Sometimes, simple things in life are more rewarding. For an example.. PACMAN.. the game is pretty simple, eat dots, avoid ghosts, eat pills, eat ghosts. Next level. That game is way more fun that some over $50 video games out there. Another example, you go to a night club and you see this zipper pant breaking woman on the bar.. you get close and your pants are useless already. When you see her she is full of MAKE UP does she looks pretty? MAYBE. More yes than no. Freaky? Probably. Unless you have a fetish with clowns. But the thing is she looks OK. But after some fun, she starts sweating, and the LOTS of make up starts running out her face, then, the next day under the sunlight that creeps its self through the window you will see something really interesting.. SURPRISE! You just fucked and over-aged woman (or under-age and guess what you are going to jail pedophile you). Or simply, she wasnt THAT GOOD LOOKING as you thought she was. The make up made magic. Sometimes the prettiest woman dont use make up AT ALL. Because they don't need it... tHey look natural, simple, pure beauty, not wearing LOTS of make up to cover their gravel face or whatever.
Now that you get the point hopefully, I want to say this, Paranormal Activity its a simple/GOOD horror movie. It uses special effects.. cheap ones.. BUt they work well for what it is. A lamp moving, a tv on static, things closing, shadows, footsteps... all can be done cheaply.. but the way it was executed it was perfect for waht it was... For some reason I like movies with less CG.
Paranormal Activity its a movie about this couple that they are documenting their haunting of a demon, specially to the woman. So the picture quality is camcorder type, so it all fits. The movie is not perfect, but it does scare the hell out of you with the most simple things you can imagine... its well done. It actaully left me thinking.. because thats something that could happen... no flashy things or special fx, just creepy things that move by themselves. A simple bang of the door, some keys falling, etc all those things are things that are more credible. That is why I liked the movie... it managed to scare people with simple things... I bet many hollywood people are pissed, spending their budget on crappy special effects and their movies are not box office material. That's fun.
