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The Ring Thing (2004) is a Swiss German movie. Marc Schippert has directed this movie. Edward Piccin,Gwendolyn Rich,Leo Roos,Sebastian Arenas are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2004. The Ring Thing (2004) is considered one of the best Adventure,Comedy movie in India and around the world.
All Friedrich wanted was to propose to Heidi, his supervisor, on a business trip. But while rehearsing on an airplane toilet, he and his ring drop out into the sky over the alps. Only to land in a very strange fairytale world. Come to find out, Middle Earth is right in the heart of Switzerland! To make matters worse, the quirky inhabitants mistake Friedrich for Frido the Tellyhobbie. Before he can say Tolkien, he's on a mission to save the world from an evil wizard who wants to dip the whole planet in one huge sizzling Swiss cheese fondue. A mission so crazy... it just might wake the hero in him. In the tradition of Scary Movie, THE RING THING is a spoof of the Ring Trilogy, topped off with the funny peculiarities of Switzerland.
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The Ring Thing (2004) Reviews
Definitively not good
It was meant to be a parody on the LOTR-Trilogy. But this was one of the most awful movies I've ever seen. Bad acting, bad screenplay, bad everything. THIS IS MY PERSONAL OPINION. I don't doubt any second that there are people who'll like this sense of "humor", but there have been better parodies on movies from acclaimed directors as Mel Brooks or the Zucker Brothers. I'm working in a movie theater and in DVD Shop and the success for this movie was similar in both areas: At the movies it was a nice (but no big at all) success during the first two weeks but then, when the reviews of those who have seen it were not too good, the movie dropped very fast. In DVD sales it was good for short time but then nobody asked for it anymore. In the last ten years, the two worst movies I've seen are The Ring Thing and Torque. I can't decide which one was worse, but I'm happy that there a so many good movies so I don't have to think too much on this question.
Not bad
I'm from Switzerland and i've seen the movie a few months ago. And i was really surprised when i came a few minutes ago to this Movie at the IMDb and didn't find no comment on it. So i thought i should might write one, because folks could be interested in this movie. OK first of all my rating for it: 6/10. The style of the film very much relies on the concept of the "Scary Movie" Series. There is really funny stuff in there. And if you liked "Scary Movie" and it's sequels you should watch this film. Now to the story: Friedo (Frodo) works at a Bank. Through a Plane Crash he falls into Middle-Earth. There he meats Almghandi (Gandalf, means in English as much as: Alpine Ghandi) this is the most crazy character i've ever seen in a comedy. He really makes you laugh. Together with Almghandi, Friedo tries to free his future-girlfriend Heidi, which was captured by Sauraus (Sauron, in English "Pig-Out" or "Let a pig out" or so) who tries to destroy Middle-Earth with "Fondue" (Our national dish, hot cheese). Some jokes may not be understand by audiences of other countries, because they're very much orientated on Switzerland. I know the movie was successful in our country but i don't think it will be released in other countries, because the most successful movie ever in Switzerland "Achtung, Fertig, Charlie!" has only be released to Russia. But you can hope. And i hope this comment was a help to you, thanks for reading.
Better watch "Lord of the Weed" on Youtube
This movie is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. There is absolutely no storyline, the gags are only for retards and there is absolutely nothing else that would make this movie worth watching. In the whole movie Fredi (oh my god what a funny name. ha ha) doesn't ask himself ONCE how he came from a plane to middle earth. There are plenty of stupid and totally unfunny characters whose names should sound funny. e.g. : Gandalf is called Almghandi, Sam is called Pupsi ... and so on. I didn't even smile once during the whole movie. The gags seem like they were made by people whose IQ is negative. If you laugh when someone's coat is trapped in the door (this happens about 5 times) then this movie is perhaps for you. Another funny scene: They try to guess the code word for a closed door (don't ask why- don't ever ask "why" in this movie) and the code word is (ha ha): dung. So if you laughed at this examples you might like this movie. For everybody else: Go to Youtube and watch "Lord of the Weed": it's a lot, lot more fun.
Very funny.
Very good movie because you should only look at Swiss German. Anyone who does not understand Swiss German will not be able to do anything with the film. The absolute highlight for me is Leo Roos as Almgandhi. But the other actors were all very good too. Entertaining Swiss film with a laugh guarantee.
An okay parody
"The Ring Thing" was released back in 2004, back when the "Lord of the Rings" hype was at its peak. So writer and director Marc Schippert and his 5 co-writers decided to spoof this legendary Tolkien trilogy in this one. And the overall result is not bad really. The best thing about it is probably that it does not take itself seriously for a single second. That is also why, in my opinion, they manage to get away with the cheesiest and most childish jokes without making it look ridiculous in a bad way. They included most of the central characters from "lord of the Rings" in slightly altered Swiss versions. In general, you can see very easily that it's a Swiss film. Lots of the comedy is based on the country's history and traditions such as the way that the evil guy wants to destroy the world or a Wilhelm Tell reference too. I watched "lord of the Weed" in the past and did not find it particularly amusing, but "The Ring Thing" was a fairly solid watch with the way it's always so shamelessly over-the-top. I liked it and I recommend it. I'd probably not recommend it to hardcore fans of the Peter Jackson films if they will certainly be offended watching this unless they have an actually great sense of humor. Sadly, this film's backlash may be one of the reasons why the director does not shoot new films these days anymore. Oh yeah and one final note, they kept this fairly essential, which is a good thing because they did not include too many stupid and unfunny scenes. The film does not even reach the 80 minute mark and that already includes the closing credits.