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Jimmy Eat World: Believe in What You Want (2004)
Good live DVD with Great documentary
This is a great DVD of Jimmy Eat World playing live at the 9:30 Club in Washington D.C. They play songs from "Clarity" and "Bleed American." The setting and crowd are what make the show great. Jimmy is clearly running off of a high, especially after 'The Middle' achieved great success. I especially liked the documentary of the band. You get to see them at a young age, and how their music has developed over the years.
I think this DVD is discontinued, I bought it in late 2003 and don't know anybody else that owns one. If you can get your hands on it, I highly recommend picking one up. True Jimmy fans will not be disappointed. I love this band, and I hope they stick around for a long time.
The Ring (2002)
Fails in Comparison to the original
I had high hopes for this movie. I had been reading about it for a while through other sites, and it intrigued me. When I learned that there was going to be an American re-make, I immediately wanted to see it. But, having read that the Japanese version is a great horror movie, I wanted to see the original first. So, I did. And I was blown away. The movie was almost perfect. It was scary, had a genius plot, good direction, and a spectacular ending. I went to see the "The Ring" on opening night, keeping in mind that some said it stayed true to the original. The opening scene was like the original, but then the movie heads off into something else. The screenplay for the U.S. version was terrible. They should've stayed along the lines of the original. I really do not like how the U.S. version had to explain everything, it left nothing to the imagination. Movies are much more frightening when the viewer has to imagine what happened, rather than throwing it right in their face. The Japanese version made the perfect setting, and it just gave that dark, eery, suspenseful feeling. "The Ring" Americanized the original, with cheap scares and typical "american suspense." Although the re-make was better than recent horror, it does not live up to original, and it threw too much different ideas in, i.e. horses, Samara's father, the extensive footage of the cursed video tape. If you want to see a true horror movie, watch "Ringu", and try thinking for yourself.