbox.
At the time I found the movie moody, and driving home I was checking my rearview mirror. I was also thankful that I didn't sleep in a room with a television.
I've watched it several times since, and it still holds up as a pretty damned scary movie. The scene, the one everyone talks about, where Samara crawls out of the television set- if I think about it too much, I get wigged.
I think it was a good movie, and it's a good kick off for my favorite month of the year.
He was taller than me, black. His name was Michael, we were in chemistry together. We looked at each other, looked at the movies that were available, and the one that was coming on soon was The Ring. He bought the tickets (I'm pretty sure) and we went and sat down.
I loved the music, and it was the first thing I really noticed. I thought the way the movie was shot was really beautiful, and I was genuinely creeped out.
The movie starts with two girls, Katie and Becca, being teenage girls. Gossiping, talking about a fun weekend, and discussing a video- a video that when you watch it, you have seven days to live. Katie reveals that she's seen this movie, nearly seven days ago.
Unsurprisingly, she is killed.
Cue Rachel Kellar and her son, Aidan. Katie was Rachel's niece, and Rachel (a reporter) begins to look into it. She watches the tape and gets the inevitable creepy phone call, but so does Aidan's father (her ex) and Aidan himself. That's when things become intense.
Rachel scrambles to find out who made the tape and how to prevent her son from dying.
It's really a very simple plot device, probably based off of those 'pass this on to ten people in two days or you die' chain letter you get in your inbox.
At the time I found the movie moody, and driving home I was checking my rearview mirror. I was also thankful that I didn't sleep in a room with a television.
I've watched it several times since, and it still holds up as a pretty damned scary movie. The scene, the one everyone talks about, where Samara crawls out of the television set- if I think about it too much, I get wigged.
I think it was a good movie, and it's a good kick off for my favorite month of the year.
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