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Topic: Paranormal Activity

Urk_VN Title: Orderly Randomizer Posts: 8,320 Registered: Oct 30, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 7,922 User ID: 733,088	Subject: Paranormal Activity
	Overall I thought it was pretty interesting. Was watching it at night with the lights turned off, so no doubt that helped set the mood. The daytime stuff was kinda meh, but the stuff that happened at night after they went to sleep and with the Ouija board was pretty freaky. I recall seeing part of the ending in a trailer for the movie, so I sort of expected it already. I really wish I hadn't seen that part beforehand though. While it's not the greatest film ever, I did enjoy the ride. I like that the film plays on people's fears, so that people end up imagining what kinds of things might be going bump in the night. Sometimes it's what you can't see that makes it scarier, such as in Jaws. What did you all think of it? Yeah, some people have nerves of steel and aren't easily fazed, but enough people liked it that this movie made a lot of money. -----signature----- (none)
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Ynisfre Posts: 3,483 Registered: May 28, '09 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 3,483 User ID: 1,358,630	Subject: Paranormal Activity
	Blair Witch was not exactly original. At the very least there were exploitation films from the seventies it borrowed its premise from. So I'm not holding it up as some paragon of arty horror films or something. That said, it did feel like it was about something. A casually arrogant group of young people coming to a rural place much older than they are, and underestimating it. And the idea of if it's possible to get truly and desperately lost in modern day America. Paranormal Activity wasn't really about anything. There was no subtext. For example, the demon could have been a metaphor for a woman whose childhood abuse haunts her, and how it always ends up having a negative impact on her adult relationships. But the film didn't go there. Basically all you had was the arrogant boyfriend who didn't treat things with enough gravity... but isn't that in every horror movie? As for the the terror aspect... I felt like it dropped the ball a bit. First and foremost the actress wasn't really up to the task of conveying the horror she was living with. A better actress would have been able to build a sense of dread with the performance. In her case, for most of the running time, it was either "I'm scared" or "I've completely forgotten about this." Also, there were two scenes that could have really sold the scares. The first was the attic where they found the picture from her childhood. I think that was undercut not just by the lackluster lead actors, but because we had already seen enough evidence of the demon to not have there be any doubt it existed. The second was the psychic dude being like, "I have to get out of here immediately" and basically abandoning them. For whatever reason, it kind of fell flat. Don't get me wrong, I admire the effort for such a low budget production. And it wasn't completely unscary. But it's definitely not something I would ever bother revisiting. -----signature----- (none)
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Caoilin Title: Instigator Posts: 56,728 Registered: Nov 20, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 54,027 User ID: 513,313	Subject: Paranormal Activity
	worst. movie. ever. -----signature----- "Cao is really an asexual cricket from outer space" - Bernion "I just wish you had man bits" - ShalisR "i'll be your dirty ignorant redneck if you will be my drugged out cripple bitch" - shaggynuts24 "again, I'm stupid" - Brandun
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-Chanell- Title: Camelot Vault Staff Assistant SM Posts: 26,731 Registered: Jun 27, '06 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 10,549 User ID: 1,148,900	Subject: Paranormal Activity
	Caoilin posted: worst. movie. ever. -----signature----- (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(")
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Swooshbamwhackbonk Title: Batman irl Posts: 13,090 Registered: Nov 14, '03 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 12,054 User ID: 857,648	Subject: Paranormal Activity
	-Chanell- posted: Caoilin posted: worst. movie. ever. -----signature----- http://img448.imageshack.us/img448/5963/swooshgrats6yz.jpg Hang on, I want to see this guy get kicked by a horse first. -Siddalee
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Liquid741 Title: VN Sensei Posts: 5,106 Registered: Dec 16, '06 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 5,095 User ID: 1,191,724	Subject: Paranormal Activity
	finally took the time to see it with my girl, and i have to agree. it sucked. -----signature----- April 26th..the day the future will be known...NFL draft. I'd rather be kicked in the face then be a Patriots fan!
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