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This movie is not as bad as people make it out to be!

posted 12 years ago by take_exit3
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I'm not a huge fan of this series, but I enjoy it. I really liked the first one, thought the second one was ok but fairly boring. And I really liked the third one. Thought it was the creepiest of all. I went into this one expecting it to be the worst movie of all time. Like up there with Troll 2, especially after reading Harry Knowles (Ain't it cool news" recent review of it calling it "borderline unwatchable". I watched this last night and I do not see how it's any worse than the second one. It was far from perfect, but I still enjoyed it. Here are the pros and cons I came up with:

Pros:

1) Maintains same look and feel as the first three
2) Has creepy children in it, like the third one which I always like
3) Has some good suspensful moments in it\
4) None of the characters were extremely unlikeable
5) Has more Katie in it than the previous 2
6) For being the fourth installment of a horror series, it really could have ben worse.

Cons:

1) Too many unnecesary jump scares that were never actually supernatural related.
2) The editing over all was not the greatest, it seemed to frequently cut out in mid conversation, at least in the extended version.
3) The ending left something to be desired. Kind of confusing and not very scary.

So overall, I think it was a very satisfactory movie for being a part 4. There has got to be some people out there that agree with me right???

[–] Misterico 12 years ago

I actually liked it. The first one is still by far the best but I feel that out of the 3 that have followed, this one was the best one.

Glad to see it end like this too. Opened up multiple possibilities of what we actually saw.

Surprised to give it a 7/10

[–] StineSnifflington 11 years ago

I think its a good movie! And i cant wait for the next one

[–] NotThereYetBuddy 11 years ago

It is up there as one of the most illogical movies ive ever watched

[–] Bullingdon 11 years ago

The first is a modern horror classic but the series gets worse with every new movie. It's not like I expect a new PA to innovate much but the formula is just tired at this point. While the second Blair Witch sucked at least it attempted a different approach to the material. Not here. We're just beating a dead horse at this point. The mythology is not really being explored or advanced which is too bad because there is an interesting story to tell here but the filmmakers/producers are just too lazy to do anything with the franchise beyond remaking the same movie over and over.

[–] Doc110894 11 years ago

It's just kind of an average sequel. I don't get what's so horrendous about it.

[–] CoSMiGoNoN 11 years ago

Yes, it IS really bad, the worst of the series.

[–] koffeenkreame41-1 10 years ago

I'm not a huge fan of this series, but I enjoy it. I really liked the first one, thought the second one was ok but fairly boring. And I really liked the third one. Thought it was the creepiest of all. I went into this one expecting it to be the worst movie of all time. Like up there with Troll 2, especially after reading Harry Knowles (Ain't it cool news" recent review of it calling it "borderline unwatchable". I watched this last night and I do not see how it's any worse than the second one. It was far from perfect, but I still enjoyed it. Here are the pros and cons I came up with:

Pros:

1) Maintains same look and feel as the first three
2) Has creepy children in it, like the third one which I always like
3) Has some good suspensful moments in it\
4) None of the characters were extremely unlikeable
5) Has more Katie in it than the previous 2
6) For being the fourth installment of a horror series, it really could have ben worse.

^^This. I LOVE all the PA films, I don't get the hate or the ratings for the last two films.

"I am the ultimate badass, you do not wanna `*beep*` wit me!"- Hudson in Aliens.

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