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Not dead yet!
16 years ago
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Honest, despite the lack of postage so far, I’m not dead. As a matter of fact, I just got back from seeing a new film for y’all!
So, what film was it? What film is currently in theaters that could possibly have convinced me to leave work early, go to a theater expecting to spend the next 99 minutes sitting in a too-tight seat with a soda bought at 4 times the sane market price, and pay at least a quarter of the price of the DVD for the privilege of the seeing the movie a month or two earlier?
Paranormal Activity. And, despite what you might be hearing in reviews, it was totally worth it.
For the most part, the charitable reviews I’ve been seeing say that you need to see the film in a packed theater, at a midnight showing, in order to really get any impact out of it. Bull. All you need to be willing to do is to pack your expectations of a thrill-a-minute ride up. This isn’t [Rec], this isn’t Cloverfield, this isn’t Saw or Prom Night or any of the other roller coaster films that have been making up the horror genre for the last decade or so (not coincidentally, about the last time I went into a theater without a date attached to the trip).
Paranormal Activity isn’t the sort of movie that was designed to appeal to that type of audience. It’s not a mystery either – they make it clear pretty early on that it’s not a haunted house, it’s a haunted person, and that the haunting is ‘demonic’ in nature (ie, not a human spirit). It’s a character study, built to focus on two people dealing with the strange things happening around them. And, as that, it’s an excellent film.
I've got more details on my review, along with some semi-spoilers - if you want to see the whole thing, please take a look at my review at http://wolfemann.wordpress.com/2009...../not-dead-yet/
So, what film was it? What film is currently in theaters that could possibly have convinced me to leave work early, go to a theater expecting to spend the next 99 minutes sitting in a too-tight seat with a soda bought at 4 times the sane market price, and pay at least a quarter of the price of the DVD for the privilege of the seeing the movie a month or two earlier?
Paranormal Activity. And, despite what you might be hearing in reviews, it was totally worth it.
For the most part, the charitable reviews I’ve been seeing say that you need to see the film in a packed theater, at a midnight showing, in order to really get any impact out of it. Bull. All you need to be willing to do is to pack your expectations of a thrill-a-minute ride up. This isn’t [Rec], this isn’t Cloverfield, this isn’t Saw or Prom Night or any of the other roller coaster films that have been making up the horror genre for the last decade or so (not coincidentally, about the last time I went into a theater without a date attached to the trip).
Paranormal Activity isn’t the sort of movie that was designed to appeal to that type of audience. It’s not a mystery either – they make it clear pretty early on that it’s not a haunted house, it’s a haunted person, and that the haunting is ‘demonic’ in nature (ie, not a human spirit). It’s a character study, built to focus on two people dealing with the strange things happening around them. And, as that, it’s an excellent film.
I've got more details on my review, along with some semi-spoilers - if you want to see the whole thing, please take a look at my review at http://wolfemann.wordpress.com/2009...../not-dead-yet/
