"Tell us where you are Josh!" - Excellent Movie

Rating: Null/10 (12 August 2003)

Student videographers Heather, Josh and Mike enter the woods near Burkittesville, Maryland. The premise of the movie is that, one year later, their footage (from a cam-corder and an 8mm camera) is found and aired. But enough about the movie, which I enjoyed. What really blew me away was the IDEA of The Blair Witch Project.

The idea for this movie was fresh and interesting. 1st person video/film, with a simple cast and spontaneous dialogue. They get into some trouble, and as their situation worsens, they cope with it as humans would. Suspense is high, as is empathy for the characters. The emotions they produce for the camera are as real as they need to be.

For movie-goers suffering under the yoke of such intellectual midgets/hollywood heavyweights as Jerry Bruckheimer/James Cameron, I think this just what was needed; a bunch of rookies who go out and spend about $20,000 and make one of the best movies of the year.

Warning: for people who are big fans of the above-mentioned dough-heads, your attention span is probably way too short already. Don't both with Blair Witch. This is a movie for those who still wish to be challenged by the cinematic medium. It's no insult to the film for me to say it was a difficult movie to watch. But it was worth it.