Entertainment
Paranormal Activity Reviews
Movie provides good scares, captivating story
BY TANNER BUCKLEYParanormal Activity stood up to its talk, being one of the most frightening movies of the year. The filming style and setting of this movie put you in the mind-set of “Wow, this could be real.”
After a young couple moves into a new home (Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat), they notice strange happenings which commonly occurred in the middle of the night. The couple documents everything that happens with a video camera, hoping they can find out what has truly taken over their home. The more open your mind was to this movie, the more you could get into it.
Paranormal Activity had scared girls latching onto their boyfriends arms, begging for certain scenes to be over. Although the movie was overly-disturbing at times, Sloat was a bit of comic relief, giving Katie poor advice and typically having something smart to say when he opened his mouth.
This “based on true events” movie nailed every aspect of what it could possibly be like to have a demon take over your body. By the end of the movie, all of the obnoxious talkers in the audience filled the air with silence, minus a scream or two.
If you have the time and money to go see this film, it’s highly recommended. With a budget of only $15,000, the writers of Paranormal couldn’t have done a better job of making it hard to sleep after seeing the film.
Movie should be placed in comedy section
BY PAYTON QUINN
Paranormal Activity was a big deal all over websites, asking people to demand it in their town. I was excited for over a week to go see it until I actually saw it.
The movie started out really slow. If anyone thinks watching people eat Chinese food and be all lovey dovey for the first ten minutes, then this is the movie for them. Weird events led up to suspense as well as stupid events.
The main characters Katie and her boyfriend Micah both had attitude problems and yelled at each other a lot. Not to mention the fact that he was a moron and I couldn’t help but laugh most of the time he spoke.
The movie’s acclaimed scares weren’t enough to truly capture my interest. I sat in the theater spacing off until a door would slam or the time clock would stop. I was so disinterested that I even took a phone call during the movie.
I was only genuinely scared twice. When Katie was dragged out of bed and down the hallway by the “demon” and the ending was messed up all together. Otherwise I actually laughed a lot and expected it to be a better movie.
I honestly think it depends on how into the movie someone gets. I’d recommend to go see the movie when it comes to Nova because wasting $9 and a Friday night definitely was not worth the trip.