tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post6278831315582863593..comments2024-01-09T06:37:41.791-05:00Comments on The Horror Digest: Second Chance: Paranormal AcitvityAndre Dumashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07170879111034420803noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-24687029447629308732010-10-19T07:52:51.603-04:002010-10-19T07:52:51.603-04:00Hehe fair enough Becks, I hear ya. I think Micah&#...Hehe fair enough Becks, I hear ya. I think Micah's response is just too damn aggravating for me to really enjoy this. That ass.Andre Dumashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07170879111034420803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-66489296756422286722010-10-19T00:10:50.056-04:002010-10-19T00:10:50.056-04:00I didn't mean that movies should be cut slack ...I didn't mean that movies should be cut slack simply because of their budget. Even though I crammed my two points together and it was probably unclear, I was referring to cutting movies (all types) some slack. As in, making characters/plot points occur in an unrealistic/improbable way for the sake of adding more intensity. It's just a part of storytelling and 99% of movies are guilty of it, but that's what makes them more interesting than shooting simple "reality." <br /><br />I do think PA deserves credit regarding its achievement with the small budget, but you're right, every movie should be judged based on how well it told the story, regardless of its production background.<br /><br />Just wanted to clarify. =)B-Movie Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09301865641232633502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-17807079367144577132010-10-17T21:03:28.052-04:002010-10-17T21:03:28.052-04:00I hated this movie. I saw it in the theaters and n...I hated this movie. I saw it in the theaters and nearly walked out 9 different times because I was so bored. The other people in the theater weren't too impressed either, as there were people checking their cell phones out in the open, which is not normally done around here in the middle and late portions of movies.<br /><br />Watching it the second time at home made me hate it more. I don't think Micah is supposed to be likeable. Katie, perhaps. Micah is more of a self-entitled douchebag and a terrible boyfriend.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16045762845324520838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-54442433608957982242010-10-16T12:42:15.132-04:002010-10-16T12:42:15.132-04:00I love Blair Witch and I like Paranormal Activity ...I love Blair Witch and I like Paranormal Activity a lot. Micah, being a day trader sort of douchebag, is very believable in the role of smug turd who thinks demons are things to be toyed with and controlled. He obviously doesn't give a shit about freaking his girlfriend out either. He's the target audience for Manswers. Demons are just another episode of Ghost Adventures to him, and if he gets footage that's gnarlier than anyone else's footage, then he wins that part of life too, just like he won Katie and his prefab Rancho Penasquitos suburban castle and his giant tv and expensive guitar etc. He feels he is untouchable, but of course he's wrong. The banality of that home's decor is believable and I really enjoyed that this asshat had no idea how scary the thing that he was fucking with actually was. I pretended like this was really happening and I liked it a lot...and when I got home and noticed that my kitchen cabinets were the same as the ones in the movie, that creeped me out properly too.Blue Sevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01076687900710701290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-37072377961029991002010-10-16T12:11:33.244-04:002010-10-16T12:11:33.244-04:00I take my hat off to the author of this article. W...I take my hat off to the author of this article. Well done.<br />------------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://www.alesum.com" rel="nofollow">alesum</a>alesumhttp://www.alesum.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-56105400384674985872010-10-16T11:54:52.940-04:002010-10-16T11:54:52.940-04:00I'm glad to see more people are realizing that...I'm glad to see more people are realizing that the emperor has no clothes when it comes to this movie (all the love it continues to get, I still don't understand). Ugh, what a stinker! What should've been a cool movie was reduced to a douchebag of a boyfriend, and a plot where you keep screaming DO SOMETHING! I'd much rather watch Blair Witch (another movie I despised) than this tripe again.<br /><br />On a favorable note though, it did give us an awsome Rifftrax...<br /><br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHGFR2o3Ja4<br /><br />ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-38208766006069585482010-10-16T09:40:13.919-04:002010-10-16T09:40:13.919-04:00Fair enough I would get 3 agreements and 3 disagre...Fair enough I would get 3 agreements and 3 disagreements!<br /><br />All fine points of course and understandable. Different strokes for different folks indeed. I still maintain that without the high volume sounds PA does little to create any true sense of terror. It is a more understated horror and I dig that, I love movies like that---that do it well. Lake Mungo for example is the epitome of film with minimal scare tactics and yet I found I could not breathe for the duration of the film.<br /><br />I find Blair Witch to be re-watchable because like I said those moments I found creepy still are. I was disappointed that the moments I found to be previously creepy in PA were no longer doing it for me, i.e. when she gets dragged, foot steps in powder and the shadow. I don't know what it is about the surrounding woods and the feeling of being lost that does it for me but there ya have it. <br /><br />In regards to Micah--and our Blair Witch kids, I never found the BW people to aggravate me the way Micah did. After doing some thinking, I believe this is because their reactions were believable. I'm sorry but no way in hell would someone ever try to challenge a demon like that. If Micah had shown more fear (I mean I know he's a man and all but..) it's possible that the film would have reached me better. The demon could have still gotten aggravated without Micah being dumb and creating tension. He seemed to be aggravated enough simply just because Micah was there in the first place. <br /> <br /><br />And I touched on this a bit in my post, but I'm not going to cut a movie slack because of the conditions of its making. Low budget films are great and all but if I don't like them, then I don't like them! The only standard I judge movies is on if I believe them to be good. Period.Andre Dumashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07170879111034420803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-14247672164585737482010-10-16T05:56:51.148-04:002010-10-16T05:56:51.148-04:00I'm going to have to disagree. I watched this ...I'm going to have to disagree. I watched this at home and my nerves were on edge. <br /><br />Horror is all about that tension and anticipation and this film gives it by the bucket.