I was on an HBO trip, meaning I watched HBO everyday.  Now HBO doesn't advertise movies, rather it promotes movies only if they were allowed back stage or they made it.  It wasn't until I went back to watching MTV that I first saw the advertisement for The Blair Witch Project.
    Now this wasn't the first I had heard of this, more it was the first time I saw bits of it and got an idea of it.  I had heard on a local radio station the two disc-jockeys (Mark and Vicki of Z104.1 fame)  say that this movie was pretty good.  They stayed true to adding the suspence by not giving away any information on the film, but rather told about it that is was very good.
    Me being a skeptic of good films (e.g. Titanic), I wanted to experience this movie first hand.  On August 7th on a Saturday night, at the 9:30 showing, I witnessed the best movie in the horror genre.  Some may disagree, but how this film was made was truely an art.  I enjoy movies that film from a first person perspective.  First person meaning we view it from a person's eyes.  We see what they see when they see it.  Most horror movies view movies from a third person perspective meaning we see them, know what they're thinking and (in Hollywood's case) know what's going to happen next.  I also enjoyed how the movie was made to look like an amateur video, and the total lack of any 'movie magic' sounds/sound effects.  This film was 100% convincing.
    Now, don't tally me down for being morbid.  I believe Christopher Lambert best put it in the movie Resurrection: I don't marvel the action, I admire the intellect.  But once I think about that, it was refering to a serial killer.  I guess I admire the whole fact that it was real, it was ashtonishing, it was so damn tensifying that I admit, I walked out of the theater a little shaken.
    But I don't want you to picture me shaking from head to toe, that isn't exactly what I was doing.  To try to help you simulate how my body was, simply do this: clench both hands as tight as you possibly can, hold them in that clenched possition for 10-20 seconds, when you release them, that's how my body felt after watching this film.
    This movie may or may not scare you, it may or may not make you jump at certain spots, it may or may not even scare you on your walk back home.  But I can garentee this: You will tense up while watching this film.  I tried to be relaxed as I had heard that this film will make you tense up.  I even tried to laugh to myself, passing this movie off as a joke.  Both these methods failed as I was still tense when it was done.
    Now, did this movie make a believer of the supernatural?  No, I will never believe in the supernatural.  The only way I will is if it kills me.  Then, and only then, will I believe it.  There are times I fear the shadows, even times when I sit in my room and think about what's outside my door.  But I have always had a touch of paranoia when the night falls as the dark is known to bring out fear because it makes everything more distant to us.  And when I watch films/movies with a horror theme to it, the feeling intensifys.  This movie cranked it up further then it has ever been in my entire life.
    So how do I rate this film?  On my scale of 5 stars, I unquestionally give it (*****) and I even award it with a half a star for finally meeting my needs for a true horror film.  Thus making it the best film I have seen since Back to the Future, which has held a #1 possition on my list since 1987.  And to everyone that is reading this: see The Blair Witch Project today... or better yet... tonight.  I also suggest bringing a friend or two to talk to it about in the end with.
    Already seen the film?  Go see it again and this time bring someone/someone different.  I for one want to go back a second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth time; out doing my 5 time viewing of Disney's: The Lion King.  I want to really dig into this film, pry it open and enjoy it.  I want to become a part of it, I want to see if I always tense up as the film approches that shuttering end.  I want to see if I spot new things.  I want to see if I understand it more after knowing how it ends/progresses.  Listen to the beginning and compare the whole concept.
    As you can as well see, I never told you a thing about the actual movie other then how it made me feel.  I did this on purpose as in my own opinion you have to view the movie with no knowlage of it to fully experience the terror it portrays.  There are websites that dig into the movie already, but I don't suggest going to them until you go see the movie as viewing them will destroy some of the intensity the movie tries to build.

