its ok

Rating: 1/10 (17 August 1999)

Blair Witch Project neither *stinks* nor does it live up to the hype about it. i would give it 5 out of 10 stars, and the only reason it would rate that high in my opinion is because it IS original. During this film, several people got up and simply left, my friend included....she said the film gave her a bad case of motion sickness. Immediately after the film, there were many loud exclamations from all over the theater, such as *that sucked,* * what a bulls*** movie,* etc, etc. Many of my friends are positively livid in their expressions of anger over what they consider *a piece of crap which i was suckered into seeing by the critics.* Personally, i really REALLY wanted to like this movie....some of my favorite online movie critics, including my very fave, Scott Renshaw, gave this movie 10 out of 10 stars, calling it *brilliant,* a *masterpiece,* etc. To me, Blair Witch is original, pretty well-acted, a little creepy, not scary, kinda funny, mostly boring. This film could have been SO MUCH SCARIER and BETTER: the premise is great, and the acting was good, but the buildup of tension just was not there to any substantial degree. A BIG disappointment.