As it's made by the same creators of PA, I think I'll have to see it. Aside, from reading some replies I feel a need to defend Paranormal Activity here.
I absolutely love it and consider it to be one of the best horror films made. Not THE best, but damn close, and before you laugh hear me out. For the many things it did poorly, PA did one thing exceptionally well.....it did a great job of hitting a primal tone and nerve. Namely, it exposes and makes apparant the vulnerability of sleep, something that everyone can identify with and must do. Being attacked or hunted by something unknown, unseen and unexplainable while asleep is very primal and creepy as hell to me. It hit home, got under my skin, got my imagination running, and left me jumping at every creek and bump at night while trying to get to bed. I loved the fact that it didn't take its audiences for idiots and let them think for themselves instead of being hand fed what is believed to be "scary". It let us decide. What's not seen is much scarier than what is. I also thought it was paced perfectly, and the occurances were so mild and escalation so believable it made it even better, and made its flaws, IMO, overlookable.
I think that those who simply see a door moving a few inches and lights going on and off and say, "so what, how is that scary?" are really missing the point, and the underlying goal that the movie's striving for. They weren't meant to scare (aside from a few at the end), they were intended to imply and hint at. If taken just on its minimilistic approach to filmmaking without trying to look deeper than thatI can entirely see why some find it awful. It really is NOT that good of a movie when viewed from a technical perspective. Include on top of that questionable acting, some plot holes and stupid plot points (most notably the psychic and Mika's ridiculous behavior), admittedly all of which don't help. Especially if someone doesn't or can't entertain the possibilty of such phenomenon existing (though I've never understood why someone who didn't think such a thing was a possibility would go see it).
But when all's said and done,Paranormal Activity exceled where it truly mattered.
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