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Paranormal Activity (film) (pg. 2)
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| R.j. |
| quote: | Originally posted by bas
So I hear that although the movie was "good" (I put that in quotes because I'm pretty sure it's awful), the ending didn't fit the mood of the rest of the movie. Apparently Steven Speilberg decided it should be different than the other 2 endings that had run during Screamfest and the Burbank film festival. Thank you for ing it up Speilberg. |
Ending felt a little contrived to me. Other than that, it fit. |
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| Gen3r4l1ty |
That movie was a disgrace. First off (possible spoilers), it goes for the whole "reality/documentary' motif, yet every time something supernatural is about to happen they have to build up with this stupid bass/dramatic rumbling noise. That would be fine if they would have addressed it at one of the 3 points he was analyzing the sound recordings! Aside from that, it took any shock/scare factor out of it. "OOOHhhhh, the scary bass is rumbling, that means somethings going to happen." It also may have worked if it wasn't the ONLY THING that broke the docu-reality format. Totally took me out of it from the get-go. If they would have just let the footage tell the story, it might have garnered a genuine scare or two.
Second, Katie makes a big stink about this super-expensive digital video camera he rented/bought, yet it still has the quality of a 2001 webcam. WTF? This takes place in 2006!
Third, Katie is always bitching to put the camera away and how they shouldn't be filming cause it will piss it off, but in several scenes SHES THE ONE FILMING!
Fourth, I counted at least 3 "huh huh, we should film ourselves doing it" jokes. Wasn't funny the first time.
Fifth, this is 2006... and they can only find ONE person interested in the CONFIRMED supernatural activity and he just happens to be away in Europe??? WTF!? A quick trip to the internet could've brought in a horde of paranormal loons to help them with this . That whole contrived helplessness does nothing for the story.
Sixth, the acting was an abomination. I couldn't decide if it was the way they played it, or the wretched script, but it had all the charm of a first-year, community college C-student's midterm project. The characters essentially had the same five conversations over, and over, and over. The story never progressed.
Lastly, and this isn't really the movie's fault, but the TV spot for this showed EVERY PARANORMAL THING IN THE MOVIE!!!! Everything. If you've seen the commercial, you've seen every scary scene. Why do advertisers do this?
On a side note, I had seen an article that said that this was only a "teaser movie" or a rough draft that they were using to try and get funding from the studios. This is exactly what it felt like. Some bonehead thought it was good enough to release as is. All in all, I can't believe I paid for this trash. This is precisely why I stopped seeing Hollywood movies.
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| Slylee |
| quote: | Originally posted by bas
So I hear that although the movie was "good" (I put that in quotes because I'm pretty sure it's awful), the ending didn't fit the mood of the rest of the movie. Apparently Steven Speilberg decided it should be different than the other 2 endings that had run during Screamfest and the Burbank film festival. Thank you for ing it up Speilberg. |
i hope you are not insuating that speilberg generally s things up when it comes to movies. |
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| Domesticated |
| The horror genre is to movies what hardstyle is to music. |
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| bas |
| quote: | Originally posted by Slylee
i hope you are not insuating that speilberg generally s things up when it comes to movies. |
This movie, yes. |
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| smekzg |
| heard nasty stuff about this movie. will check it out. |
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| denys envy |
| quote: | Originally posted by R.j.
haha. I wasn't trying to. I'll admit that, at one point, it was creepy. And I'm referring to the part when (sometime after he finds the picture), at night, the "entity" turns on the light to the room down the hallway, comes down (you can hear some kind of shuffle), and turns the light back off before entering the masterbedroom. For some reason that unsettled me, and if the whole movie had used that "intelligence kindred to humans" technique I would've genuinely been scurrred. |
i see your points. i'm not a big horror movie buff. but this particular one freaked me out pretty good. so i just wanted to share that.
plus we went back to the girl's place that night. and i was startled by every little noise. cracking jokes like "you're not haunted are you?? heh eehehee" but then in my head was like 'if this bitch shows any signs of being hunted i'm cutting her with a kitchen knife' |
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| Adamo |
| I saw this movie and it was ing GARBAGE! 1 hour and 20 minutes of retardedness followed by the final scene that was just barely tolerable. Honestly if this scared you then you are a huge ! |
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| denys envy |
| it is what it is. |
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| kadomony |
| quote: | Originally posted by Adamo
 I saw this movie and it was ing GARBAGE! 1 hour and 20 minutes of retardedness followed by the final scene that was just barely tolerable. Honestly if this scared you then you are a huge ! |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by bas
So I hear that although the movie was "good" (I put that in quotes because I'm pretty sure it's awful), the ending didn't fit the mood of the rest of the movie. Apparently Steven Speilberg decided it should be different than the other 2 endings that had run during Screamfest and the Burbank film festival. Thank you for ing it up Speilberg. |
Jews :mad: |
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| Omega_Blue |
| watching it now, review in a bit |
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