People Loved this Movie...I Don't Get It

Rating: 6/10 (20 June 2016)

The Conjuring follows a married couple as they investigate the haunting of a family's home and try to stop whatever is doing so.
For the most part this movie is good, particularly the climax. That was actually pretty fantastic, and easily the best part of the movie.
The acting from the two main leads, Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson, was pretty good. Everyone else was good too, for the most part. Even the child actors weren't bad.
But that's about it. As far as scariness goes, this movie isn't. I think I was a little unsettled once, but never full-on scared. There was just lot's of slamming doors, loud noises, and a handful of predictable jump scares that weren't even startling. Everyone tells me it's got great horror, but I don't get it. It just wasn't scary. It's more of a mystery thriller than it is a horror.
I can see why someone would, upon seeing this movie, really like it. It's definitely a different horror movie. I can see people being pleasantly surprised at the quality. But does that make it great? No. A pleasant surprise doesn't make a great movie. A great movie makes a great movie, surprised or not.
Overall I can see why people would be pleasantly surprised by this movie, but I don't know why they love it as much as they do. It's just okay. Sure, there's more good than bad, but its nowhere near great. In the end I'd still recommend this movie, so long as you like horror/thrillers, but mostly so that you can form your own opinion on it.