Warning! The Blair Witch is NOT real!

Rating: Null/10 (20 July 2000)

Because Blair Witch was one of the most-hyped movies of the year, my sister and cousin, when I took them to see the movie, could not believe that it was only a movie. For two weeks afterward, they insisted that the Blair Witch was real, and that Josh, Heather, and Mike were really victims of her evil. Miraculous that their video cameras could not stay steady for a three-second stretch, yet remained impervious to three *years* of rain damage until the footage was found.
As for my opinion of the movie? I, as I usually do, decided to gauge public reaction to the movie before I decided to spend $8 seeing it at a first-run movie theater or wait a few weeks to see it at the $1.50 movies. The problem was, everyone's reaction to it was either "I love it" or "I hate it." I liked it, although it's really hard to enjoy a movie that makes you physically nauseous. "Anyone who gets carsick should not see this movie on the big screen," would have been a good tagline for BWP. I only went because my sister, who usually is a harping female dog, decided to suck up to me, since she can't drive.
All in all, BWP was an art house flick that got over-hyped. I've heard it compared to Titanic, in that it was touted as "the biggest movie of the century" yet was a big disappointment. I wouldn't go that far. I personally liked it and bought it on video (for $4.99 at a Blockbuster used-videos sale), but I haven't attached a meaningful sentiment to it, like "BWP is an excellent movie because it makes you look into your soul." I wouldn't say that, either. It's just spooky, because, no matter what you think of the movie itself, you cannot say you would not be scared s***less if you were in the same situation as these people. THAT'S why I liked the movie.