2009 Year In Movies: #50 - #54
source: http://www.popbunker.net/2009/12/2009-year-in-movies-50-54/
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Guh. Sometimes I believe that film goers are so duped by a marketing campaign that they’ll believe anything. I guess if one is devoutly religious and has a leaning towards absurd supernatural belief he might get a slight tingle out of “Paranominal Activity.” No guarantee though. In a year where horror movies had a good run, the runt of the litter in both budget and scares took hold after a ridiculously contrived “DemandIt!” grass roots campaign (the film industry version of a Fox Tea Party) where the movie was at first only shown at midnight. Midnight exclusivity gave way to demand which opened the door for amazing profits for this micro budget movie.
The problem is the only way to consider “Paranominal Activity” a success is to qualify it by its budget. It’s pretty good for a $12,000 budget movie. That’s it. I didn’t want to walk out on it, but I most certainly was never scared and have slept like a baby every night after watching the movie. The camera was too centric to the plot and the theme could never overcome the half-baked religious quackery.
Do you want to know what is a great micro budget film? Robert Rodriguez’s “El Mariachi.” Unfortunately the promise of “El Mariachi” never panned out with regard to Rodriguez’s career. In my opinion Rodriguez is Hollywood’s most talked about useless property. If it were not for his bromance with Quentin Tarentino, he would certainly not be near the top in buzzed about directors. “El Mariachi” is his best film to date and I have my doubts if he will ever match or surpass it.
#53 - #50 at the link with media and pics.
http://www.popbunker.net/2009/12/2009-year-in-movies-50-54/
Guh. Sometimes I believe that film goers are so duped by a marketing campaign that they’ll believe anything. I guess if one is devoutly religious and has a leaning towards absurd supernatural belief he might get a slight tingle out of “Paranominal Activity.” No guarantee though. In a year where horror movies had a good run, the runt of the litter in both budget and scares took hold after a ridiculously contrived “DemandIt!” grass roots campaign (the film industry version of a Fox Tea Party) where the movie was at first only shown at midnight. Midnight exclusivity gave way to demand which opened the door for amazing profits for this micro budget movie.
The problem is the only way to consider “Paranominal Activity” a success is to qualify it by its budget. It’s pretty good for a $12,000 budget movie. That’s it. I didn’t want to walk out on it, but I most certainly was never scared and have slept like a baby every night after watching the movie. The camera was too centric to the plot and the theme could never overcome the half-baked religious quackery.
Do you want to know what is a great micro budget film? Robert Rodriguez’s “El Mariachi.” Unfortunately the promise of “El Mariachi” never panned out with regard to Rodriguez’s career. In my opinion Rodriguez is Hollywood’s most talked about useless property. If it were not for his bromance with Quentin Tarentino, he would certainly not be near the top in buzzed about directors. “El Mariachi” is his best film to date and I have my doubts if he will ever match or surpass it.
#53 - #50 at the link with media and pics.
http://www.popbunker.net/2009/12/2009-year-in-movies-50-54/
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