The Ring

2002

Director: Gore Verbinski

Distributor: DreamWorks SKG

Key Elements: Concept – Visuals

My Review:

This is one of the few movies I have seen that really freaked me out. This was due largely to its simple premise and creepy imagery, as well as its use of suspense over gore.

It also probably helped that I watched it alone at 2 in the morning.

A horror classic.

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Quotes:

• You start to play it and it's like somebody's nightmare. And then this woman comes on, smiling at you, right? Seeing you... through the screen. Then when it's over, your phone rings, someone knows you watched the tape... and what they say is, "You will die in seven days".
• What is it with reporters? You take one person's tragedy and force the world to experience it... spread it like sickness.
• …not one of them could tell me exactly what happened to my daughter.
• Sometimes children yell, or cry... or draw pictures…
• I can't imagine being stuck down a well all alone like that. How long could you survive?
  - Seven days.
• She lives in a dark place now
• I think before you die, you see the ring...
• What will we tell the others who watch it?
• Seven days...

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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

2003

Director: Gore Verbinski

Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures

Key Elements: Characters – Lines - Concept – Music

My Review:

I don’t think anyone would have expected a movie based on a theme park ride to be THIS good.

The greatness of the movie is due in large part, of course, to Johnny Depp’s charismatic character. When the sequels were made, something of the Jack Sparrow character was lost. He was made into a purely comedic character - a sort of lucky bumbler. But in this fist movie, his humor comes from how sly and clever he is. And that’s what made the character great in the first place.

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Quotes:

• Captain... Captain Jack Sparrow.
• We are cursed men, Miss Turner.
• You need to find yourself a girl, mate.
• This shot was not meant for you.
• So, there is a curse? That's interesting.
• Stop blowing holes in my ship!
• The only rules that really matter are these: what a man can do and what a man can't do.
• This is either madness... or brilliance.
• Well, yes mate. See, I'm dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It's the honest ones you need to watch out for, because you never know when they're going to do something incredibly... stupid.
• This is the day that you will ALWAYS remember as the day that you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow
• He’s a pirate… and a good man.
• Now... bring me that horizon.

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