just watched paranormal activity

[Deimos]

and i gotta say i was disappointed.

i mean i know it had a low budget and unknowns and all but i just felt that it didnt explain alot of things properly. yeah its a piece of fiction but they couldve covered their bases a bit better.

it was pretty scary in places to watch but the characters didnt seem overly affected by what was going on. i mean... given all the footage they captured they then complained they couldnt find a paranormal expert to help them.... well why not just post the clips on youtube? their house would be full of people inside of 24 hours.

plus their reactions to what was going on were seriously moot. if i saw a ouija board burst into flames i wouldnt be checking that sh*t out, id be running down the street screaming for a priest.

i dont get why the film has become so popular (its not bad, it is pretty scary but its not as great as id come to expect).

also, why in the heck is 90% of the imdb discussion board full up with arguments over whether katie is hot or fat? what the hell is wrong with people?

[Jakuza]

and i gotta say i was disappointed.

i mean i know it had a low budget and unknowns and all but i just felt that it didnt explain alot of things properly. yeah its a piece of fiction but they couldve covered their bases a bit better.

it was pretty scary in places to watch but the characters didnt seem overly affected by what was going on. i mean... given all the footage they captured they then complained they couldnt find a paranormal expert to help them.... well why not just post the clips on youtube? their house would be full of people inside of 24 hours.

plus their reactions to what was going on were seriously moot. if i saw a ouija board burst into flames i wouldnt be checking that sh*t out, id be running down the street screaming for a priest.

i dont get why the film has become so popular (its not bad, it is pretty scary but its not as great as id come to expect).

also, why in the heck is 90% of the imdb discussion board full up with arguments over whether katie is hot or fat? what the hell is wrong with people?

Americans are easily amused.

[yukmouth094]

I dont use the word "hyped" too much but that movie was completely overhyped.

I was really let down also.

Seeing people jump was really funny though.

[Oisterman]

I liked it.

IDK. It didn't scare me. It made me anticipate what was going to happen, so I was a bit on edge about that, but it didn't scare me at all.

[Deimos]

Oh God Deimos


I chuckled hard at your reaction of disappointment, it was so genuine

I haven't watched it yet mostly because people overhype stuff and only after the dust settles you can really see proper judgments happening.

well i expected alot more, at least some believable reactions from the actors.

i mean at least avatar had nice effects. this film they couldnt even be bothered to research/plan it properly... and i dont think "but its low budget" really stretches that far as a defence.

also, people on youtube asking "is this real omg its not fake!" almost made me hate the film for giving fodder to the idiots.... it says in the credits that it is fictitious.... but people dont seem to notice that, or choose to ignore it.

[$$$]

I didn't expect much. Any movie that is called "The scariest movie of all time!" or "Too scary to show in theaters!" is almost guaranteed to be a huge letdown.

[yukmouth094]

I didn't expect much. Any movie that is called "The scariest movie of all time!" or "Too scary to show in theaters!" is almost guaranteed to be a huge letdown.

yeah thats why I was let down because im a HUGE horror movie fan and it wasn't even remotely scary.

[Arri]

It was poorly planned, and poorly executed.

Watching it was a waste of my time (ZOMG ISN'T THAT WHAT MOVIES ARE FOR LOL)

[V-Opolis]

and i gotta say i was disappointed.

i mean i know it had a low budget and unknowns and all but i just felt that it didnt explain alot of things properly. yeah its a piece of fiction but they couldve covered their bases a bit better.

it was pretty scary in places to watch but the characters didnt seem overly affected by what was going on. i mean... given all the footage they captured they then complained they couldnt find a paranormal expert to help them.... well why not just post the clips on youtube? their house would be full of people inside of 24 hours.

plus their reactions to what was going on were seriously moot. if i saw a ouija board burst into flames i wouldnt be checking that sh*t out, id be running down the street screaming for a priest.

i dont get why the film has become so popular (its not bad, it is pretty scary but its not as great as id come to expect).

also, why in the heck is 90% of the imdb discussion board full up with arguments over whether katie is hot or fat? what the hell is wrong with people?

it follows her. doesnt matter what they do or where they go.

[V-Opolis]

yeah, but why say they cant find a specialist? or someone to help them?

if people go nuts over a few seconds of grainy footage of an ape man looking over his shoulder whilst walking slowly away... the entire world press would get involved over the stuff that guy recorded.

also... it follows her, thats quite bad*ss, yet at no point do the characters ever show any real recognition of this. their reaction to events (which are quite frankly astonishing) are very diluted and limp. they dont seem to care that demons/ghosts do actually exist and that there is one walking around their house at night. they seem overly blase about it. i guess either bad writing or bad directing is to blame for that.

the fact that they cant do anything about the haunting (and know this) surely should register some degree of emotional response... but they never seem to approach this. they take it in their stride and carry on with their daily routine. at least in the exorcist they sent the little girl to hospital and you saw the strain those developments had on the family. at least in blair witch the characters breezy attitude during daylight hours was just a facade of bravado which evaporated at night when they remembered that they were lost and alone.

this film just felt very amateurish and hurried to me, thats what i was trying to explain.

you have the impression that ALL people react the same to certain events.

[Deimos]

you have the impression that ALL people react the same to certain events.

well yeah we could argue about that the same way we could argue that black is white.

but somehow i dont think the characters reactions were due to a director who wanted to show the variations in different personalities responding to stressful events. i think it was just poor writing and/or directing.

[Norrin Radd]

I liked it, but I'm jaded.

I'm like a PC gamer who isn't impressed by console FPS games because he's had a wealth of the best for so long.

Except with Asian horror movies.