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.

[Damage Inc.]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

Unless a movie is a clear blockbuster and the studio has let it be known another edition is coming, do not expect the number of double-dips we saw on dvd. A movie like Paranormal Activity is simply not going to get a re-release on Blu-ray. Enjoy the current Blu-ray, because that will be the only edition for purchase in the U.S.

Well, EVENTUALLY it will get a re-release, most titles usually get released at least 2 or 3 times.
But the films that aren't as big will of course take longer to be released again.
I'm also pretty sure that you can be safe with buying the current one,
cause you'll have to wait quite while before another would be out.

[Damage Inc.]

Originally Posted by connect42

The big difference is that you will never see me saying that a movie is the "worst" ever or was "the most overhyped of all time." Statements like those are just meant to irritate people who did enjoy the movie in question. The post I commented on had nothing to add to this thread.

Yeah, indeed.
Some people come on threads like "THIS MOVIE SUCKS AND IS WAY OVERRATED!".

And I get warnings from this certain moderator that I'm a "thread-crapper",
while all I do is occasionally complain about ugly artwork
and also ASK something about packaging or something like that.
Which is not as useless as totally ripping on a film for no reason.
Just what the hell?!

[demers_60]

Originally Posted by connect42

You appear to own GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra, so I am not putting much stock in your opinion of movies.

zing!

[Sir Platypus]

Did I just witness a "Your collection sucks" battle? Neat.

Anyways, I don't think we will see another release of this for a while. Some would even argue that it would take away from the (and I hate saying this) "true story" value of it. The movie leads you to believe it is a true story and seeing "Making Of" might detract that for some people. Although it would be fairly interesting if they had a roundtable discussion reflecting on the success of the film.

And just for the hell of it, I didn't care for this movie either. Biggest disappointment of the year for me. But it seems there are a hell of a lot of fans, so I guess there are some out there who love it to death.

[demers_60]

I'll be honest and say that i was not very impressed with the movie either. But I did/do like it enough to have bought it on DVD and will buy it on BD when the price drops. In my opinion, the best part of the movie is Katie Featherstone. Just something about her I loved.

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by connect42

You appear to own GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra, so I am not putting much stock in your opinion of movies.

You own the Day the Earth Stood still. How's it feel to have the same stupid arhument used against you?

[connect42]

Originally Posted by gamma626

You own the Day the Earth Stood still. How's it feel to have the same stupid arhument used against you?

You seem to have missed my point. You will never find a post where I call any movie "the worst movie ever", "overrated", "overhyped", or say that something "sucks".
I also own Over the Top. Many people think that sucks. My point is that everybody likes something that somebody else thinks is terrible, so stop visiting threads about movies and posting off topic rants and opinions. If the thread is titled "The Day The Earth Stood Still Sucks ... what do you think?" then go for it. The thread this guy posted in posed the question about a Special Edition release of a movie.