Chapter 183 Review: Paranormal Activity (varning some spoilers)

Verse 1

Movies about the supernatural and unexplainable are always something i am interested in seeing and i am also inclined to liking them even before i have seen them. Movies in the style of The Blair Witch Project and now this Paranormal Activity come now and again but for some reason they don't excite me as much and the more media-hyped they are the less excited i get.

So despite those early misgivings i have now seen Paranormal Activity and must say it was way better than i had expected it to be.
One thing i want to say right up front is that Micah and Katie actually come across pretty much like regular people and that is one of the things that make this movie as good as it is.
With that being said there are a number of things that are not so good. First of all is the fact that it takes so long for the movie to take off. If i am being kind it is something like 30 minutes but if i would be less so it takes about an hour before something really happens.
One hour in is when night 20 is and that is one scene that was really something extra. Not violent or full of special effects at all, the movie has very few of those but there is a sense of real fear as the entity truly demonstrates its powers.

When the movie finally starts rolling along its not bad at all except possibly for a scene of another haunted person called Diana that unfortunately lessens the suspense and more has the feel of a bad Youtube-clip. They could have done that differently and kept the documentary feel that got lost a little at that moment.
From what i have read there has also circulated a number of alternate endings and it's possible that another one would have been better.
The ending comes very abruptly and did not seem right at all for me. It is anticlimactic and i have serious doubts about if actual law enforcement officers would have acted like they do in Paranormal Activity and that's the sort of thing that cheapens a movie for me.

The movie could well have been ten minutes longer with a more satisfying end but as it is i would say that for some of my friends it could be worth getting a babysitter but with the recommendation that this movie is probably best watched in a darkened living-room with only a few candles lit and you huddled up under a blanket.
Distractions like those you can get in a theatre with the wrong crowd will definitely ruin a lot of the mood of the movie so avoid that if you can.