Paranormal Activity Special Edition???

[Moviemaniack1993]

Originally Posted by cinemaphile

Actually, the word of mouth was overwhelmingly "what's all the hype about? That sucked!" It did well because of the marketing department. They were able to manufacture pre-release hype and curiosity, only to have people hugely disappointed when they actually saw it. But they dont care. That's the movie business these days. Do everything you can for a huge opening weekend, and it won't matter if there's huge dropoffs after that because peole hate it.

...and I dont know why you keep bringing up GI Joe. That sucked too, but has nothing to do with this conversation.

You're wrong. Word of mouth is what had this topple Saw VI in its opening weekend. If people said it sucked then it would not have done as well as it did. I saw it 3 times in theaters and every time people loved it and were actually genuinely scared. The marketing was genius, the whole DEMAND IT angle, but if people were uninterested or didn't speak well of it then that would have never worked. Bottom line is, critics praised it and the majority of the public did as well.