And here we are 20 years later

Rating: 5/10 (8 July 2019)

When this movie first came out it was cultural phenomenon. This was, I get it, since this is a pioneer found-footage genre movie. No one has actually done anything like it before. But what is the main principle of this kind of pictures? Realism. We have to believe it's true, the camera is not outside of the story, taping it - it's basically one of the characters.
Hence we get what we get - this genre was in fact very timely. Being just a way of cinematography language nowadays it's completely left its predecessor, its founder behind.
The Blair Witch Project could only be made twenty years ago, when it was possible to make it look credible enough for us, viewers, even if just for a second to believe that this all might have actually been true (or forget it couldn't). It helped that the actors were all no-names and the Internet was long way from where it is now.
Of course if you look close enough and are picky enough you'll find tons of inconsistencies, but we have to treat it for what it is - cultural phenomenon.