It’s the sequel to the first movie Paranormal Activity, that was demanded everywhere. The first movie ended up being a little disappointing and so did the second. All the scary scenes were at the end, and not to mention, there weren’t many at all. The basic plot in the second movie is; some family apparently related to Katie (Katie Featherston, first starred in Paranormal Activity) moves into a house then all this paranormal activity starts to happen. At first, the family thinks someone broke in so Katie’s brother in law, Dan (Brian Boland), gets a surveillance system. Ali (Molly Ephraim) starts to hear noises from Hunter’s (William Juan Prieto and, Jackson Xenia Prieto) room and begins to believe it may be a ghost, but Dan tells her he doesn’t believe in that stuff. Things get worse and Kristi starts to experience paranormal activity but Dan still does not believe it. More and more paranormal activity follows and this time the “demon” is literally dragging and/or picking up the family members. Most of the really intense activity happens in the latter half of the movie, so all the “plugging my ears” and “covering my eyes” was wasted on a good hour or so where viewers thought something was going to happen.
When asked about the movie Zakaria Ahmed, a senior at Mayo High School, said “I thought it was funny because the whole attempt to try and scare people was not good.” When Ahmed was questioned whether he would tell others to watch Paranormal Activity 2 he replied, “Yes, so they could get a good laugh out of it.”
Michelle Limas, a sophomore at Mayo High School, was also questioned and said, “It wasn’t good but it wasn’t bad, it was in the middle,” And when Limas was questioned whether she would tell others to watch Paranormal Activity 2 she replied,
“Yes, so people get the feel of the paranormal.”
There are many different opinions floating around, but the truth is this movie is not worth the money to be spent on it. If viewers really want to see it, they should just save their money and wait to rent it at redbox for a dollar, than going to see it in theatres for eight bucks. I mean, let’s give the director and writer a little credit, the movie was a little intense but it wasn’t that scary. If only there were more intense scenes with the unknown force pulling Kristi and more paranormal activity happening to the family (maybe Ali) so there could be more scary scenes. The movie is also predictable, that is the main reason why this movie is not scary. If the viewer knows what’s going to happen next, it’s not going to be as terrifying as if they didn’t know. So overall this movie deserved the credits it got, which was 6.4 out of 10.
When asked about the movie Zakaria Ahmed, a senior at Mayo High School, said “I thought it was funny because the whole attempt to try and scare people was not good.” When Ahmed was questioned whether he would tell others to watch Paranormal Activity 2 he replied, “Yes, so they could get a good laugh out of it.”
Michelle Limas, a sophomore at Mayo High School, was also questioned and said, “It wasn’t good but it wasn’t bad, it was in the middle,” And when Limas was questioned whether she would tell others to watch Paranormal Activity 2 she replied,
“Yes, so people get the feel of the paranormal.”
There are many different opinions floating around, but the truth is this movie is not worth the money to be spent on it. If viewers really want to see it, they should just save their money and wait to rent it at redbox for a dollar, than going to see it in theatres for eight bucks. I mean, let’s give the director and writer a little credit, the movie was a little intense but it wasn’t that scary. If only there were more intense scenes with the unknown force pulling Kristi and more paranormal activity happening to the family (maybe Ali) so there could be more scary scenes. The movie is also predictable, that is the main reason why this movie is not scary. If the viewer knows what’s going to happen next, it’s not going to be as terrifying as if they didn’t know. So overall this movie deserved the credits it got, which was 6.4 out of 10.
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