Hello everybody, I don't get mad very often, but I'm slightly, um, peeved now. If it wasn't for the extremely supportive show of anti-Blair Witch sentiments--we're going to start a club, you know--I wouldn't send this to the list, but I feel the need to defend all the others on the list who didn't like this movie. Sorry if it offends anyone who liked the film, just remember how bad I'll feel tomorrow for sending this, if that makes you feel better. Scott Turner writes:

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Not just that most of the criticisms completely didn't know how to deal with the movie on its own terms ("uh, the character development was a bit shakey",... "uh, the dialogue left alot to be desired, I think hemmingway could have done a better job with it"),<< Okay, here's what I have a problem with. Besides the fact that there was NO character development, the dialogue sucked! I hate Hemingway, but at least he wrote sentences that didn't always contain the word "fuck." How can you accept that as decent dialogue? Those actors were obviously running out of things to say, and it was painfully obvious. They'd sort of look around after a while, say, "Um, FUCK!" and then look very pleased with themselves.

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I mean people should do psychology experiments on you. What on earth is scary to you then?<< I can tell you what's NOT scary...obnoxious people running around in the woods. I was rooting for the Blair Witch, especially in the case of that Heather chick. She should have been the first to go, she reminded me of too many people I went to school with.

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A confessional ending that ties up all the loose ends for you, puts your emotions in a tidy little package until the sequel???!!!! I am really interested to find out what you'all think is frightening.<< I do enjoy it when the movie is CLEAR as to what's going on, but oh god, that's probably just me being dumb, huh? Have you ever seen an Alfred Hitchcock? He manages to be scary and clear at the same time.

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In Blair Witch, there were no suprises, no sexual exploitation, no special effects, at all, yet if you emersed yourself into the experience, it was absolutely frightening. The film technique was truly inventive and forceful. See it without prejudice. Shed the emotive programming and feel something fresh for a change. Leave your insulation of jade and irony at home, and expose yourself to something new.<< Heather, you can be honest...we know it's you, darling!!

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