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Summary: irritating at best
Review: I went to see this movie thinking it was going to be a fun, scary movie.... This movie is boring, slow, and irritating. I wanted to slap that girl just to get her to shut up. This is the first movie I have seen in a long time that I felt like asking for my money back. Don't even bother watching this piece of junk, you would have more fun watching paint dry.
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Summary: This is the worst movie ever
Review: OK, I bought the movie and i just finished watching it...my stomach hurts and i am angry at my wasted money. The movie is NOT scary whatsoever and the whole thing is a shaky camerad peice of garbage! Most of the movie was spent between the three arguing with eachother.
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Summary: Horrifying, and a HUGE influence on my life...
Review: Now, with the last part of my title, some people may see me as an idiot, but it wasn't the way they may think. After seeing this film, I began doing some research on witchcraft, and not long after became a witch myself. This is how the movie influenced me. But still, this is one of the scariest films I have seen in a while, and I must have seen 150 different Horror movies, and this is not only original, but like I said, scary as well...OK, so, however much later, what, two years? Since I wrote this, I dunno, it's May 13th, 2003 now, so whatever. Bottom line, I'm not a witch anymore, just never found much merit in it, provided to me anyway. And I figured that this was important to let everyone know that...
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Summary: *slaps forehead* And people thought this was real...
Review: Not bad, if you like shaky cameras and bad lighting. Don't even get me started on the sequel.
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Summary: Your fridge is scarier, and more intelligent
Review: I tried to figure out why this movie wasn't scary. I've got an active imagination and am skittery by nature so I'm always seeing boogeymen everywhere. The idea of someone stalking me in the woods should have me clinging to my seat, right? Well...in theory. In practice, The Blair Witch Project is less scary than that Girl Scout sleepover I had when I was nine, and more childish. The premise: 3 students head into the woods at the request of Heather the Filmmaker, in order to find something out about the Blair Witch, a mythical being who killed some children, or maybe some men, a long time ago. Heather doesn't really believe (or does she? it's never that clear, and frankly, not a big issue), and the guys are just there for her to order around, until everyone gets lost and they start seeing creepy sticks and stones outside their tent. Obviously something or someone is in the woods with them, and now the three need to get out alive. The problem lies in the fact that not only are the three main characters horribly annoying, they're also just not that bright. Apparently Heather, Mike and Josh were sent into the woods to ad lib most of the film. Things might have gone better if they'd had a script. The most prominent word of dialogue is "fuck," and this, along with every other line, is repeated ad nauseum while the three stand around, sit around, lie around, and whine. It's a poor reflection on this generation that they have absolutely nothing intelligent or interesting to say not just for 90 minutes, but for a supposedly terror-filled 90 minutes in which they're facing their own deaths. The most offensive of the characters is definitely Heather. As the female in a horror flick she's not wearing high heels, but she might as well be. She's supposed to be a documentary filmmaker, but when was the last time you heard a documentary where the subjects were constantly interrupted by "right, hm, mm-hm, yeah?" She also films herself on camera, and with affected tones tries to raise the subject out of campfire tale status. She talks down to her companions, cries, films everything in sight (one would think that if she was really terrified she might not remember to turn on the camera), and is generally an embarassment. It's not clear if the filmmakers intended to say something disparaging about women, but the effect is much the same. Unfortunately, the cinematography (such as it is) is no more redeeming. I couldn't believe that I was being asked to watch a movie where 70% of the time the camera was pointed at the ground. This is supposed to create tension? This illuminates the situation? Does pointing an Instamatic at my compost heap make me Dorthea Lange?? The worst part about it is that having nothing to look at, all that's left is the dialogue. It's an endless cycle of stupidity masking as creativity. It's hard to believe that this movie grossed over 100 million dollars. More than that, it's depressing. I'd like to think that young people, my generation, would have something edgier, more enlightening, racier, more clever to identify with. There are stupider movies perhaps, but at least they don't pretend to be anything else. This movie's only scare is that it will influence horror films for years to come.
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Summary: Terribly disappointed! Boring! Two thumbs down!
Review: I would have rated this movie as worth zero or negative stars if I could. Sigh.... This movie has been promoted to be one of the most scary and suspenseful horror movie. Well, I was waiting patiently in anticipation, but nothing really scared me. I was disappointed after the first hour, but still decided to watch til the end. Finally, I could conclude that the movie is just a total waste of time (for me as an audience). It projects to me a low budget hodge-podge mix of video excerpts made by amateurs. I know that the intent of the movie is to similate a documentary taken by the three students - however, it doesn't have the impact on me as a viewer. The constant panning and shifting of camera angles just makes me dizzy. And there is little, if at all, any scenes or storyline that makes the viewer feel involved in the movie. I know that I would only be scared if and only if this is genuine documentary. Unless one is capable of operating on the precept that this is a genuine documentary, otherwise, I guess you would be equally disappointed. Nothing is revealing to me in this movie, and I deeply regret having wasted my time watching it. If you are looking for a thriller, horror or suspense movie, I would not recommend this.
