Oct 26 2009
No ‘Paranormal Activity 2,’ You Do NOT Make Sense
My title is in response to this quote from Paramount chairman Brad Grey:
“We have the rights on a worldwide basis to do ‘Paranormal 2′ and we’re looking to see if that makes some sense.”
Did you mean, “makes some sense” as in would it fit in with the way the film ends and you’ve looked at Blair Witch 2 as a cautionary tale that says you shouldn’t do it? Or did you mean make sense because anything that can be made for $11K and be #1 at the box office the weekend before Halloween should automatically be given a sequel even if it’s written and filmed by a team of trained monkeys? Yeah, I thought so. Sigh.
[via LA Times]
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The movie was as scary as MTV’s Fear. And a sequel is a Hell-to-the-No. I’m waiting on The Fourth Kind.
lol, i m glad that i m not the only one sharing this opinion. i refuse to watch this movie.
blair witch project - fail
cloverfield - mega fail
when you combine the two you get paranormal activities. i knew it was going to be one of those movies where you have two people in a corner saying they are sooo startled (yes, south park parody intended).
zero- i would like to know how $248,639,099 (according to wikipedia) from blair witch project and $198,602,318 from cloverfeild could ever be considered “failing”. Blair witch took $500,000-750,000 to make so they ended up with about $247,900,000 in their pockets while cloverfeild was made for $25 million leaveing them with about 173,600,000 in their pockets. I think we have different opinions in exactly what failing is….
it doesn’t matter how much money a movie makes. bad movie is bad movie. yes cloverfield made a ton of money, it’s also got one of the worst drops in ticket sale from opening week to week two.
my number one rule on movies is to read the reviews first before watching the movie. In case of super hyped movies like paranormal activities. I need to hear positive reviews from actual people. and from what i’ve heard, it’s a unanimous eehh.
@ zero
Both those movies were pretty good, especially Blair Witch. And it’s a shame that your number one rule is based on what others think.
Actually, a group of trained monkeys could make a lot better movies than half of Hollywood.
I’ve read some good things about Paranormal Activity from some horror minded friends. I only know the basics about the plot, so I don’t know how it ends and if a sequel would make any sense. It seems that financially it would make sense, which is really all the suits care about.
More than likely, with the way it would wind up (as mention - see Blair Witch 2), it would not work. I remember the rock theme opening to BW 2. I can’t scrub it from my brain.
That being said, BW answered the question, “What is it?” You never saw it, but you knew it was a witch.
Paranormal Activity - if they must absolutely do a sequel (personally, I say leave well enough alone) - it should be a mockumentary on the follow up to the events of the movie and an investigation into Diane. Honestly - you could release it as an extra on the Blu-Ray and let it be.
And dude - what are you talking about? Cloverfield was pretty bad ass.
Blairwitch is a classic whick kicked off the shaky cam and made movie history. Cloverfield was a great unique film that threw you into the lives of several people during a monster attack. It felt like it was real footage and just gave you an eery feeling in your stomach. I loved both movies, but havent seen paranormal yet.
Just because you say movies suck doesn’t make it a fact zero. Everyone has their own opinions and if people will pay money to see it than who are we to deny the makers of the film. A ni**as hotta eat…..