Paranormal Activity (2010)

[sloweye]

It was ok to a point, then it got over the top and spoiled it totaly..... Blair Witch all over again.

 

[AE35Unit]

It was ok to a point, then it got over the top and spoiled it totaly..... Blair Witch all over again.

Ah I liked Blair Witch too!

 

[sloweye]

I had a Blair witch grudge, i waited in line for hours to get in to see it the night before UK release, sat through a heap of aweful 'i know what you did last summer' style horror so i could be among the first UK viewers to see the film (not to mention the cost of the ticket, the cost of the fancy dress.... oh yes, you had to be in fancy dress to get in)
it was shown at 6am when the reel arived. when it ended like that i thought there was going to be a riot. it 'Stank'..... nothing happens, the woodland is so thin you would have been able to see your way out even if you were half blind.... GAH! it was Toop.

 

[J Riff]

What is the jump-in-the-air ending... huh? What? I saw the lame version tho' I thot the whole thing was largely lame-o-rama....
Blair Witch at least inspired me to write a send up.. but what was the scary ending to paranormal wactivity??

 

[HoopyFrood]

Spoilers for the endings, I guess.

I think there's three different endings -- the jumpy one that most saw, with Katie leaping at the camera. Then there's the police investigation that AE mentions. Then there's also another version where Katie stands in front of the camera and cuts her own throat. I've seen both this one and the jumpy version, as the DVD we watched had the option of playing both.

Steven Spielberg suggested to Oren Peli that the jumpy version would be much better, which is what he ended up going with.

 

[sloweye]

The police ending was aweful, total anti-climax.

 

[No One]

SPOILER regarding the alternate endings:


As an idea I prefer the throat cutting ending, but having watched that version on Youtube and seeing that it was lacking somehow, I think maybe they went with the right choice.

That said, they could've just re-shot the "throat" sequence and made it work, but there ya have it.

 

[HoopyFrood]

Well, if nothing else, the jumpy ending left room for the sequel.


*Rolls eyes*

 

[No One]

You never know, the sequel might just be poor - as opposed to total crap.

 

[sloweye]

well i won't pay for that one, i'll wait until someone lends it to me or it comes on TV. purely based on 'personal' opinion of the first.

 

[Williamlk]

Well, I just saw the sequel... I know I am bias because I did love the first one, but I thought the second one was even better in many regards. The script is so clever!

And yes, I was freaked out by the ending even though I saw this one coming. I guess if you liked the first one you'll love the sequel. If you hated the first one, I would still give the second one a try. I was not expecting it to be as well written as it was. It was a pretty cool twist.

 

[AE35Unit]

SPOILER regarding the alternate endings:


As an idea I prefer the throat cutting ending, but having watched that version on Youtube and seeing that it was lacking somehow, I think maybe they went with the right choice.

That said, they could've just re-shot the "throat" sequence and made it work, but there ya have it.

No the knife scene would render the film as just another slasher movie, not the psychological horror its meant to be. The thing that's causing the deaths is something unhuman, something other- a knife killing is a human thing.