Ringu:
Pro's:
1) Slow build ups and lots of suspense.
2) Lovely dark atmospheres.
3) Its all so mysterious and vague that it sucks you in inmedatly.
4) Sadako is the scariest bitch Ive ever seen.

Defects:
1) It relies too much on Gloom o vision... 50% of the time I was raising the brightness level.
2) You kinda realize the suspense is going nowhere.
3) The ring curse does nothing to you untill you die, exept for the photo altering. 


The ring (american remake)
Pro's:
1) The ring video is much more frightening and intense.
2) The curse is more realistic and dangerous, with nose bleeds, halucinations, nightmares, obsessive compulsive behavior patterns and the inability to play with horsies.
3) The horse angle, institution angle and paternal abuse angle rocked pretty hard.
4) "Every one will suffer" + "You wherent suposed to help her"

Cons:

1) Did Samara make her video in conjunction with Trent Reznor? The hell?
2) Samara is scary, but not as scary as Sadistic Sadako.
3) Its an american Remake! Its not loyal! We are all suposed to hate american remakes of stuff! (although Ringu is technically a remake of the T.V. miniseries and a poor adaption of the novel).

All in all I think The ring wins this one... both movies where made with lots of love, but The ring (american) even without the special effects would of freaked me out more due to the scenes with her scribbling circles and hair on pictures.