I really don't want people to take this the wrong way, but I am absolutely shocked by the negative reaction that people have been having to the Blair Witch Project. I think the criticism's are even scarier than the movie is. Has hollywood conditioned your emotions so much, that you couldn't emerse yourself into this movie and be petrified???!!! I am SO SCARED!!!! Really I am. 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"), but the fact that you couldn't feel. I mean people should do psychology experiments on you. What on earth is scary to you then? When hollywood "suprises" you with special effects and a quick montage!!!??? Neve Campbell in a tight shirt screaming bloody murder?????!!!!!!! Something you can put a face on and see and hear and know clearly????!!!! 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. 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. Again, I don't mean to offend anyone directly, I'm just flabbergasted in general. B&S content: Well sort of: all you new wave 80's kids should check out Barcelona on March Records. Its some great indie-pop with lots of casios. Philly content: Should have went to Sorted on Saturday but went to Silk City instead. Mistake. Other than a fine speech on ornithology and bird calls, Arling & Cameron were posers and thieves. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+