Paranormal Activity

[angstbunny]

This movie has the dubious honor of being the first movie I've ever walked out of in my life. Not because it was bad or too scary, but because I got severe motion sickness from it. Truth be told, I probably would've stuck with it if it weren't for the fact that I was watching it with my sister (and BIL) and she was both sick AND bored and wanted to

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[angstbunny]

More like $37.50. It was me, sis, and BIL (not the one I don't like haha). Admission is $12.50.

[angstbunny]

Yes, yes it is.

[aurora_84]

Aww, that sucks. :(

Shaky-cam movies can be horrible sometimes. I almost lost my dinner during Cloverfield.

[angstbunny]

I really should've known better. ://// But gargh, I thought the camera was gonna be mounted most of the time. It wasn't.

I never saw Cloverfield for that reason. Plus, distrust of JJ Abrams (still don't trust him, not even after Star Trek). And Bourne. Not hand-cam, of course, but it was stylistically shaky-cam, and the second one was the WORST. Blargh.

Funny OT story: I was at a friend's place, watching TV, and she was on her laptop, reading ontd_political. I glanced over as she was skimming through the comments, and I thought I saw a glimpse of an icon with a hovering Zach. I was like, huh, that looked like aurora_84's icon. I asked my friend to page back up, and huzzah, it was indeed you. :D

[aurora_84]

I thought so too. This is seriously making me reconsider ever watching it.

Cloverfield was actually v.v. nifty, but I had to look away a lot. Stupid shaky-cam! I didn't get sick with the Bourne movies, even though the third one especially is INSANE.

I was like, huh, that looked like [info]aurora_84's icon. I asked my friend to page back up, and huzzah, it was indeed you. :D
Heeeee! I actually took ontd_p off my reading list today, cause it was making me v.v. depressed. I'm still going to check it daily, though.

[angstbunny]

I think the effect might be less when seeing it on TV as opposed to the giant screen of a theater. Plus, you know, ability to pause and look away for three hours.

Huh, I always thought the second one was the worst. That one made me feel the most ill. I couldn't rewatch it for the longest time because of that, even though it has EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVIL Karl Urban.

Trek actually had a few moments where it danced on the edge. The convo in the bar between Kirk and Pike? I HATED the way the cam never stayed steady on their faces, especially Kirk's. I mean, not just the fact that Chris Pine is GORGEOUS (even when beat up) and so I would like a steady view of him, but lord, it was very borderline in making me feel queasy.

I read ontd_p when I really run out of things to read, because, yeah, it's so depressing. and rage-inducing.

[tartary_lamb]

Gah, I'm sorry that movie failed so spectacularly. It otherwise sounded kind of cool...

[angstbunny]

The movie actually wasn't bad. Like, my sister was IMMENSELY BORED, but I was actually fairly into it, except for the overwhelming nausea that totally ruined the whole thing.

[pensive1]

I'm glad you told me about the shaky camerawork. Stuff like that is a deal-breaker to me.

[angstbunny]

You are very welcome. It's weird, because I read NOTHING about this in PA's reviews. Blair Witch was notorious for this, and Bourne got some warnings, too, about the shakycam. Cloverfield, of course. But nada on PA.

[pensive1]

I'll just have a ahem a copy and pause it for settling.

[angstbunny]

I should've gone with that in the first place. Bah.