tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339934783733755736.post3768509615305739100..comments2024-01-02T21:27:28.209-05:00Comments on That Figures: FEATURE: LoEB ''Jumping The Shark''Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03578320444186472220noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339934783733755736.post-85160959065063801482012-11-12T10:50:05.549-05:002012-11-12T10:50:05.549-05:00What really gets me is that it had so much potenti...What really gets me is that it had so much potential. But instead of exercising (or exorcising?) some restraint and steering toward a kind of ''almost within the realms of the possible'' scenario we end up with cheap, very obvious BOO SCARY LOOK AT ME I'M A MONSTER! ''scares.''Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03578320444186472220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339934783733755736.post-80546375036049421772012-11-12T10:31:16.925-05:002012-11-12T10:31:16.925-05:00This is spot on. The first one struck such a reali...This is spot on. The first one struck such a realistic scare (for the most part) and really left me pretty spooked, it was great! Then...I watched the next two and well, I was more sad than scared.Cody Mixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399238021198527411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339934783733755736.post-1812820010566672012012-11-10T13:25:41.148-05:002012-11-10T13:25:41.148-05:00Yeah, it's always an oddity. At least with The...Yeah, it's always an oddity. At least with The Blair Witch Project they tried to frame it as ''found footage,'' something most ''found footage'' movies seem to forget to do.<br /><br />And yeah, I'm not a fan of the genre myself. It's a very played-out idea now.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03578320444186472220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339934783733755736.post-5793424607492442742012-11-09T18:35:04.988-05:002012-11-09T18:35:04.988-05:00I second the RLM review... "Let's cut off...I second the RLM review... "Let's cut off mid conversation to make it more 'real'"..."ummm...who is editing this 'found footage'?"<br /><br />I think the whole found footage principle is a jump the shark one at that...look at "the devil inside" or "the last exorcism" which are just that. Good post, dude. Mr. Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10670582128484924981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339934783733755736.post-82673100681293806392012-11-09T16:22:28.526-05:002012-11-09T16:22:28.526-05:00We watched Part 3 solely out of morbid curiosity (...We watched Part 3 solely out of morbid curiosity (and for the IMDb movie challenge) and although it had some surprisingly effective, slow-burn, creepy scenes but for whatever reason they decided to fill out the ''mythology'' by adding an utterly ridiculous back story.<br /><br />BTW, the Red Letter Media/Half in the Bag review of PA 4 is completely spot-on and hilarious, worth Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03578320444186472220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339934783733755736.post-38756506703591487362012-11-09T14:16:48.815-05:002012-11-09T14:16:48.815-05:00I've never bothered to watch any of the Parano...I've never bothered to watch any of the Paranormal Activities beyond Part 2, and now I'm confident it was a wise decision (although armies of dragons battling unicorns is something I'd pay money to see). You're dead on about that first film being effective even though it's not exactly what you'd call a good movie. It was one of the most fun/scary nights I've ever had Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03125468143171937634noreply@blogger.com