Boring, pedantic and unimaginative

Rating: 1/10 (26 February 2011)

This Review Contains Spoilers!
Unfortunately plodding and sadly uninteresting, "Paranormal Activity" is one of those movies that will leave you scratching your head in wonder at how it ever made it big.
Characters are typical and uninteresting at the best of times. Katie is whiny and carries a very "princess" attitude - at one moment crying and another angry and ranting at Micha. She is difficult to identify with on a personal level because she comes across as the little prima donna sister who you just want to strangle.
Micha, on the other hand, appears to be played with an idea that he is obsessed with his camera and the desire to capture paranormal events. Instead, he comes across as insensitive, stupid and out-of-touch with his girlfriend.
There is also very little actual paranormal activity - with most of the film spent watching the couple in bed sleeping or roaming around the house turning lights on and off (while the camera remains stationary in the bedroom). And there is absolutely nothing scary in this film as a result. Nothing at all.
Finally, Micha's death at the end is contrived, as if the writer had no clue how to bring this travesty to its conclusion.
The only thing "paranormal" about this film is how it ever got a sequel.