tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post2601370416756353978..comments2024-03-18T23:16:11.140+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Paranormal ActivityMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-70038289851346681322011-11-10T23:02:03.460+00:002011-11-10T23:02:03.460+00:00Deb and John, thanks. PA 2 is now on Sky, so I may...Deb and John, thanks. PA 2 is now on Sky, so I may take a look and see what it's like. Meanwhile, another spooky film review will be coming shortly....Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-26479725177441716132011-11-10T18:34:42.224+00:002011-11-10T18:34:42.224+00:00Well, Martin, I completely disagree with you. I th...Well, Martin, I completely disagree with you. I thought watching <i>Paranormal Activity</i> was like eavesdropping in on an unhappy couple who can't seem to stop quibbling about everything in their not so interesting lives. The movie was pretty darn dull and seems to have been mostly improvised. Had it been scripted with better dialog it might have more interesting to me. As a horror movie it fails miserably. It had exactly one big scare towards the end that was extremely well done. Otherwise, it was the movie watching equivalent of sitting in your backyard and watching the grass grow. That it spawned two sequels leaves me stunned. The financial success of this movie says a lot about the tastes of a general public that seems to find "reality" TV and "reality" style stories more interesting than fictional narrative films. To me that is not a good sign for the future of movies and storytelling.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-75360013816221929892011-11-10T02:08:42.760+00:002011-11-10T02:08:42.760+00:00Here in the States, the "Paranormal Activity&...Here in the States, the "Paranormal Activity" movies have become a franchise. The third in the series opened two weeks ago with an astronomically good box office amount, something like $50 million during opening weekend. The gimmick in the new one is that a video camera is attached to an oscillating fan, so you see part of the scene, then move away, then move back. I'm sure that builds suspense, but because it appears that children are in jeopardy in this one, I will not be seeing it.Debnoreply@blogger.com