The best way to describe "Paranormal Activity 2" would be the feeling one gets when forced to watch someone else's vacation videos or misc home videos, you do it to be polite but in all honestly you really just don't give a fuck and hope it ends as soon as possible. This is exactly the feeling that "Paranormal Activity 2" creates thanks to never ending pointless footage that does nothing for the build up or has anything to do with the movie itself.
In all reality this film could of and should of been 30 minutes long and been included as a bonus prequel for a special edition of the first films DVD, it really shows that this was made solely to try and shed light on why the haunting in the first film occurred, which they do in the very last fifteen to twenty minutes of "Paranormal Activity 2".
The movie itself is only about an hour and twenty four minutes long, with nothing even remotely interesting happening until the last thirty minutes or so of the flick. The agonizing build up makes it really hard to keep watching and even when things do start to happen there so vague and boring you honestly don't care.
All the clichés are here, misc untraceable bumps in the night, pots that fall for no reason, a child's toy that activates itself, the same old recycled bullshit we have seen in haunting movies time and time again. Before I forget just for good measure there is also use of an Ouija board in case you had not got your fill of clichés yet.
As much as I disliked the first film, it was better before seeing the prequel, the back story they try and tack onto the series is ridiculous and will leave a bad taste in the mouths of any sane viewers who make the mistake of wasting their time with "Paranormal Activity 2". The script is poorly written and filled with so many holes you will find yourself spending most of the time shaking your head in disbelief. One thing that really drove me nuts about this movie is the way they randomly and briefly stick key information in after twenty minute spans of scenes that have nothing to do with anything making it very hard to know when you need to be paying close attention and when it's safe to let your mind wonder in hopes when you re focus it's over.
There is so much time spent on nothingness', and then when something important arises they breeze by it like Speedy Gonzales on crystal meth. As much as I would love to go into great detail about all the loop holes created by this unneeded prequel, I will not for sake of spoilers, but I can tell you this whoever thought this film was a good idea should be taken out in the street and beaten with the very camera used to film it.
On a fun side note my favorite part of this entire film was seeing two Ramones and a Misfits poster, other than that it was the exact same movie, same youtube style hidden fishing line gags, the same boring uninspired piece of shit that everyone sat through last year.
I went into this one with an open mind, hoping for the sake of the time I was about to spend watching it that it would be better than the first film, but in the end I could not find one redeeming quality, fans of the first film don't waste your time the tacked on back story will only ruin the first film for you. On behalf of The Liberal Dead I give "Paranormal Activity 2" a 1 out of 10, and award for most unneeded prequel ever created. As much as I hated the first film I would watch it on repeat for days before I would ever sit through "Paranormal Activity 2" again.
1 out of 10
- Ted "Ritualistic" Brown
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