Over-hyped, disappointing movie

Rating: 4/10 (8 September 2013)

I was anxiously waiting for The Conjuring to come out. Especially after the trailer was released. And here start the problems with this movie: the trailer is scarier than the actual movie.
The trailer involves the actual real family, much adding to the "based on a true story" gimmick. The problem with this is that it raises an expectation that we'll actually see real details in the movie. There's plenty of people filming events during the movie, and you're left with a feeling of "if this was a real paranormal investigation, the only reason for not using real footage is that it's all fake".
The only time the real family comes into the picture is a couple of family photos, on the end credits.
As other users have mentioned, the ghost scenes are highly exaggerated, way too violent, again contributing to the overall disappointment of what was supposed to be a "real" ghost story.
So after you get used to the idea that this is just another lame ghost movie, you're left with half decent performances from Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson, and you're left sighing for Insidious.
There's basically one scary scene in the movie, the hide-and-seek+clap game. And that's it. What a let down.