The Most Original Movie Ever

First of all, MWG, there is a bit of a difference between Mayhem posting a link for a trailer and essentially saying, "Hey guys, take a look at this (the trailer)" and you saying, "Hey, this movie is getting great reviews and the people who have seen it love it! Spread the word!" or something very much to that effect. There are 7 (count em) reviews at RT. Almost all of them are from sites that promote horror flicks. The one positive review from Variety is interesting, but not very compelling. Variety publishes reviews by a variety of critics and the opinion of one is never to be construed as an official endorsement by the magazine.

Second...I don't particularly accept your notion that reviews from the people at horror sites are necessarily a favored source. I'd be more inclined to listen to people who aren't getting paid to pimp those films. By the way, if I want to know if a new candy is good, I'll look at the ingredients and if they are appealing, I'll try it myself. The very last people I would ask for an opinion would be children. If, on the other hand, I were getting paid to promote and sell the candy, children would undoubtedly represent the lion's share of endorsements I offered to the public.  

Nor am I  particularly surprised that horror sites haven't been positively reviewing Halloween 2. They most likely are as sick of remakes as we are.

As for District 9, I saw it myself, didn't like it...some people here did. That is fine. The point is that those of us here who discussed the film ultimately didn't rely on someone else's opinion. Those who haven't seen it can make a more informed decision on the basis of very divergent views of the film and at least allow them to understand that this is a very different film than they might expect based on the trailers.

How convenient that you make an excuse for Variety but when they give a negative review for a film listed here, all of you guys appreciate it than with the grain of salt you're taking their review for PARANORMAL ACTIVITY.

I'm not "making an excuse" for anyone. I'm making a statement of fact. Dennis Harvey is one of several critics on the payroll of  Variety Magazine. The opinions he offers as a critic do not necessarily represent an official endorsement by the magazine. Whether he says something positive or negative about a particular film, it represents the opinion of Steve Harvey, not necessarily Variety. I defy to you find a single instance where I, or anyone else on this board has quoted a critic who's work has been published in Variety where any one of us ever said, "Variety Magazine said 'xxx xxx xxx xxxx' about Movie Y." I think most everyone here understands that individual critics or columnists are paid to voice individual opinions. Endorsements are made only by collective editorial boards.