Let's Talk About Sex Bay-Bee.

Okay, not really. We're going to talk about movies, but for some reason when I thought I'd title this "Let's Talk About Movies," that old Salt-N-Pepa song just popped into my head.

ANYWAY! Little Sister just asked if I was in Hometown because she just rented Paranormal Activity. I informed her I had already seen it and she was about to be disappointed. So disappointed I thought I might as well blog about it.

Last week, I watched Paranormal Activity. It was a terrible film. First of all, I'm a bit biased, movies filmed to play like hand-held camera movies (a la Blair Witch) annoy me. They annoy me a lot and they don't scare me anymore than regularly filmed cinematic screenplays. So, the first scene start, I groaned, and decided this movie was going to need to get better fast.

But, it didn't.

I'm a huge fan of scary flicks and quite prefer the ones that are more likely to happen. For instance, I find movies dealing with ghosts more scary than those with wolverines or monsters. This movie could've been incredibly scary. It had potential, but it failed. There is no way people were as scared as touted by the adverts for this movie. It only won people over who actually believed it could be a true story. And, while it could be a true story, this movie was not a true story.

And, IT SUCKED!

Now, last week I also saw District 9. I had heard the name of the movie, but never the plot. When the first scene introduced us to characters with accents, I asked the friend who rented it what it was about, he wasn't really sure. I should note here that while I love movies about the paranormal, I hate movies with English/South African/Australian/Irish/etc. accents.

Then there were giant prawns.

I thought things were going downhill fast and I would need to ask to change to another movie, but surprisingly District 9 appealed to my distorted attentions. I actually enjoyed it. Which is probably not something I should admit because I checked online and lots of people think it sucks. I would probably think it sucks had I known what it was about before watching it.

But, I just felt so bad for those poor prawns! And, that little baby prawn? MELT MY HEART.

Okay, so maybe that's drastic. In sum, Paranormal Activity will disappoint and I can't recommend District 9 because I'm not sure if I would've like it had I known what I was getting into before watching it.

Watch both movies at your own risk.

"Let's talk about sex, baby
Let's talk about you and me
Let's talk about all the good things
And the bad things that may be"
-Salt-N-Pepa