Reviews of Paranormal Activity 2 2010
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The Parasnoral Inactivity series is one I've always had a huge dislike for, but even knowing that I hated the first and third installment in this numbing franchise, and frankly I should've known better than to watch this one, nothing could've prepared me for what is easily the worst of the series so far and the worst Found Footage film I have seen. While the other two were boring, cheaply and lazily made, they at least had one or maybe…
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OK, seriously, someone explain the appeal of these movies to me? I just don't get it. I mean, nothing happens. For the first hour or so NOTHING FUCKING HAPPENS. A slight knock here or a bit of a shadow there. A kid cries and a dog barks. OH LOOK, SOME PANS ARE RATTLING. HOW FUCKING TERRIFYING.
The reasoning for fitting security cameras at least made some sense as to why they'd have footage of all this nothing, but why the…
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*REVIEW UPDATE *
Saw it last night. Couldn't sleep. Was convinced there were demons in my house. Woke up, added a star. Damn these films!
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Not even remotely as scary as the first one ( review is here ) and has a severe amount of problems.I'll start with the good bits. I thought the tie in to the first film was actually pretty clever and there are two unbelievably creepy scenes in it.
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The dog was great in this. Barking at doorways, making whiny noises at the creepy shadows and basically looking confused on cue, until that poor hound, stepped up and tackled a poltergeist or something.
Anyway I did learn that dogs are friendlier than spooks, and I will probably watch paranormal 3 and 4 just because the first two films did have some creepy moments...... ......... ............BANG! ........er? who the fuck slammed the door upstairs?......I'm off to take a look, if I'm not back in 5 minutes....you know what to do.
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It took them three years to realize they could just churn out new paranormal activities every year with low cost high income, somehow Peli was smart enough to set-up sequels and prequels in the first film by creating ambiguous and intriguing background stories to the characters. I'm not sure if this was good foresight or just pure luck.
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The first film in this series is dumb, and yet despite numerous viewings of it thanks to RiffTrax, I can't help but to remember the good parts about it. The minimalist nature to the scares, the simple effects, the credible scenario. This sequel retains a lot of that, although it does go a bit too batshit crazy towards the end. The actors in this film are much more believable as a "found footage" family, and the addition of a baby and dog in peril help to ramp up the tension. Surprisingly enjoyable.
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oh dear...
After the riveting conclusion of the first movie, I found the second on a random scroll through Netflix. What a happy coincidence.
Its much of the first with the added bonus of a dog... and a poolcleaner. If inanimate objects were allowed to be nominated for the Oscars, the poolcleaner would, well, it would clean up.
Seriously, this was just awful. Acting, plot, plot holes (we're talking swiss cheese here). I just hope, with fingers crossed, the third will be superior. I'm not holding my breath for long.
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la he visto tres veces, y cada una de las veces me convence más de su calidad de obra maestra.
lecturas al respecto:
· el gran david bordwell comentando toda la saga: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2012/11/13/return-to-paranormalcy/
· nicholas rombes diciendo que "paranormal activity 2" es una película avant garde: filmmakermagazine.com/23766-six-asides-on-paranormal-activity-2/