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  • 8 years ago
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    I'm disappointed to learn that this was nominated for worst movie of the year and the protagonist won worst actress. Still, it was critically acclaimed overall so I shouldn't mind too much.
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  • Ulty wrote his opinion about The Blair Witch Project
    9 years ago
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    This is the kind of movie where no middle-term exists - you either love it or hate it.

    I love it. The atmosphere is palpable, and is what makes it so scary. Instead of showing you what the hell is going on, or setting this overly complicated plot, the movie resorts to what actually makes us scared: the things we can't understand. The movie never clearly shows you what's going on, or even give some explanations. You legitimely feel like you're going along with these characters. It sucks you right in, and everytime night comes you're legitimely frightened by every single noise you hear from far away and every scream. It's not the noises themselves that are scary, it's the fact you can't see or understand where they come from and why. It drives you insane!

    And you do care about these characters because the movie does a great job at making them likeable and relatable. The acting is phenomenal, and the brilliant directing makes it a truly immersive experience.

    A masterpiece!
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    • MasterCrash
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      Editing … A masterpie - Ulty, 2014
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    • Nodley
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      Editing … Agreed, a truly great masterpie.
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … But... I'm in that middle ground. I don't love it or hate it. I just think it's "good" :p
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    • Ulty
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      Editing … I ended the review with 4 characters left, why does this still cut off? This has been an issue since Unikgamer, I thought it's been fixed already :/
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    • Nodley
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      Editing … Masterpie is much better. From now on this is the word I will use.
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … Edit out that filthy "ce!" at the end.
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  • Wrl6199 wrote his opinion about The Blair Witch Project
    9 years ago
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    One of the scariest movies ive ever seen. also do not watch this movie alone
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    • Dr Eggnog
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      Editing … I watched it alone. I was hardened by playing Silent Hill games as a kid. That said it's one of my favorite movies I've seen in the last few years.
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  • 9 years ago
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    The marketing campaigne for this movie was nothing less than brilliant - Many opening weekend viewers thought they were watching genuine footage of an amateur documentary crew that disappeared. It helped spark legit intrigue that the official website was loaded with police reports and interviews documenting the disappearance of said crew. The crudeness of the footage and the performances also really helped sell the illusion that you were possibly watching the final moments of three human beings.

    However, that's about as much praise as I can muster for this flick. IMO, the last 15 minutes are really creepy...... if you watched it in a packed house on opening weekend back in 1999. It has almost zero rewatch value - everything up until the final 15 minutes works like Nyquil - and the intense hype and curiosity that fueled it's incredibly successful release has long flickered and died. The unsuccessful sequel actually holds up better, in my opinion.

    It also doesn't help that the concept was lifted wholesale from Cannibal Holocaust - A 1980 Italian produced found footage film (the first of it's kind, I believe) about......wait for it............ a documentary crew that disappeared while filmming the indigenous tribes of the Amazon rainforest. Switch Cannibals with a witch, and you've got The Blair Witch Project; only Cannibal Holocaust still holds up surprisingly well, and will personally always be viewed as the Real McCoy.
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