Paranormal Activity

(Sunday night): I went to London yesterday (Saturday) to see my friend Amy (it was her birthday recently and she's one of my best friends anyway, so we figured why not) and had a brilliant time. I had to take a bit of a risk as I don't think my parents would have liked the idea of me going off to London on my own to meet someone they don't know, so I had to lie to them. I know that might not seem like a big deal to most people, but my parents really trust me and take stuff like that pretty seriously. It was totally worth it though, I got away with it as well! We walked through Sutton (pretty glamorous, amirite?) and (surprisingly) got tired of it pretty quickly. Amy suggested we go to the cinema, in fact it was the only thing she could think of doing (she planned this day well, as you can see) so we went to have a look at what was on. We went past an odd looking vending machine that vended (I kid you not) some kind of popcorn ice cream. The picture on the machine literally looked like multicoloured blobs of what can only be described as some kind of hybrid snack. They really know how to live down in Sutton.

We simultaneously decided on Paranormal Activity once we had seen the film choice (it was a pretty cool moment, we are pretty cool) and so we bought a couple of tickets. (Monday): The actual film wasn't on for about another 45 minutes though (yet again fantastic planning) so we walked around Sutton again (oh, the joy). The highlight was visiting the pet shop and watching Amy go all gaga over a chinchilla. It was pretty damn cute though (and so was her reaction). Someone should get it for her or something, she'd be ridiculously happy. After a while we trudged back to the cinema (Amy complaining the whole way because it was up a slight incline) and took our seats over to the far right.

Now, I wouldn't really call myself a very big fan of the horror genre (although I have seen a few good horror films) but Paranormal Activity was one of the best films I've ever seen, easily capable of converting even the most horror-averted of people. I won't spoil any of it for any of you readers who are considering seeing it, but it's just done so differently to the 'stereotypical' horror films you seem to see everywhere; it really does defy all the clichés. Okay, well maybe it sticks to one. The whole film is based around the classic 'things that go bump in the night' scenario and though that doesn't sound very original, it has been filmed with so much realism that you almost feel like you're experiencing the film yourself. The film gets progressively scarier as you get more and more into it, as a result the ending is the scariest and best ending to a film I have ever seen (everyone in the cinema jumped a few inches off their seats). Unlike other horror films that rely on gore, violence and vividly disgusting scenes designed to shock the viewer, Paranormal Activity relies on very basic human fears and emotions to create something that is very believable (despite the idea of the paranormal being central to the story). There is hardly any gore or violence explicitly in any of the shots, but I don't think I have ever been more scared than when I was watching it. I urge everyone to go see it, it is a thoroughly enjoyable film and a very unique one too.

Amy also took some pictures of me with her very flashy camera because quite frankly, she knows beauty when she sees it. Her camera has a very long extendable penis I mean lens, she is compensating for her tiny one. The pictures produced from this high quality photoshoot were both amusing and good, she just needs to upload them to facebook now and we can all be happy...