Comments on: New Year Randomness! http://www.greaterfalls.com/index.php/2010/01/04/new-year-randomness/ A weblog ("blog") about Great Falls, Montana! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:19:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: david http://www.greaterfalls.com/index.php/2010/01/04/new-year-randomness/comment-page-1/#comment-547494 david Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:52:10 +0000 http://www.greaterfalls.com/?p=3370#comment-547494 Heh...right on, K3v72 - in fact, the lasagna that Garfield loves so much is probably scarier, too! LaughinMan, some good points - as a movie, I can see Paranormal Activity being "adequate" - just not scary. Heh…right on, K3v72 – in fact, the lasagna that Garfield loves so much is probably scarier, too!

LaughinMan, some good points – as a movie, I can see Paranormal Activity being “adequate” – just not scary.

]]> By: LaughingMan http://www.greaterfalls.com/index.php/2010/01/04/new-year-randomness/comment-page-1/#comment-547470 LaughingMan Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:32:05 +0000 http://www.greaterfalls.com/?p=3370#comment-547470 Paranormal Activity wasn't terrible. It had a decent atmosphere rather than cheap 'jump-out-and-go-boo' moments or the gore of slasher movies and torture-porn (SAW, Hostile, etc) that people seem to think defines 'horror'. For instance, I think one of my all-time top scary movies is 'The Changeling' (starring George C Scott, NOT the Angelina Jolie one) because the heavy atmosphere and freaky cinematography really draws you in. Personally, I think that cheap scares are the signs of a weak movie, and that a heavy atmosphere and prolonged sense of dread is the most horrific thing you can experience in a film. Paranormal Activity did an adequate (but not stellar) job of conveying that. Paranormal Activity wasn’t terrible. It had a decent atmosphere rather than cheap ‘jump-out-and-go-boo’ moments or the gore of slasher movies and torture-porn (SAW, Hostile, etc) that people seem to think defines ‘horror’.

For instance, I think one of my all-time top scary movies is ‘The Changeling’ (starring George C Scott, NOT the Angelina Jolie one) because the heavy atmosphere and freaky cinematography really draws you in. Personally, I think that cheap scares are the signs of a weak movie, and that a heavy atmosphere and prolonged sense of dread is the most horrific thing you can experience in a film. Paranormal Activity did an adequate (but not stellar) job of conveying that.

]]> By: K3v72 http://www.greaterfalls.com/index.php/2010/01/04/new-year-randomness/comment-page-1/#comment-545947 K3v72 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:44:05 +0000 http://www.greaterfalls.com/?p=3370#comment-545947 I would like to add Garfield's nephew Nermal to the scary list. I would also like to add that you should definitely read Eventide Arcane and have a very awesome Twenty Ten! I would like to add Garfield’s nephew Nermal to the scary list. I would also like to add that you should definitely read Eventide Arcane and have a very awesome Twenty Ten!

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