Paranormal Activity

I can't believe it's been two weeks since I've taken any time to post something! I've been working more hours at work, since we're now in the middle of planning season, and that's definitely making me limit computer time when I'm at home.

Anyway - on to the post.

We had a girls night last week and went to see Paranormal Activity. We actually ran into Kayla H. at the same theatre with a friend of hers - so it was kind of an extension of our usual group!

All of the reviews for the movie said that it was really good and really scary. I was so excited to go see a good scary movie that wasn't based all in gore...but maybe my expectations were too high.

Gotta say, I didn't love it. There were some good bump moments, and all of the night time footage was awesome. But the rest of the movie, when the boyfriend was holding the camera, all I could think was that he really sucked at knowing how to hold a video camera. Even normal people can hold it more steady!

So bottom line - it had a lot of promise, but for me the promise wasn't fulfilled because I couldn't even keep my eyes open for most of the movie. At least two of us were suffering from motion sickness by the end because of all the jarring, and that really took away from suggestion of horror which completely makes a psychological thriller.

If you haven't seen it and can handle the hand-held camera footage, then I think it's worth checking out. If you saw it, I'd be curious to know what you thought.