The Blair Witch Project - re:View
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Since I believe on September 8th is the 50th Anniversary of Star Trek, I suggest either a re:View discussion of one of the original films or a commentary track. :)
Or maybe a Best of the Worst on the three worst Star Trek films...
I mostly remember thinking what a cool idea it was to make a movie that looked like it was found footage. It was a more innocent time!
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Agree. I watched it on a rental VHS at my parents' place, which is next to a big forest. It was definitely creepy!
Finally something I disagree with. I found the BWP to be absolute trash when I saw it in theaters. Now, this may have been due to the hype that forced me into the front right corner of a packed theater in a hick town that resulted in both a headache and motion sickness but it had no substance and spread this nonsense "found footage" genre even further... which is a plague on modern movies.
Blair Witch was good but has been ruined by parodies. Way too many of them. I never want to see snot drip out of a scared woman's nose again. It would be a kind gesture if in the new one they will do the farmer's blow.
I remember seeing it and loved it. Except that someone like me that grew up in Alaska knows that if you get lost in the woods and find a river, you follow it down river. People live by water. That's it.
But what if those people are the ones building cairns and blowing snot on your tent?
I was "actually"(get it?) in my early twenties when I saw this in theatres a hundred million years ago, and it just seemed like a clever hollywood scheme to make a whole lot of money. Kind of like paranormal activity and pokemon-go. Btw, you're hair looks fabulous Susan.
Left this on youtube, but lol on you guys finding it so I'll repost. "23 now, but I watched The Blair Witch for the first time about two years ago. I was thoroughly impressed with what I saw. I'm not sure if I'd say I found it scary, more uneasy and fascinating (but it certainly did increase my heart rate at times). But I thought it held up very well and was far more genuine than most horror movies I had seen. It's quaint, small scale nature and its nebulous story greatly added to the atmosphere." Additionally I should say that I didn't even know about the website before hand, though I was aware of the directors methods of legitimately fucking with the actors.
It requires a healthy suspension of disbelief.
Blair Witch or the re:View? Jay and Mike being on opposite sides than normal does hurt my immersion.
Really great discussion about the film and the question of Horror holding up. I saw Blaur Witch in the cinema (14 at the time) abd knew it wasn't real as it was released in Germany months later. But I still found the final scene to be one of the most haunting hirror-scenes ever.
I'm 28 and never watched it :( I recall all the hype but wasn't into movies much then.