I am a sucker. Sucker
for lots of things, like Root Beer, cheesecake, suckers and found-footage
films. I loved Blair Witch Project back
in the day, I remember seeing it with this cute chick from college. At the time people talked about the camera
movement making them sick, it never bothered me. Some also prefer a more scripted and tight
story, but then again you are talking to the guy who loved Real World, so the
reality tv show element to these flicks I dig on.
So Paranormal Activity had a great marketing campaign, the
shots of the audience freaking out at the film really sold this puppy, and man
did they make-out huh? Number 1 cost
like under $40k right? It made so much
stinking money, you can’t blame them for making the next 3. I’m only going to talk about 1-3 because I
haven’t seen the last one… I’m poor man, don’t hate on me. Plus, if you’ve seen one of these, I bet you
have seen them all, the formula is the same, yes they do go into other elements
of the mythology (like in the 3rd they go back to when the girls are
children) but it’s basically one of those, watch the screen until you see
something happen at night. But to me,
that anticipation of the unexpected is fun enough to engage me.
Clearly this isn’t for everyone, and I know plenty of people
that hate these films, but hey, this is my blog so there.
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