Well, I understand that, but if it was antic climatic BS in your eyes before, it was climatic BS this time, just for shock value (wasn't even that shocking) and not related to the plot, and Toby's design was honestly lacklustre, before the Mythology was born I imagined him to be a tall abomination towering over humans and animals, with 3 toes (footprints in powder) and the head of a goat, with influence from Baphomet imagery like the book in the first one, something truly scary, you know? but all we got was just a black CGI mess, and there wasn't even any innovative gags like the pool cleaner in 2, teddy ruxpin or Bloody Mary in 3, kinect in 4, simon in TMO, and that's not even the worst part, no Katie Featherston the main star of the show which was the beginning of all the Mythology, no kitchen scares like the cabinets in the kitchen in 2, everything in the kitchen falling from the ceiling in 3, knife in 4, and last but not least, the time travel ending of TMO.
This was just Paranormal Activity going Hollywood, the delay didn't even help the film one bit, the script writers were on some 'hallucinogenic substances'... that time travel ending that made no sense and doesn't give us ANY answer whatsoever combined with the stupid decisions and paradoxical situations? No words, in the most negative way.
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jmbwithcats
9 years ago
Ya, these movies are so bad, the bar couldn't really drop any lower, so that when they disappoint now, I'm not surprised. But this one at least fleshed out a story, yes, the ending and Toby was a return to POOR form, but a lot of the other stuff I did enjoy in the moment.
I guess there's no accounting for taste ;)
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gladoscake
9 years ago
Well, the franchise as a whole being bad in your eyes is a completely different story to this film.
To be very truthful this did not flesh out any form of storyline, it was just plot-holes and paradoxes topped together and at the ending it just falls apart like a stack of cards.
What other stuff did you exactly 'enjoy' in the moment?
flat acting and obnoxiously annoying family that made dumb decisions?
cringe-worthy movie title that forgets what the main Villain of the movie actually is?
CGI monsters?
CGI hands bursting out of chests?
Cliché Antichrist plot elements being inserted every second?
Cliché 'for dramatic effect' phrases being inserted every minute?
never ending plot-holes?
absence of a normal flow and pace that a Paranormal Activity film usually has?
Lack of dimension, originality and creativity in scares and plot?
absence of originally established plot points from previous films?
cliché happy family with no flaws or quirks and nothing to give them dimension or depth?
cliché gimmicky 3D FX which is something that doesn't belong in the found footage genre?
the fact that it won't be remembered like the other films?
the fact that the Animators and Producers inserted CGI to blind the audience from what a mess the actual plot is?
the fact that it had the most lowest box office ratings unlike the other films?
the fact that it didn't have a chance with the franchise's editor chosen as the director when only he would know of basic details and not what completes the films?
the fact that Katie Featherston was completely absent?
the absence of original characters that had a big role in the franchise and therefore NO excuse to leave them out?
the absence of answers to questions?
the time travel paradox ending that destroys what credibility the movie has left?
the fact that it was basically the '10 ways to not make a found footage film'?
And it's just crazy, it was only 2015, if it was written by the original writers who shaped the Mythology into what it is today, it would of HAD a chance and maybe just maybe, not contract the awful disease that seems to strike sequels of movies which is known as 'Sequelitis'
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