All About Paranormal Activity?

Rating: 6/10 (19 January 2010)

Paranormal Activity, as many of you know, is solely about a spirit/ghost that is haunting the life of the main character Katie. The plot revolves around Katie and her boyfriend attempting to capture footage of the "spirit" inside their house in an attempt to finally solve the mystery that has been surrounding Katie for as long as she can remember.
After finally getting the time to watch this movie, i can say without a doubt that this movie was a bit over-hyped and i believe that due to that fact, the audience now believes that this one of the scariest movies ever created.
With that being said, the movie did take an interesting idea and did a "decent" job with what they had to work with. There is a factor that this movie deals with and it is one that i myself have seen occur with many other movies. This movie suffers from something i would prefer to call "theaterism"(if that was a word). That meaning that this movie falls under the category of being a bit more nerve-racking/terrifying if being viewed in a theater rather than being viewed inside your home in front of a television set. I can instantly see how a good portion of the audience would be terrified of this film while watching it in theaters, along with the surround sound and big screen. But beyond that point, it would be careless if one was to give this film higher than a seven or eight.
This movie, in my point of view, was actually funnier than it was scary. I myself have been a fan of so-called "horror" movies and quite frankly, i do not feel that this movie falls under the category of horror. I can say that if you are a fan of movies that have loud noises and make ludicrous attempts at scare tactics, this is the movie for you. However, to say that this is the best horror film of 2009 would be even more ludicrous.
The film had an interesting idea, had some fine points and some not-so-fine points to it. In the end, the film fell flat and it can be said that a good portion of the audience would have probably expected more after watching the first hour or so.
6/10 STARS