I
would give this movie about 2 out of 5. The Blair Witch Project was one
of those movies that may be good the first time you see it, and then it
gets worse every time you watch it after that. This movie was good the
first time watching it, I was young and in a dark room full of friends.
Not, watching it almost 5 years later, it is definitely not as good as
it seemed the first time. I think that the writers did a good job of
trying to scare people without the gore and blood that are usually
present in horror movies. I believe that the writers wanted people to be
scared even when they left the theater, not just when they were in the
theater. Movies like Paranormal Activity 1,2 and 3, which are more
modern “mocumentaries”, also tried to scare people without the
violence.
Although the movie did not have the violence of other horror movies, there was other substance to the movie that the writers tried to use to make it scary. Some things that they tried worked, others did not. The “actors” are not trained in acting or using a video camera. In the beginning of the movie it was very slow, I wanted to fast-forward through the first 15 minutes or so, just to get to the part where they were in the woods. As I was watching I wanted to fast-forward again, because nothing really happened until about an hour into the movie. After the pointless random interviews in the beginning when the actors finally started talking, they were shooting like they were supposed to be shooting a documentary but it was VERY dramatic, and it just did not fit the rest of the movie. When she was shooting the opening scene in the cemetery, she was very serious and depressing but it just did not seem to fit the rest of the movie to me. There was a huge difference when the actors were reading a line from a script and when it was improvised, the lines from the script were over dramatized and did not seem natural at all. The script was also very cheesy in some parts. When I was watching the movie for the first time, I thought that the shakiness of the camera made the movie more scary and realistic, but when I watched it the second time I got very dizzy and could not even watch it during some parts. Also, I know that the directors were trying to make it seem more “homemade” and less professional, but the lighting was really bad and did not fit with the scary mood the whole time.
I also think that there was too much unnecessary screaming. The screaming just got very annoying after a while. There was also a lot of swearing. So even though I know people probably would not let their children watch this, I don’t think that people that get annoyed by constant cursing should watch this movie either. Overall I just think that the movie may be good to watch once, just to experience, but after you watch it once, it is not worth wasting your time and watching it again.
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Although the movie did not have the violence of other horror movies, there was other substance to the movie that the writers tried to use to make it scary. Some things that they tried worked, others did not. The “actors” are not trained in acting or using a video camera. In the beginning of the movie it was very slow, I wanted to fast-forward through the first 15 minutes or so, just to get to the part where they were in the woods. As I was watching I wanted to fast-forward again, because nothing really happened until about an hour into the movie. After the pointless random interviews in the beginning when the actors finally started talking, they were shooting like they were supposed to be shooting a documentary but it was VERY dramatic, and it just did not fit the rest of the movie. When she was shooting the opening scene in the cemetery, she was very serious and depressing but it just did not seem to fit the rest of the movie to me. There was a huge difference when the actors were reading a line from a script and when it was improvised, the lines from the script were over dramatized and did not seem natural at all. The script was also very cheesy in some parts. When I was watching the movie for the first time, I thought that the shakiness of the camera made the movie more scary and realistic, but when I watched it the second time I got very dizzy and could not even watch it during some parts. Also, I know that the directors were trying to make it seem more “homemade” and less professional, but the lighting was really bad and did not fit with the scary mood the whole time.
I also think that there was too much unnecessary screaming. The screaming just got very annoying after a while. There was also a lot of swearing. So even though I know people probably would not let their children watch this, I don’t think that people that get annoyed by constant cursing should watch this movie either. Overall I just think that the movie may be good to watch once, just to experience, but after you watch it once, it is not worth wasting your time and watching it again.
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I personally have never seen this movie before. I've heard of it but never took the time to watch it. Based on how you describe the movie I would probably agree due to the fact that bad/shaky camera work annoys the crap out of me because I feel like I can't see everything that's going on. Also, lighting annoys me for the same reason which is why I didn't like batman. Just by reading your review I got a sense of how the movie would be and I think if I watched the movie I would probably agree.
ReplyDeleteI have seen this movie over a hundred times (i like to watch scary movie)...and now I just laugh at it! You're right it's only scary the first time you see it and it is very dramamtic and the shaking of the camera justs makes it even worse. I do believe though it is just one of those bad movies you see over and over because there is something you like about it even though it is just bad. The idea of the mocumentry is good, they leave a sense of mystery and suspense but I think once they start eveolving with it like Paranormal, they will get better.
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