Paranormal Activity

Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! Filmed in 2007, but more popular in 2009 this is a MUST SEE movie that will not be playing everywhere. You can see if it is playing in a theatre near you or vote for a theatre near you here. Yes, HERE!

I don't think I have been genuinely scared at a movie, since... Well, okay, since H2, but this was way different! Because after H2, I could go to sleep; after this movie, my adrenaline was pumping FAR too much to go to sleep and it took awhile for that to settle.

Don't be fooled into thinking that this movie is real! I never thought it was real, it just had me going.

Now, a lot of people have been comparing this movie to the Blair Witch Project. This can be explained do to the filming style. This is filmed much the same, with great exceptions. First, Paranormal Activity is mainly filmed from a tri pod as we are viewing the activity happening as the couple is asleep. Second, when the camera is moving, it is moving slowly and not flopping all over the place, like in The Blair Witch Project.

Another thing that makes this film so realistic and believable is that it is an Indie film, meaning no one in the movie is on the Hollywood A list, or the F list for that matter.

OH! The ending is also left open for a second movie; although building off of this would be a mistake and probbaly bomb and destroy the originality.

Expert Says: 5 Stars; if you have the chance, don't miss out on this movie!

Orphan

Why does a Mom (Farmiga) who already has 2 kids (Bennett & Engineer) want to adopt a grown child from a different country? There might be some Angelina Jolie in the hearts of all Mom's after all.

Unfortunatly, this orphan has a deep past that she'll do anything to protect from surfacing, no matter what the cost.

Through her tricks and play Esther (Furhman) fools everyone except Kate into believing she is a harmless little girl. Kate must fight to protect her children and get Esther far from her house and husband. Only, no one believes her and only after she is forsed into the hospital does she get hard evidence as to Esther's true identity.

This movie keeps your attention. It's suspensful, mysterious, and dramatic. The ending is left open for a secquile, one I will want to see.

Expert Says: 4 Stars; don't take the kids; curl up on the couch with popcorn; you can't miss this one.

District 9

This movie was so different than anything I have ever seen. It's like Blair Witch Project meets Men in Black. The filming is set up like a documentary. UGH, I know right? Lousy documentary movies where you miss half of the action and have no clue what is going on the other half. Well, this movie is not quite like that. It's sort of a documentary with excellent film quality and a steady hand; there is commentary though, but it doesn't take away from the story.

So, as the previews show one might think this movie is all about the Aliens invading Earth and not leaving Africa. It's kind of like that but there are other background stories.

First, the Aliens really don't WANT to be there, they just can't get their ship working to go home. By the way, they are not even allowed to go to their ship (some sort of government regulation). Also, the main character, played by Sharlto Copley, has a dramatic story, with another Father and Son relationship going on.

So, you have guy evicting aliens, aliens wanting to go home, father and son, what else? WEAPONS!

Holy crap! Some of those weapons were INSANE. Alien technology is WAY above anything humans have come up with. Let me rephrase that, it is above any human technology that the GENERAL population knows about. I say that because like the government is going to tell anyone if we have some cool weaponary!

So, this movie also made me cry. HEY! It was the father and son relationship that got me, also a small part with someone who I think might have possibly been the mother of the son. But that's just me talking.

The one think that I would like to point out about this ENTIRE movie is that it appears to be EXACTLY how any government would react if this were to ever occur in "real life." Don't underestimate your government. They were the ones who told you Neil Armstrong landed on the moon in 1969 and Area 51 doesn't house aliens.

The ending of the movie is left open for a sequal; I will be going to see it.

Once you watch the movie and see what it is all about go check out 5 Things You Didn't Know About District 9, by Meredith Woerner.

Expert Says: 4 Stars; go see it; keep an open mind.