Rating: Summary: haunting, but not that bad Review: This was probably the weirdest movie I've ever seen. It's not anything like any other movie that's ever been made. It's about three teens that get stuck in the woods and keep finding strange things while they videotape just about everything they do. It's sort of like it never really starts though. After you watch it, you and your friends will talk about it all day, trying to figure out what really happened and what the movie was about. That's what made it stand out from all the other movies, and I actually liked discussing it the rest of the day, so it was alright for that reason.
Rating: Summary: THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN STARING AT TRESS FOR TWO HOURS! Review: The whole appeal of this film as I understand is that it had you asking yourself "What would I do if that was me?" The only thing I thought when watching this film is "Why did I pay to see this!" The plot I must admit did have possibilities. If they would have made it in the tradition of "Scream" or "I Know What You Did Last Summer" it could have been better. The photography killed the whole movie. The unsteady movements were enough to make you throw-up! The dialogue was insipid. The character seemed like nothing phased them. All they did was argue! I could of stayed home and watch my parents! Some points were interesting which is why I gave two stars. BUT AVOID WATCHING THIS FILM!
Rating: Summary: The Blair Witch Hype Review: Sitting in the darkness at the movie theater or at home, watching with the lights off the Blair Witch Project or should I say not watching the Blair Witch Project since some scenes where not only out of focus but in total darkness with added dialogue included post production, but I am getting ahead of myself and giving you the conclusion without even giving you the damn map.What begins, as pseudo documentary on a myth or fictionalized story of the Blair Witch project becomes the worst nightmare for the three characters in the story and yes, we must admit, the audience at large. For we travel with them to the path to no knowledge, since we do not know what the director nor the actors want to do with this project... here is a clue... confuse us and keep us in the dark. What made the film work in terms of numbers ($$) was the well executed publicity machine provided thanks to their website. It was the biggest promotional idea since the discovery of flyers that can be posted anywhere. Millions of Netizens who gathered on the web (those night owls that apparently have no life) discovered via the click of their mouse the Blair Witch Project and the rest was history. The best promotion is the word of mouth and as curiosity peaks so does the film project at Sundance... which has become a Pseudo Art Film Festival. Now, back to BWP, this film supposedly works on the old hat trick of what you do not see scares you. Well, it really worked, because you cannot see the actors most of the time nor understand them neither figure out why any of them carried a cell phone? But the worst scenes in the film are what you do not see... count them: 15 minutes of darkness interspersed with you sitting out there seeing nothing. Just project a pitch-black scratch old negative here and there and we have ourselves ART FILM (Film Noir... Literally). The Blair Witch project fails in many things, whoever goes to camp without some sort technology, beeper, cell phone satellite communications... an extra compass, a sense of direction... well deserves The Blair Witch Hype curse, meaning if you sat through it and enjoy it... well I feel for you. It is and should stay a modest student film project that triumph due to its publicity machine and including greatness on the same sentence with this film is sad and a disrespect to film makers around the world, I mean it... a film is weigh by is timeliness... time will tell. Rent it on DVD and hear it with the commentaries of the director and writer... wait how can they be writers, the actors wrote their own material.... hhhmmmmm
Rating: Summary: THIS MOVIE SUCKS Review: Blair witch was the most dissapointing media hype movie of the year. When I saw it at the theatre, the audience reaction was of disgust when it was over. A lot of people asked for their money back for this horrible movie. If u really want to see it, rent it first before you waste your money on buying it.
Rating: Summary: BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD. Review: This is one of those movies that you either loved or hated. I hated it. I will not disparage those that liked it, I just question why? WHY? There is a poular movie out called "Ten Things I Hate About You." My review is "Ten Things I hate About Blair Witch Project" 1. The Hype 2. The fact that the amount of money it cost to make ($38,000) and the amount it made ($130 Million?) is trumpeted from every mountain top. I don't care how much it cost to make or how much it made, it was a bad movie. 3. The shaky camera work. I know, I know, it had to be like that in order to insure realness, but it gave me headaches and feelings of car sickness. 4. The girl in the film. How annoying can one human being be? I wanted the two guys to feed her to the Blair Witch. 5. The way the producers tried to play up the angle that the Blair Witch was real. I hope this does not offend anyone, but only a UFO watcher who wears garlic necklaces would believe that the movie was a true story. 6. The movie's overbearing fans. The movie's fans are offended by anyone who didn't like the film. They should be offended by their own taste in movies. 7. The cheesiness of the "witch scenes." They were not scary and the little witch symbols in the trees which were supposed to be eerie were boring. 8. The bandwagon critics. Every critic and their sister gave this movie a good review for fear of being "Hollywood Establishment." Critics always give dumb, boring movies good reviews because the movie has some new concept. New and novel does not always translate to good. 9. The Ending. This ending is novel and new? Who didn't predict the ending and who doesn't see a "must see" sequel coming soon to a theater near you? 10. I might have been over ambitious in my stating that I have ten things that I hated about this movie. Sorry, but nine reasons should be enough to persuade you to miss this movie.
