Movie-making as scam artistry

Rating: 2/10 (10 November 2009)

This is the first movie I've seen where I wanted my money back. If you haven't seen it, relax, you're no missing anything. Or if you want to get the sense of what it's about, slip into a theater during the last 10 minutes. Because there's nothing happening the first 80 minutes. Given the low budget and no action, this movie should have cost $1 to see, it's not even worth a rental.
With the supposed success of this movie-and it wouldn't surprise me if the first weekend box office results where a lie, part of the marketing, just as those nightvision-in-the-theater ads with the phoney moviegoers getting all spooked, there's nothing scary to see, or the glowing reviews here-one can expect Hollywood to be invaded by hoaxters, is if that town weren't filled with them already, out to make a quick buck from movie-goers with future no-movie movies like this one.
It remains to see if they will get away with it a second time. Paranormal Activity 2 is apparently in the works. I'll be sure to stay away and from anything else this director gets involved in.