Paranormal Activity

[Flesseck]

Originally Posted by huh

Yeah, I hated the movie but I had no problem with how the characters acted.

I would of just slept with my door closed. BAM problem solved.

Hahaha, funny thing is, I kept saying that everytime they went to sleep. Close your door, and maybe he wont be able to get in!? Or at least, Micah/Katie would notice right away.

[chaos]

I get the idea that it wasn't really bound by physical barriers like that. It was just opening the door and the attic opening to fuck with them.

[Devlin]

Originally Posted by arkk123

You are the dude who is going to a midnight screening of Saw 17 tonight and will report back with your studies regarding how realistic the traps were.

Be sure to let us know.

Ok I'll bite, even though I think everyone is in agreement there are too many SAW films now but could you honestly say this movie>SAW 1?

First movie had a good story, good script, good characters and actors, this movie has none of those things, the reality aspect is a cheap way to get around using shitty actors with a weak story.

Really you think liking this makes you some sort of intellectual?

HAHA!

[Flesseck]

Originally Posted by chaos

I get the idea that it wasn't really bound by physical barriers like that. It was just opening the door and the attic opening to fuck with them.

Yeah, I know. Every time shit went down, they always had that damn door wide open. Almost like, metaphorically, inviting it in.

[arkk123]

Originally Posted by Devlin

Ok I'll bite, even though I think everyone is in agreement there are too many SAW films now but could you honestly say this movie>SAW 1?

First movie had a good story, good script, good characters and actors, this movie has none of those things, the reality aspect is a cheap way to get around using shitty actors with a weak story.

Really you think liking this makes you some sort of intellectual?

HAHA!

Is it a better movie than the original Saw? No of course not, but none of the Saw movies are scary to any degree to any person who has seen them, unless you are squeamish. Meanwhile the vast majority of people who saw Paranormal Activity were bothered by it to one degree or another.

You bitch about the acting but the movie was made with a budget of 11,000, so they couldn't afford Deniro.

No one said it makes you an intellectual, and the only people who would even approach intellectual/snob status are the retards nitpicking the validity of the movie because Micah didn't call a priest or they didn't have enough pillows on the bed to properly shield them from a demon attack.

[Astrocreep]

Originally Posted by chaos

Normally, those alarm systems have 2 settings. 1 for away which activates the motion detectors, and 1 for when you're home that does not activate the motion detectors. I'm willing to accept that they just didn't set the motion detector, or we didn't see off camera when they hit the "disarm" button before heading downstairs.

Really, that's a minor point when they stayed in the house after he saw the video of her staring at him for 2-3 hours, or finding that picture at the very least. fuck all that. But if you're willing to accept that, then the motion detectors should be a non-issue.

Also, agreed, she had massive titties.

hah you're making me sound like im being a petty bitch, and if that were my only issue with this movie i would agree. its only when you bring it together with all the other "minor points" does it help form an opinion of a poorly made movie. lets get back to the motion detector thing one last time and then i wont bring it up again. say instead of setting up a motion detector Micah tells Kate, " babe i want you to meet someone, this is Peter Venkman he catches ghosts, hes going to be sitting in this hallway while we're sleeping to take paranormal measurements". then is never mentioned or seen again for the entire film. wouldnt you say, uh what happened to Venkman?

introducing random plot devices in a movie that never get used is an example of poor editing. they should have deleted the scene of the motion detector being installed. you dont need a big budget to do something like that.

[chaos]

Maybe they made a bigger deal of the motion detectors than I remember, i don't remember them being instaleld or whatever.

All I was saying is that these are highly theorectical points, you have to make assumptions to really take issue with them. When there are glaring points like why the fuck is everyone just cool with it when she did the staring for 2 hours thing, or finding the picture. Those things were pretty fucked up and early on. If my wife did that, upon watching the tape in the morning, we would be the fuck out of that house. The picture thing, we're gone. It would never get to the point of dragging her out of the bed or slaughtering our family, and if it did it would be in a hotel 100 miles away.

[Astrocreep]

Originally Posted by chaos

Maybe they made a bigger deal of the motion detectors than I remember, i don't remember them being instaleld or whatever.

All I was saying is that these are highly theorectical points, you have to make assumptions to really take issue with them. When there are glaring points like why the fuck is everyone just cool with it when she did the staring for 2 hours thing, or finding the picture. Those things were pretty fucked up and early on. If my wife did that, upon watching the tape in the morning, we would be the fuck out of that house. The picture thing, we're gone. It would never get to the point of dragging her out of the bed or slaughtering our family, and if it did it would be in a hotel 100 miles away.

yeah the first night i heard somebody rumbling around in the house that wasnt there i would have been packing my bags. the door moving wouldnt bother me that much because a lot of older houses are drafty and you can always see shit like flowers moving around when near even a closed window, i wouldnt have tolerated the downstairs noises though, if i heard that shit id have my shotgun racked and spent the night down there investigating,

if that wasnt a hint to move then surely it would have been Kate standing stiill for hours asleep and then walking outside of the house. if its affecting her this bad you need to get out, like right that fucking moment, dont even wait til morning. get some clothes and check into a Motel 6 and call the real estate agent on the phone first thing the next day.

[Daerath]

Is this movie really just a bunch of slamming doors and moving sheets? I can't see how this is at all frightening. In one of the trailers, a sheet started moving and they cut to the audience all going "OOOOOOH!!!" and flinching back.

[chaos]

it starts out with that, and progresses.

[Astrocreep]

Originally Posted by Daerath

Is this movie really just a bunch of slamming doors and moving sheets? I can't see how this is at all frightening. In one of the trailers, a sheet started moving and they cut to the audience all going "OOOOOOH!!!" and flinching back.

basically, some other stuff happened too. they used the old school method of terror instead of outright horror. though they attempt one gory scene and it was laughable. i really wanted to like and be scared by this film but it kept kicking me in the head with its stupidity it was ruined. BTW the TV show A Haunting is super scary, in fact so much so i had to stop watching it cuz i was getting nightmares and shit about it. if you want to be terrified(at home), do not see this movie, get Season 1 of A Haunting on DVD

[arkk123]

Do they sell demon certified motion detectors?

[Ham n Cheese]

If you want really good movie advice, just listen to Astrocreep. He has a pretty flawless track record around these parts.

What's also funny about Delvin Douche is you make fun of him for seeing Saw VI or whatever and then he's rebuttal was about Saw 1. YOU WEREN'T SEEING THE MIDNIGHT SHOWING OF SAW 1, you were seeing Saw VI.

[Devlin]

Originally Posted by Ham n Cheese

If you want really good movie advice, just listen to Astrocreep. He has a pretty flawless track record around these parts.

What's also funny about Delvin Douche is you make fun of him for seeing Saw VI or whatever and then he's rebuttal was about Saw 1. YOU WEREN'T SEEING THE MIDNIGHT SHOWING OF SAW 1, you were seeing Saw VI.

If all 11k of your posts are this retarded its a wonder you haven't yet been banned, I've never seen a SAW movie in the theaters or paid to see any of them in any way.

So Astro saying the movie is balls is ok but me saying it sucks is uber-gay and wrong, gtfo you faggot.

Why don't you kiss some more peoples asses and get them into this post to defend your pathetic drivel?

[Ham n Cheese]

wow you really are just fucking retarded.