The Blair Witch Project

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Summary: short but powerful
Review: this is a movie that most people will either love or hate. I'm somewhere in the middle. I don't love it, I don't hate it. I was aware of its hype when I saw it. I can't say I was really scared, but I found it quite entertaining, especially the interviews in the beginning. The trio of filmmakers and the people they interviewed were very much like normal people, which gave this film an eerie feel of reality that made us care about them. I don't recommend seeing this on video, because it's so short some people might feel cheated. But I definitely recommend the DVD. It has many extra features including a commentary track and a documentary. Rent it first though. It's a movie so original it deserves to be seen once at least.

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Summary: I was one of the lucky ones.
Review: When I went to see this movie in the theatre, I barely knew anything about it. I saw a few trailers on TV. but did not really get too interested until my friend called me to see it. For a good solid hour I sat and watched what I thought were three people who were really in trouble. This was one of the very few movies that I truly was scared and the only one that I could have turned off or walked out on. It was not until after the movie did I question the reality and other aspects that make a person say "wait this can't be real" Of course it wasn't as I shortly learned. My point is that I saw this movie the way the film makers wanted this to be seen. By not knowing much about this to begin with, I was allowed the luxury of full attention and imagination. What ever these people were doing it worked for me quite well. The DVD is a great buy with some nice extra features. I just had to add it to my collection.

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Summary: 0 Stars If I Could
Review: This is the worst, most overrated movie of all time. Anyone could make a scarier movie with $20,000 and a video camera. If this was intended to be a comedy, it would get five stars. But wait, it's a horror movie. More like horror-able.

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Summary: In style with M.R. James!
Review: In most horror movies, nowadays everything has to be explained with visuals. The Blair Witch Project VHS~ Heather Donahue is a refreshing movie in the sense that what one does not see is ultimately the most scary. This is by no means a new method, was effectively used by the well-known Ghostwriter M.R. James, and is used in this movie. Heather Donahue is astounding in her role as the over confident college student Heather. The movie has similar traits to Deliverance (both movies are about a group of people whom think they can master their surroundings and end up going insane in one way or another). The scariest part of the movie is not during the night; it is when they realize that they are back at the same spot, i.e., the same log. This is a play with their loss of control of time and space; and can be said to have copied David Lynchs "Lost Highway", were the main character loses control over his environment and this ultimately leads to insanity. The groups over confidence is also a nice touch; they say they are there to make a movie. However, they never pay attention to what the people say, i.e., the crazy lady (whose name I cannot remember, or the old fisherman whom says something along the line "crazy kids, why don't they ever learn). Overall, this movie, i.e., The Blair Witch Project VHS~ Heather Donahue is both scary and thought provoking; and these qualities are very hard to find in one movie.

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Summary: Blair Which(?) Project
Review: This is one of the most boring films I have ever seen. My sister and I nearly fell asleep watching it, and could barely wait for it to end. The three protagonists were totally unbelievable (well, I can't believe normal intelligent people wouldn't get their act together and work as a team to solve their problem, after the initial blame directing). I understand they've made a sequel (or a prequel). Sitting through another would be much more a nightmare.

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Summary: It's not creative genius
Review: Simply put, I'll never be convinced that they did not steal the entire premise of this movie from the Last Broadcast. That being said, the first time I saw the Blair Witch I admit I was caught up in the entire concept. Now I see it as a horribly flawed movie made by people who certainly don't know how to tell a story. The greatest flaw in the entire movie is simply that the movie can't exist if they turn the camera off. Unfortunatly, its hard to convince the average viewer that someone would continue filming after being stalked in the woods and losing one of your counterparts. In that situation I would have also followed the direction of the planes that you can hear flying over head through out the movie. I wouldn't buy the dvd.

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Summary: A pretty good horror movie
Review: I'll be quite honest, horror movies aren't my thing, science fiction is. So when my friend begged me to go with him to see this, I thought it was gonna be like all the other ones, so fake it isn't funny. I was totally wrong! When the movie finally ended, I was scared stiff. If you live by woods, it will make you think. This is a movie that gets under your skin and will stay there. 3 students go off into the woods of Burkitsville, Maryland,formerly Blair. They go in expecting to do a documentary on the Blair witch, but what they get is more than they bargained for....

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Summary: No Frills, No fear, lots of Yawns....
Review: This is absoutly a waste of money. Some kids go out into the woods with a camera and come back with what is a really lousy film. It isn't scary. It isn't funny. It isn't pleasant to watch. I do not mind new styles or experimentation in filming. But this does not work. Only good point is the very end...if you remeber...but what it has to do with a witch....Nothing. Do not see this.

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Summary: Overrated, disappointing, yet it could have been great!
Review: The concept behind this movie was basically raw is better, and raw leads to realism. This movie was filmed with a not-so-professional camera in order to add a natural, uncontrived feel. This would have worked if the script were a little more developed. Natural is not cursing every two seconds. I mean they couldn't say a sentence without throwing in about five curses and blaming each other for being lost. There were a few suspenseful parts, especially the end but for the most part the horror was lacking. They tried to go for the whole mental breakdown thing, but it did not succeed. Great idea, however this overrated flop only attempts to scare you with it's colorful language.

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Summary: Believer...?
Review: It's one of the worst movies of all times....! There's simply NOTHING ! It's not a film; it's a pure crap..A bunch of students trying to scare u by shouting,crying..etc.etc. They'r pathetically trying to persuade u that they'r in danger.. followed by a creature that they call "witch"! C'on people, no one will buy that kind of crap..! P.S. Don't waste your TIME & MONEY....!