<br /><br />It could almost be directly linked to 1940s horror and Val Lewton.<br /><br />A great chilling film for me because it leaves it to the imagination but, not everybody likes that style. John Carpenter hates it and I'm not one to call such a legend wrong.<br /><br />Different strokes for different folks I guess.The Fright Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02697289369579902303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-69721918792576756422010-10-16T03:50:49.580-04:002010-10-16T03:50:49.580-04:00Awww, I still love Paranormal. And I saw it before...Awww, I still love Paranormal. And I saw it before it was released, so I can't blame hype. It was in a screening room, but not a theatre, so I'm not sure if that played into it.<br /><br />Different things scare different people. I found PA to be very scary and obviously the vast majority of people that saw it did too; otherwise, it wouldn't have done what it did in theatres. <br /><br />I thought Blair Witch was chilling, but find it one of the most unwatchable movies ever for a second viewing. "Shit, we're lost" "Fuck you" "Where's the fucking map?" "I don't fucking know" "Damn. We're still lost" Over and over and over. Just as implausible and annoying as Micah's character is in PA, I found every character in Blair Witch to be annoying and the whole map thing is just stupid. All in all, found footage doesn't seem to be the best sub-genre for re-watchability.<br /><br />Still, I like Blair Witch and I think it's a great achievement in horror. Similarly, Paranormal deserves some respect for its accomplishments, from a first-time director with a tiny budget. Gotta cut the movies some slack. If Micah didn't provoke the entity, then a lot of tension would be lost. If the kids in Blair Witch didn't fight over every thing, then it would be completely boring. Granted, the best movies come up with ways to achieve tension without bad character motivation, but every movie can't be adapted from an author as brilliant as Blatty. <br /><br />Sorry I just wrote a book in your comments section...returning to my cave now.B-Movie Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09301865641232633502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-30919716105476927562010-10-16T02:30:29.078-04:002010-10-16T02:30:29.078-04:00I admit to loving this movie. I can't argue t...I admit to loving this movie. I can't argue that Micah is a total cock stain, nor can I argue against your fine idea regarding the sounds. But I let it in and got hooked. I'm an easy mark for this stuff, and I was honestly terrified by the practical effects and late night terrors.The Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09871017982169159144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-68877498474032898902010-10-15T20:54:38.815-04:002010-10-15T20:54:38.815-04:00Yeeeah Chris! I know you are a big fan of the haun...Yeeeah Chris! I know you are a big fan of the haunted house films and this just did not fly with me. I felt like it created absolutely no sense of "the willies"<br /><br />PoT- No doubt the amplified sound was suspect. That's what reaaaaalllly turns me off about this movie. Blair Witch was about the atmosphere of the surrounding woods, and the creepy tales, feelings of desperation etc. Never once did utilize sound as it's main source of fear. If you dissect each crucial scene from PA that typically gets a rise out of people--they can be easily compared to jump scares. Cheap IMO.<br /><br />Word B. Stank!Andre Dumashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07170879111034420803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-40519647473772081182010-10-15T20:00:53.782-04:002010-10-15T20:00:53.782-04:00I hated this movie too for all the same reasons. ...I hated this movie too for all the same reasons. I saw it in the theater and it just pissed me off! After watching the commercials where everyone in the theater is screaming and jumping, there I was bored outta my fuckin gourd!! Most modern horror movies don't scare like the classics did,but as you said...shits whack!!!!!B.STANKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558201636404539086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-44634902676915156402010-10-15T19:47:52.635-04:002010-10-15T19:47:52.635-04:00You know what, I'm gonna have to agree with yo...You know what, I'm gonna have to agree with you. I watched it in the theater and my anxiety wratcheted up right along with the audience members. Mob mentality is a hard thing to shake. I exited the theater, still hyped up and wrote my blog review.<br /><br />Saw the film again with my parents and was super pumped to show it to them. Only one thing: it didn't have the same effect and I was left wondering why I liked it so much in the first place. Micah has to be one of the most annoying characters to ever grace a horror film. <br /><br />Blair Witch on the other hand still brings the heebie jeebies and holds up well to this day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-64900906615065884972010-10-15T19:07:19.320-04:002010-10-15T19:07:19.320-04:00Thank you. I have no love for this film either and...Thank you. I have no love for this film either and think it wouldn't even scare my grandma at the nursing home. <br /><br />Waiting 70 minutes for someone to get thrown across a room does not a good horror film make. <br /> <br />Also, massive fail for making me nauseous at the theater.Christine Haddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16932508146588027867noreply@blogger.com