Rating: Summary: Don't waste your time and money! Review: I was really looking forward to seeing this movie - hopefully this would be the ultimate scary movie that I've been waiting for! I started watching the movie (a friday night, alone in my new house). After about 30 mins I started wondering when the scary part was going to start. After 45 mins I was getting irritated by the constant whining : "Oh my God! I don't have any cigarettes left! " - So! Don't smoke - who cares? After 60 mins I was getting seriously tired of the movie : Three young people lost in the woods - whining - yelling at each other ... CONSTANTLY! At this point I wanted so badly to slap each one and tell them to grow up! After 79 mins ...... something happend .... it actually looked like something slightly creepy was going to happen - - and it did! - for about 12 secs - then came the credits! I was left sitting in my sofa thinking : "WHAT? THAT'S IT? What was all the fuss about?" The only thing scary about this movie was all the good reviews! Boooooooriiiiing!
Rating: Summary: YOU NEED IMAGINATION Review: I find that if you don't have imagination and you just can't see getting scared with out witnessing the big slimmy monster and you would rather have lots of blood, gore, and death then you will hate this movie with a passion. But if you tend to let your imagination run away with you and you are able to picture this happening to you then you will love it. This film portrays it as if you are there with them and you only see and know what they know. There are now super brave heroes and there are no slimmy creatures. Only the dark, strange noises, and something constantly watching you. I liked it because it is very realistic. The characters panic, cry, and blame one another just like any normal human would do in real life. But i still prefer the blood and gore as well so i am in between. So you make the choice.
Rating: Summary: Grand achievment in Cinema and Horror Review: First here I am going to discuss why I loved this movie, then I am going to go over why some people did not like this movie (for those of you who haven't bought or seen it yet, so that I might aide you in deciding). Much like the Billy Rae Cyrus song, "Achy Breaky Heart" this seems to be one of those things that you either love to death or hate with a passion. While I hated the aformentioned Cyrus song, I loved this movie. The plot was mildly creeping in the beginning and built up into something so utterly terrifying that it set itself in my spine and gave me chills for hours after watching it (and as an avid horror fan,I am immune to horror;it is very rare something creeps me out in the least, and this terrified!) The premise was original in itself: a movie done like the unedited footage of a documentary (not of people making a documentary, but only footage that would have been seen by their two cameras--one black and white and one color. Many complain of the characterization, use of profanity, and unstable camera shots: the characters were actually quite realistic as college characters and any complaints are probably because the characters weren't the larger-than-life pretentious people of most movies; the profanity was part of the characterization and it's frequent increase was an accurate way of showing the increasing horror of the characters; and the wobbly camera shots were there because the cameramen had no tripods and were filming much like you'd expect a film to look for a college project. I saw one reviewer complain that it looked like a college students product--that's not a complaint, that the ! POINT! of the movie. I believe the primary cause of disliking this movie is a result of a weak suspention of belief or the viewers unwillingness to try to suspend disbelief. If everything must make perfect sense for you. the way things socalledly do in the "real" world, don't watch it (or just about any horror movie for that matter). If you know you are going to be biased against it because you go into the film knowing it is untrue though presented as if it were, don't watch it. But I must say that not to watch this movie or not to be able to suspend your disbelief will cause you to miss out on one spectacular film.
Rating: Summary: This movie reeks! Review: I would have assigned this movie minus stars if that option had been available. If you are afraid of your own shadow and your IQ matches your shoe size then this is the movie for you. However, if you have any gray matter in your head you will avoid this movie like the plague. It is definitely the worst movie I've ever seen. This movie should have a subtitle, "I'm Gonna Make A Cheap, Boring, Waste of Time, Idiotic Movie and Hype It To The Rafters So I Can Rip People Off and Laugh All The Way To The Bank!" Being from the Capitol Hill area of DC I can tell you that listening to the bologna espoused by our elected (and wannabe elected) officials is infinitely scarier than anything this movie has to offer
Rating: Summary: awful insult Review: This is an awful insult to any viewer's intelligence. All the numb-skulls had to do was follow the stream. I can't believe anyone with an IQ above a rabid baboon could like this. They must not have had anything to do in the day or two it must have taken to film this thing.
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