Paranormal Activity 2: What Did You Expect?
Ok, so this is one of those things that you had to see coming. Despite there being a mixed bag of emotions regarding this film, (loved it, hated it, egh it was OK) one cannot deny the fact that this movie certainly raked in the money from an unsuspecting general public who, and let’s face it, expected so much more from this movie. I have to admit, that I did enjoy this movie even though I had to sit in the movie theater and endure hundreds of nervous snickering teen-aged little girls. Ugh, it was scarier than the movie! Frankly, the hype of this movie is what murdered it, but then again, the hype is what gained the film notoriety and fame. If you haven’t seen the first Paranormal Activity ( and if you haven’t… really?) I suggest you stop reading now as there may be some spoilers ahead.
With Tod (Kip) Williams slated to direct the next installment of this movie (franchise maybe?), I couldn’t help myself but to ask the very same question I’m sure many of you are asking at this precise moment, “Who?!?” Exactly, but a quick search on IMDB quickly made me ask, yet again, “Who?!?” Yes, it is an unknown, but then again, so was Oren Peli, the director of the original film. Thus far, and we’ll have to wait until after Paranormal Activity 2 is released, the only saving grace of this “Kip” is the fact that he is a native of NYC. Rejoice!
So now the only other question I was left with asking was, how are they going to make a sequel out of this movie? There is no doubt that Hollywood will come up with just about any type of plot-line just to make a sequel and make more money out of this beast (see Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 AKA atrocity of a movie). No matter what, this movie is getting made, and that is a fact as contracts have already been signed.
Quick recap:
- Couple terrorized by what is thought to be a ghost
- Alleged ghost turns out to be demon (yikes!)
- Demon possesses Katie
- Katie Kills her boyfriend, Micah (theatrical version)
- Katie goes BOO and “scares” aforementioned little girls
That’s it! So where is there a sequel? Well, it’ll soon be in someone’s wallet. Details as to the plot are hush, hush by the way. Get ready for another cavalcade of over-hype!
Ye gods, can’t Hollywood just let the movie stand as is? Paranormal Activity was great, but I predict that any sequel they come up with is gonna suck. I’ll probably see it anyway, though.
Hollywood leaving a movie alone? Unheard of! I really hope that it doesn’t suck but I’m not holding my breath. Like you, I’m probably going to see it anyway
“egh it was OK” was what I thought. But there really is no point in this sequel.
yeah, i thought so too. there was a rip-off called “Paranormal Entity” that wasn’t too bad, or at least not as bad as I thought it would be. It’s a blatant rip-off. After watching it a second time though, it was rather boring and played out more like a snooze-fest.
I’ve thinking for a while that I’ll check out Paranormal Entity. Maybe I will, someday. And I dont know, lately I’m getting spammed at wordpress blogs.
yea i’d say check it out if not just for laughing at the copy-cat style that was approached! maybe it’s the yahoo mail?
Ok I am officially making a lot of mistakes in my comments, tonight doesn’t count. And how do I fix it?
im new to wordpress so i have no idea! lol