 | | Blair Witch Project - Thoughts? —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | To All, My friend rented this movie this weekend, and after watching, I can't seem to find what the big deal was. I saw some parodies on it, and the actual movie was just stupid. I was actually rooting for whatever killed the filmmakers at the end. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Blair Witch Project - Thoughts? —Ben Roller
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| | | | | (...) As with many movies like this, the mindset you have while watching makes or ruins the experience. I first saw the movie on opening night at the midnight showing at my favorite theater back home. I had seen very little commentary on the film (I (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Blair Witch Project - Thoughts? —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | | Ben Roller wrote: < snipped Ben's oberservations > Good points, seeing it in a theater always helps. I am not really scared by anything anymore, much less movies. I have been looking at the official website for this a little this morning, was this a (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Blair Witch Project - Thoughts? —Ben Roller
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| | | | | | (...) The movie was promoted as if it was real and as you've probably seen, the official site is full of back story material that makes the movie seem more realistic. The movie was not based on a true story, but they thought that promoting it as if (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Blair Witch Project - Thoughts? —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | | To All, Thanks for the responses, I don't know why this perplexed me so much, now I have a better understanding of it. My fiancee got motion sickness from this film, and I just got frustrated. The website does seem to have a lot more information, (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Blair Witch Project - Thoughts? —James Brown
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| | | | | (...) I didn't bother finishing to watch it. The whole gimick of the show depends on you buying into it, and about 20 minutes in, I saw something that shattered my suspension of disbelief - I left to avoid spoiling the mood for the people that (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Blair Witch Project - Thoughts? —James Brown
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| | | | | | | (...) Doh! c/it's/its James (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Blair Witch Project - Thoughts? —Erin Windross
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| | | | | | | | (...) cost (...) ???????? (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Blair Witch Project - Thoughts? —Eric Brouwer
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| | | | | | What was the slip up? I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, and did not notice anything? (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Spoiler... (was Re: Blair Witch Project - Thoughts?) —James Brown
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| | | | | | (...) I don't think it's a big deal, but just in case.... SPOILER!!!! SPOILER!!!! SPOILER!!!! SPOILER!!!! SPOILER!!!! SPOILER!!!! SPOILER!!!! SPOILER!!!! SPOILER!!!! SPOILER!!!! SPOILER!!!! SPOILER!!!! SPOILER!!!! SPOILER!!!! SPOILER!!!! SPOILER!!!! (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Spoiler... (was Re: Blair Witch Project - Thoughts?) —Ben Roller
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| | | | | | (...) The official web site had the interviews as they were filmed (not edited like in the movie), so if anyone needs a refresher, I'd go there. I'd have to agree that the fishermen were the worst actors in the movie. They weren't SUPPOSED to be (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Blair Witch Project - Thoughts? —Adam Yulish
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| | | | (...) This movie *really* affected me; such that I would go so far as to say I was not stable after seeing it. Had I known what I was in for, I would have not chosen to go. Shortsightedness and a complete lack of common sense at the time enabled my (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Blair Witch Project - Thoughts? —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | Adam, (...) Hmm... I know I do that from time to time as well, such as why did I just spend 300.00 on LEGO? :) I can tell it would affect some people though. (...) Well, I know I am usually on one side or the other (Usually on the right ;) ), and (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Blair Witch Project - Thoughts? —Adam Yulish
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| | | | | <snipped intro stuff> (...) I've found that content in dreams doesn't necessarily correlate with feeling. I've seen some "very bad" stuff, and have been unaffected by it, and I also once had a dream about smurfs that scared me senseless; I remember (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Blair Witch Project - Thoughts? —John DiRienzo
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| | | | | | Adam Yulish wrote in message <3893398D.617B42FA@ee.net>... (...) Sounds a lot like what I call life affirming versus non-life affirming, to an extent, so I can see where you are coming from, I think. (...) I am getting the impression that you say (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Blair Witch Project - Thoughts? —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | | | John DiRienzo wrote: < Snipped John and Adams Discussion of Blair Witch for clarity and length > (...) This is what my pastor is saying, and I tend to believe that myself. Since God (At least, in Christian and Jewish beliefs ) is without sin, any (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | The Nature of Evil (Was Re: Blair Witch Project - Thoughts?) —Adam Yulish
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| | | | | | <snip> (...) By no means. There's a big difference in defensive vs. offensive (a false distinction) and reactive vs. proactive. Defense and offense are really the same thing; both are defined in terms of what provoked them. "Reactive" is exactly (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Blair Witch Project - Thoughts? —Ben Roller
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| | | | (...) Did you also see 12 Heads In A Duffle Bag the same night? No wait, that's 8 heads, nevermind. ;) I saw that this movie was coming on TV the other night but missed it. Ben Roller (25 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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