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Originally Posted by Gojirosan  Spiral - ah, Spiral/Rasen, "the forgotten sequel" to Ring/Ringu. I had never seen this before, had no idea what to expect.
Well, I liked it. A lot. I think it's a far better sequel to Ring than Hideo Nakata's own Ring 2. It has a very different feel and pace to Ring, and I liked that. It's a Cronenbergian meditation on fear and disease, the story being concerned with matters epidemiological rather than Ring 2's rather clumsy "energy transference" schtick with the water and blotting paper and such.
I also far preferred the depiction of Sadako as a lucid and coherent sexual being keen to seduce and be reborn, rather than the almost disposal zombie, bogey figure she was in Ring 2.
Ring 2 flows more naturally from Ring due to the similarities in style, but I think Spiral has the better story, feels more "grown up", and is the better film. |
each to their own, spiral bored me to tears. That said I never really liked the books either. I thought the changes hideo nakata made to the origional ring turning sadako into a more traditional movie monster made for more effective cinema.
I do agree about ring 2 though, much weaker and the water transference stuff was stupid.