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finally watched Rings (the feature-length one). I share the same opinion of others who said it wasn't that bad. actually a lot of it had potential, and it feels like if they had put in a little more effort at certain points, it would have been decent. For example

*****MAJOR SPOILERS BELOW*****

the ending could have been this cool, terrible Samara transformation, like how the Well scene at the end of the original is the horrible coda that blindsides you after the fake happy ending. Doing that quick flash of Samara in the mirror then straight to credits was pretty lame I thought. If it was an actual slow take over of Julia's body, and maybe Holt walks in on her as she goes full-Samara, that would have been pretty nuts.

In a sense it was kind of to the original what Force Awakens was to A New Hope - they copied a lot of the story structure, and even some of the shots/dialogue were copied verbatim. They go to the guy who turns out to be Samara's dad, in a way, hoping he can help, Julia returns later alone, he attacks her, dies & the boyfriend shows up. Literally exactly what happens in the first, with Samara's adoptive father.

Anyway, it was alright for a crappy, low-budget sequel. I read originally, several years ago that it was planned as a prequel, like Ringu 0, showing more of Samara's life with the Morgans before she was killed. That would have been way more interesting, although it'd be tough to replace the actress as everyone thinks of Daveigh Chase when they think of her.
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special shout outs to DpObliVion and JDTAY, who did well in the contest and normally play the piano when these scenes play