I’ve already written up my Paranormal Activity 3 review because I’ve seen the movie on opening day… but of course, my wife wanted to see it also. This means I got to see the movie a second time. This time, with a keener eye to what’s coming up, I thought I’d try to keep track of things and watch for other details that I didn’t possibly catch the first time around.
First up, I chat about why I give the movie more kudos. Then I outright talk about the movie with spoiler-like conversation, something I don’t think I’ve ever done before for a movie. Then I surmise where the franchise can go from here. So beware, spoilers are abound later on!
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First, My Double Kudos to Paranormal Activity 3:
Despite already having seen Paranormal Activity 3, I have to say that once the narrative got under way in my second viewing, I still found myself jumping out of my seat and getting goosebumps from several of the scenes. That, to me, is pretty impressive. And this movie audience was a hundred-fold better than the first audience that I saw it with on opening day.
On opening day, I had movie-goers that seemed like they were better than most of us with their rude behavior… laughing and mocking scenes that the real fans of the franchise were trying to enjoy and the like. I don’t know what it is about these folks… it’s like they pay good money to come to the theater so we can see them mock the hard work of movie makers.
At least with this second week’s audience, I was surrounded by true fans of the genre. Fans that appreciate what’s supposed to be scary, creepy and what not. One set of girls screamed out-loud in one scene (then apologized to everyone right after… LOL) Screams from the movie audience were all at the right times, with an expressive f*! & sh*! here and there. This was a fun audience finally!
Also, this second time through Paranormal Activity 3, I got a chance to dwell on various aspects of the movie.
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What’s Up With The Missing Movie Trailers Scenes?
One of those aspects, which I touched on in my initial review BACK on October 21st, 2011, were the lack of several scenes that we might have been expecting from the movie trailers out there.
The scenes include the two sisters doing their Bloody Mary routine, the house fire, the scene where Julie tossed water on the ghost and other bits. Not to mention the one TV spot that says, “See how it all began.“ Nah… it doesn’t begin with this movie.
And I don’t buy last-minute editing decisions for the missing scenes either. Marketing is a proven science and my guess is, that this is what this was.
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