Can you say boring?

Rating: 1/10 (11 February 2000)

Alright, so this movie did wonders for the independent film industry; it showed a low-budget film could do just as well as a multi-million dollar film, but it does not mean the movie was good. I viewed this movie based on the great reviews it was getting, but I left the theater wishing I had waited for someone to rent the video so I could watch it. Maybe it is because I live in a heavy wooded area, but I found nothing bone-chilling about the movie. It got a little boring watching people scream at each other for an hour. The ending was kind of neat, but the story until this point left me checking my watch to see how much longer until the end. People raved about the camera work in the film. I appreciate artistic film work, but an hour and a half of shaky camera work, and many shots of pitch darkness is not a movie, it is a bad home video. Yes this camera style functioned well in scenes, but it became an annoyance several times. Maybe I am old fashioned, but The Blair Witch Project will not be my favorite terror movie. As far as I am concerned Hitchcock will always be the master of terror and suspense (and masterful camera work).