My lowest rated film to comment on so far

Rating: 7/10 (9 December 2009)

It's appropriate that the average rating for this is 7 (from the 9th of December 2009 stats), as I debated what to designate this box office triumph before checking the stats myself and then discovered my vote was right on the money. Millions of people saw this and thousands have voted. There are already over 666 comments (a nice, round, evil number!) so now I'll toss my stone in the agitated pond too.
"Paranormal Activity" has some creepy qualities going for it, but unfortunately, when this flick delivers, it's much too little, way too late. The two main characters are not the kind you'd want to spend time with. They complain, act like overgrown children and generally carry on like a ghost or thirteen should come along and give them the scare of their lives.
I kept waiting for a certain person that is repeatedly mentioned to show up and guess what? He ain't a coming! (I didn't mention that person's line of work, not knowing if that would constitute a "spoiler" or not.) The alleged frights in this are more than a little hokey and I felt many opportunities to really get under the audiences' skin were wasted.
I'm glad I saw this and am also quite disappointed in it. Part of me wanted to stand up at the end and yell out, "I want my money back!", if only to get a few laughs from others at the packed screening who agreed with my sentiments.
Can we get any lower budgeted film that doesn't have shaky cameras all the time? And if they make a sequel, let's get a real aficionado of the paranormal like Dan Aykroyd to put on a silly costume and accent and come investigate! That's a bloody movie idea of real interest to me. As it stands, "Paranormal Activity" is a story whose plot is basically a "spoiler" to itself! Great ending, poor everything else up till then.