"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.
Review of The Ring Thing
