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The Bell Witch Haunting (2013)
Paranormal Activity light
While the story line is pretty good the sound warnings of something about to happen comes straight from Paranormal Activity. Also there were tons of continuity errors. Such as a door in the dining room that in one scene is a room seems to later bee a shallow closet(mom walks out of it earlier yet in a later scene she puts something in the back of the closet without entering it. ). Additionally what is going on with this kid .. he has footage of the blankets floating early in the film yet it never gets brought up later. Come on folks if I had footage of that happening in my house I would be gone.
Also the best acting in my opinion came from the actress playing Dana at the dining room table scene.
Cloverfield (2008)
in a word - Predictable
First off I would like to thank all the people who gave honest reviews... I should have listened to them... I did like the concept of having the film be from the point of view of an amateur camera man ... unfortunately this film fell way flat.. the characters are so one dimensional it is ridiculous the only scene done well was the subway...
I have seen where people have stated that this was supposed to represent the horror of 9-11 .. again that is a thin statement at best .. I lost some very close friends during 9-11 and to say this captures that horror .. I am offended.
There were absolutely NO surprises for me during the viewing .. to be honest I almost walked out ... I kept saying to myself " it has to get better... everyone said this was thrilling ..." boy was I wrong..
Again I loved the concept however they could have done much better pulling it off .. OH yeah BTW what video camera do you know of that can run for what is supposed to be 7.5 hours without needing a new battery while using both light and night vision .. sorry just ain't happening ...
I would like to see the movie redone in the future .. however done correctly .. maybe flesh out the characters a bit more in their reactions .. and telling us why the bites have the effect they do .. ( natural question when you see that happen to a friend!) gah I did end up getting my money back from the theater and got a free ticket to Sweeny Todd .. NOW THAT WAS A MOVIE WORTH WATCHING