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It depends on the order you watch them in, I think.
I wasn't really exposed to Japanese horror until the Ring (American remake) and that movie really impressed me, so I went back and watched all of the main movies in that genre, Ringu first and foremost. Personally, I didn't care for it. I guess I just like a little more "oomph" from my movies, because after watching the closet scene from the American version and the freeze-frame to black and white version in Ringu, I just didn't see how that was better.
And I still don't.
But you know what...if you saw that one first, the original idea, then it would still be good. And remakes SHOULD improve on the originals, otherwise what is the point? (Although, I thought Ringu did a better job at the TV scene at the end).
The other part that annoyed me was the scene where they are bailing water out of the well with buckets or whatever they were doing. It just dragged ON and ON....didn't like it.
So yeah, I definitely get what you mean. I fell out of the whole Japanese horror fascination pretty quick. The American Ring, though, I still love :p
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