Paranormal Activities would have been better if I wasn't exposed to so many like movies, not even talking about the most immediate comparison to Blair Witch. For what it was, it was ok. It's exactly what I thought it would be.
It's definitely not a movie that you need to see in the theater. Unless you want to be swept up with the audience reactions, which admittedly can be fun. Some people where leaving brown bricks in their seats.
Paranormal Activity would've been better (or less frustrating) if it wasn't full of Micah "Brostyle" Sloat making terrible, ego-fueled decisions the whole time.
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KwitkoSheriff of Banning (Retired)By the thing near the stuffIcrontian
Paranormal Activity!!! After mentioning that I get terrible motion sickness, and being assured it was nothing ike Blair Witch... I found the most frightening thing to be figuring out where I was going to toss my cookies in the theater... It could have been better.
I thought Drag Me To Hell was one of the best movies of this year (discounting indie & foreign films). I guess it really depends on whether you like Sam Raimi's style of humor.
It's all opinions but put me in with the Drag Me To Hell being horrible camp. Easily one of Raimi's worse, certainly his worse recently. It wasn't scary when it was supposed to be scary. It wasn't campy when campiness was needed. It dropped the ball on almost every chance it had and the few times it came close to getting it right you could see where he clearly ripped off his old ideas only not as well. After watching it I still can't believe it was Rami that did it. It felt more like a poor imitation of someone ripping of Rami. Just terrible.
It's all opinions but put me in with the Drag Me To Hell being horrible camp. Easily one of Raimi's worse, certainly his worse recently. It wasn't scary when it was supposed to be scary. It wasn't campy when campiness was needed. It dropped the ball on almost every chance it had and the few times it came close to getting it right you could see where he clearly ripped off his old ideas only not as well. After watching it I still can't believe it was Rami that did it. It felt more like a poor imitation of someone ripping of Rami. Just terrible.
I'll totally agree with the whole "it wasn't scary when it was supposed to be scary" bit. At the very least I think the decision to market it as a scary movie was horribly misplaced.
I know it's not Pixar but I have to say Tale of Despereaux is probably my favorite CGI based kids movie. I like it better then all the Pixar ones, better then all the Disney ones and better then Shrek. I feel I can say this with some authority as my daughter is 2 and when I have seen all of them now more times then I can count both in part and in full.
I thought both Cars and Monsters, Inc. were great, but I have to go with Cars over MI. However, I think my favorite is Incredibles...still love superheroes! My least favorite was Ratatouille. It was ok at best in my book. Although I thought they came back STRONG with WALL-E and Up.
Oh man, Ratatouille is probably my favorite one, well, before UP anyway. I friggen' love that film. Least favorite would probably be A Bugs Life or Toy Story 1 & 2 (I know...I know).
First off : Chris, you're crazy.
Second: I agree with Magic that Monsters Inc. is probably their best movie. Toy Story is damn close.
Third: I didn't think Up was all that special.
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It's definitely not a movie that you need to see in the theater. Unless you want to be swept up with the audience reactions, which admittedly can be fun. Some people where leaving brown bricks in their seats.
That goat was easily the highlight of the movie though, I laughed pretty hard.
I'll totally agree with the whole "it wasn't scary when it was supposed to be scary" bit. At the very least I think the decision to market it as a scary movie was horribly misplaced.
Saw UP! again at the weekend. What a film.
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How does Pixar make such great movies? They are the cinematic equivalent of sex....even bad sex/Pixar movies are GOOD!
Second: I agree with Magic that Monsters Inc. is probably their best movie. Toy Story is damn close.
Third: I didn't think Up was all that special.
Chris isn't crazy, Ratatouill is one of the finest examples of storytelling within the animation medium. I love it.
My favorite... Wall-E. Can't believe no one else has mentioned it. No animated film has made me cry more than that one.
There, I said it.
It is quite possible.
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