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OK, so.. why 'Ring'?

posted 12 years ago by The_Eighth_Passenger
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Is it because the phone rings? Or because if you were to look down the well it would be a circle aka a 'ring'?

OK, so I just googled it and apparently its because the girl would have seen a ring of light as she looked up the well as it was being sealed, but that sounds like an explanation that may be from the US remake (which I haven't seen) as there was certainly nothing like that hinted at in this film.

Formerly AD655321 I'm just a bloody normal bloke, a normal bloke who likes a bit of torture.

[–] Blonde_Cupcake 12 years ago

I think you're right that it was when she's in the well it's the way the light looks above and the sound of the telephone ringing. I also think because the whole thing is like a continuous loop (having to make endless copies of the tape and show it to more and more people) it could be called a ring.

[–] The_Eighth_Passenger 11 years ago

But is it literally called 'Ring' in Japan? I doubt their word for the sound a telephone makes is also the word for a circular object AND is also the word for a continuous loop.

Formerly AD655321 I'm just a bloody normal bloke, a normal bloke who likes a bit of torture.

[–] JDC_Ghaleon 11 years ago

Ring refers to the smallpox virus that kills the viewer of the video in a week. It is a mutated strain of smallpox that is shaped like rings under an electron microscope. The movie kept the name, yet cut out all plot points that gave it it's name.

[–] giga_d 9 years ago

Is it because the phone rings?

Roff.

Yea it's the ring of the well. The poster shows it too.

[–] Cognoscenti 8 years ago

I agree with all of the above re: phone and well shape; however, the curse is a ring / cycle. Spoilers. Think about the circularity of the curse itself.