>I watched both Rings, first Japanese version, then American, then one night I rented both and watched them back to back (American first) and I honestly can not decide which one I like better, I liked both. Now for The Grudge, just by watching the trailers I knew it would be a piece of crap so I did not even bother <g> and Spider man II was better than I, so, basically you and me have drastically different opinions <g>
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>Oh, by the way, a remake that is much, much and much better than the original was "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels", so we can confirm that there are always exceptions <g>

You'll get lots of disagreement on that. Steve Martin and Michael Caine vs Marlon Brando and David Niven? Hmmm... I choose "Bedtime Story".

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>>Films like The Ring. The Japanese original is one of the most gripping horrors I have ever seen and a brilliant representation of the supernatural on film (a favourite pet subject of mine). The western remake was abysmal (in my opinion).
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>>The remakes are getting better but only because director/producer's like Sam Raimi (The Grudge, Grudge 2 - also Spiderman 1,2 & 3) are involving the original directors in their remakes. But the remakes are still no match for the originals.