Wow! This is a little ridiculous. Variety reports the movie theater chain, Cinemark, has pulled the Paranormal Activity 2 trailer from "several theaters" in Texas. Apparently they received a number of complaints from moviegoers stating the trailer was "too frightening." (pause) Uh, what? Then I heard this trailer was playing in front of Summit's The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, which opened yesterday, and then it made a lot more sense. Those whiny teeny-boppers couldn't handle a good movie preview if they saw one - clearly. But then I thought maybe this is just a ploy to create more buzz for PA2. Hmm...
PA2 is obviously going to be marketed on thrills and chills. And now hearing that the trailer was so scary they had to pull it from theaters makes it all the more temping. I think this is a pretty good way to built up hype surrounding the sequel to Oren Peli's low budget horror flick. Anyway, the trailer had to of been approved by MPAA first, so I'm sorry if a couple people can't handle a few minor scares. That doesn't mean everyone can't handle it, come on, get over it! Twilight fans (of the films that is) can be so annoying! If this isn't some ploy, I think Cinemark caved way too easily.
"I don't know what space exploration will uncover, but I don't think it'll be exploration just for the sake of exploration. I think it'll be more the fact that it allows us to see things. That maybe we should have seen a long time ago. But just haven't been able to until now."
Some of the scenes were filmed at the Coachella Festival in 2017, where Lady Gaga was the first female headliner in ten years. Festival-goers paid ten dollars to see the scenes being filmed, although recording devices were locked away to prevent any footage being leaked.
I feel film matters because we use it to tell stories about who we are as a society. They are a record of what makes us human and what concerns us in our everyday lives. Film has the power to transform emotions and it gives us opportunities to expand our horizons. It has the power to connect us to a whole new world outside our own. It's magical. Moreover, film is the most prevalent form of communication and entertainment in the postmodern world. Even while we are mindlessly absorbed in a favorite entertaining past time, we are subtly and unconsciously washed with layers of cultural values. Some films are fleeting entertainment while others are truly magnificent, dazzling, thought-provoking works of art.
Long Live Film!
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