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Paranormal Activity, a review by RossRoy


Paranormal Activity
WHAT THEY SAY
YOU DEMANDED IT and now the surprise hit critics call "one of the scariest movies of all time" can be experienced in the most terrifying place of all...your home.

After a young, middle-class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be demonic but is certainly most active in the middle of the night. Especially while they sleep.

Paranormal Activity builds suspense night after night all the way to the shocking ending. Roger Ebert calls it "truly scary." Go ahead, WE DARE YOU TO WATCH IT AT HOME...at least you can leave the lights on.

MY THOUGHTS
<shivers> that's a creepy movie! I wouldn't say it really scared me, and I did find it a bit too predictable. But, some scenes are just downright creepy and made my skin tingle!

But I don't know why it didn't scare me. It's exactly the kind of thing that usually scares the shit out of me: Blair Witch, The Ring, The Grudge.. they fall in somewhat the same mold regarding paranormal activities. Is it because I wasn't alone? Maybe I should have watched it alone..

Either, I still found it to be a good movie. I like how it ever so slowly builds up and how it doesn't rely too much on jump scares.

One last thing: I hope they release a new DVD down the line that includes the so-called "Festival Ending" (look it up on IMDb).. It sounds a whole lot more terrifying than what is on the DVD. The "Steven Spielberg"-proposed theatrical ending I found lacking... though it is much better than the "Director's Cut" ending...

RATING:



(From RossRoy's Random Viewings on January 9th, 2010)

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Date Movie, a review by Jimmy




Title : Date Movie (2006)

Overview
Julia Jones (Alyson Hannigan from the 'American Pie' series) is looking for love in ALL the wrong movies, until she snags the man of her dreams! But now, a devious ex, a farting feline and eccentric in-laws threaten her perfect Hollywood wedding!

My Impression
I was expecting something way more bad than that after all I've read about those movies, but this is only the beginning. Not that this movie is good or funny or subtil in any way... Most of the "jokes" are juvenile at best, how someone who is more than 8 years old can find the cat joke funny? How original or funny is the beginning? Shallow Hall had already done it... This is a parody not a remake so do a short reference and get over it, no need to pass 20 minutes on this. Maybe it's just me, but since when comedy are parody materials? Did I miss something? Another thing; when you make a joke don't overkill it... One obvious case when they do this is when they introduce the sexy blond girl (not that sexy by the way)... None of the jokes were that funny at least for me, only the Pretty Woman reference gave me a little smile. In fact the only time I've laugh is at the joke at the end credit (kind of lame when your best joke is in the credit). At least Alyson Hannigan is a cutie, but why she is only in stupid movie like this or American Pie? She can do better than that... Some of the song are good even if they are wasted in this.

Not necessary a waste of time or a waste of money (.88$ isn't that much, I can't even buy a chocolate bar with that), but not something that I will rewatch even for the commentary tracks or the extra materials.     

Rating :

(From Comedy? Weekend Marathon on April 24th, 2009)

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Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd


18. Vatman (3/13/94)
Superman discovers there's a powerful new villain in town: Superman! Lex Luthor develops a Superman clone with all his powers and just one goal: destroy the real Man of Steel.

My Thoughts:
This is a fun episode... but there was something about the way that Dean Cain played being child-like that I didn't much care for. I did like the storyline itself though.

My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5



(From Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Marathon on July 20th, 2009)