Whats all the hubbub, bub?

Rating: 2/10 (22 October 2002)

My official review of the Blair witch Project.
I watched it again yesterday and it is still three of the most annoying half wits i have ever seen roaming around a wood for 90 mins, before getting whacked by a tramp.
Could someone explain to me why this film is sooooo amazing? I grant you it's a great use of the budget', but so what? If I came across this on late night channel 4, I would have thought O.K student film. Annoying but has potential'. When it is putting itself up with the big boys it gets judged on its comparative merits. Which are very few. I was glad all three protagonists were murdered. I had so little sympathy for their whiny antics I felt like doing it myself. The acting was lame (But it was a low budget'. So what? They were still rubbish) and the ending was an anticlimax (albeit relief) to say the least.
I have to say, though, I don't hate this film as much as I did. When Blair Witch mania hit I had every student and wannabe film critic telling me I had to see it' The indie film of the century' this'll show the big studios'. My personal backlash was so savage I couldn't have a conversation with anyone about it without shouting Your wrong! Its rubbish and you are stupid!'. But now I am calmer. But those who like it are still stupid. And as for those who say its one of the scariest films I have ever seen'