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Summary: er...helo,ther's no ending to this so call..FILM???????
Review: i myself did not like it at all,could'nt under stand the ending. abad film with bad actors.......
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Summary: An innovative and interesting approach to filmmaking, but...
Review: ...it does have its flaws. I've been waiting a long time to write this review, because I know that everyone in the world is debating whether this movie was cheap, overhyped idiocy, or creative, imaginitive, and a very scary film. The sides are pretty clearly divided. My first viewing of it in the theater when it first came out was one of the most frightening I've ever had [I saw a midnight showing]. My heart was racing when I saw those children's handprints all over the wall of that house. The reason it scared me and the reason it didn't scare some people, is because you have to use your imagination. So it really depends on whether you can do that or not how much it will scare you. The atmosphere, the isolation, the fear, the slow maddening of these three people... You have to watch this movie as if this were true, these were real people, and this was the footage they recorded. When I bought the movie after it was released on video, I watched it several times, and thats when I began to pick apart the flaws in it (yes, there are moments when their acting is pretty obvious, and you can tell where an adlib had just taken place), Much of that had to do with the fact that the actors and actresses were told to adlib, and basically they tried too hard in some parts. So I can't tell you this is a brilliant film by any means, but if you go along with it, it can be genuinely frightening...
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Summary: One of the best horror films I've ever seen
Review: It's difficult writing a review without revealing some of the plot details. Therefore, before you read any further, ensure you have seen this film - otherwise STOP HERE! Now then, we're dealing with a release with similar traits comparable to other horror movies. But there's one remarkable difference: it was filmed using home video cameras held by the cast (students on a college project), and the audience is actually seeing through these lenses. This seemed to make it more thrilling than a film that's requires camera precision, and it was an original idea. It really felt like I was one of the group. Very few films have this quality of involving the audience at a closer level. Unlike the Hammer horror films, and other recent ones like Bram Stoker's Dracula, there's surprisingly little blood and gore - well, except for one scene when she opened a clutch of twigs. But this isn't an essential requirement: the storyline itself managed very well on its own. It's gripping, intense, and full of suspense. I found myself wondering what the heck was making those strange tapping noises, and thought, 'don't go out there'! But, against better judgement, perhaps inevitably, they did. I also felt a certain sense of anquish at their plight, all the while hoping they'd come across a road or some homestead - yet deep down I knew it wasn't to be. First they lost the map, then they lost their wits, what was left of their humour had soon dried up, they fought amongst themselves. Perhaps one message in this film can be summed up in three words: faith, determination, teamwork. If you keep your head and concentrate, then you might avoid a slow, tortuous death. Towards the end, what became of Josh? Where did he disappear to? Was he killed by rednecks, savages untouched by civilzation - or had the Blair Witch legend come to life and sought sacrifice? What truly happened? The end was shrouded in mysterious tragedy. A sudden blow to the head, and it was all over. There is one final theory: did Josh take their discovery of the wicker men one step further and went psychopathic? If you remember, he MIGHT have been the one calling to them in that ramshackle house. If so, was he a victim, or a murderer? With so much speculation, this film proves to be one of the best in horror fiction. I won't be camping out in the woods - ever again!
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Summary: Scary the first time...SPOILER
Review: I saw this movie twice. I liked it a lot because it was not all blood and guts. It was different and intelligent. I could tell by the ending that it was too perfect to be real, but they could have played it out a little longer. The movie was revealed as a hoax two days after its initial release. That did not ruin what I thought about a 5-star movie. What ruined the film is all the controversy about it being a rip-off of another movie. THE LAST BROADCAST is a slightly better movie. But in the end, I came to realize one thing: THESE FILMS ARE ORIGINAL ONLY IN THE WAY THEY ARE FILMED. The stories are nothing more than a twist on all of the FRIDAY THE 13TH movies, which is a HALLOWEEN-clone, which is a play-on PSYCHO. AND ALL THESE MOVIES go back at least to some resemblance to the original THE HAUNTING, which was based on THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, by Shirley Jackson. You want scary? ALL of these movies have elements that will frighten you, but it all ends up just being in your head--so to have true fear, try a few nightmares of your own. There is nothing more wicked than one's own imagination to scare him.
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