    I still couldn't relax while watching this movie.  I knew what was happening and what was going to happen next, but I just couldn't take that step back that we all do when we watch these kind of movies.  You know that step where we say 'This movie can't be doing this.' But it was and did, and I still tensed up.
    You might notice that I wrote this some time after watching the movie.  This is because I was sidetracked by talking to some friends who were up at night and I also had to call M@b, who was back from here expedition North.  Well, the chat with the friends I think lead me to choosing my next group of buds I'm taking to this movie tomarrow.  I just need to pry my cousin and her boyfriend apart from each other so they watch this movie and get freaked out.
    M@b on the other hand didn't even want to talk about the movie as she wants to see it and doesn't want to know 'anything about it.'  It took me a while (and a few lines of 'I'm not listening, blah blah blah...' ) to figure that 'anything' meant everything that I went through before, during, and after the movie, including this page.
    My friend who I took with me this time was like 'This movie better be good.'  Upon which I would say 'This movie is so freaking good, you'll walk away impressed.'  He then threatened me (in a way) that 'this movie better be all that I'm making it out to be.'
    1 hour and 22 minutes later, we walked out of that theater and he was all 'That movie was so cool!  If that comes out on video, I'm going to buy it and watch it at my house with the lights off, the windows covered and sitting in an uncomfortable chair.'  Well, the chair part I added, but it sounded pretty good.  On the drive home (which is 30 minutes long), he wanted to go in depth with that film.  He wanted to go over every detail so he wouldn't forget anything.  Of course he knew I had seen it twice now, so he relied on me recalling observations from both nights.
    Now, this friend knows when a movie is bad.  He watched Armeggedon and just reviewed the Hell out of it.  And the end result was very negative.  He had heard about this film and, as I said, wasn't very sure that the film could live up to it's raves/reviews.  But upon walking out of that place, he was a believer.  Once again, I express that you should go see this film a.s.a.p., for if it can make a skeptic like it, you may very well enjoy it, too.

    Well, this movie has gotten a charm with me.  People are staring to wonder if I'm okay.  I went into chat and talked to some friends about going to see this film.  Now get this: all of them had different responces that were against the film!  #1) I never judge a movie by what people make it out to be, I see it for myself.  #2) After viewing this film, I found that low budget films can be great blockbusters.  #3) JUST GO SEE THE DAMN MOVIE!!  STOP THINKING THAT MORE IS BETTER!!  JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF, DAMMIT!!
    All three of them said 'I'm going to see 'The Haunting' ('The Sixth Sense'), because it looks better.  When I watched the previews for The Blair Witch Project, I didn't know what to think of it (in all honesty I thought it was a preview for the anticipated Resident Evil Movie).  I hear people talk about it.  I never really gave that much thought towards it, in fact I had some doubts.
    I never really looked into it (reviews, websites, etc.), but I did listen to morning disc-jockeys talk about the film while delivering papers, but I was out of the car when they called it by it's title.  I sat there listening to them tell how scary this film was.  And even when I did hear the title, I just said, 'oh that, I have to see it for myself before I will agree.'
    Tonight's viewing was a hassel.  I couldn't get anyone to go see it with me.  Most had some stupid sport practice, one was grounded, the other was taking apart a car, another I couldn't find, and the last one I called and the operator told me the number was no longer in service.  In the end I went alone, which was okay for me.  But I don't stay awake as well as I do with company, so the film kinda flew by me.  I've lost so much sleep from this movie that I just waited for that last scene to come on, (my favorite scene!)  Also the night in the woods (not going to tell which night).
    I digress tonight, I'm forgetting my little review.  I spot things each time: new dialogue, things in the backround, and some things that go unnoticed.  It's hard to talk about my favorite movie concidering I don't want to give any plot spoilers away.  Basically I told all I could the first night, a little on the second.  All I really have to add is that, even after the third viewing, I still like it!
    When is there going to be a website that will have The Blair Witch Project sounds?  I'm trying to make a few of my own with the trailer sequences off the tv.  Right now I'm having trouble with my sound system, so it will take a while.  I want to replace my Resident Evil 2 sound that plays when I enter Windows with a Blair Witch Project sounds.  I already downloaded some icons off of one site, which can be found in the Webring I added today.
    To conclude, I plan on going viewing this film again, maybe tomarrow.  But I really need to make up for my lost sleep.  Parents are killing me for staying up all night, then sleeping all day.  Plus, I need to find someone to take too.  Damn, anyone in the Southern Wisconsin area (around Monroe) want to go see this movie with me? Email me if you're serious.

    I will now end this page with links to the film's main sites.  And please remember: It's only a movie, isn't it...?

The Official Blair Witch Project Page
Haxan, the Producers of The Blair Witch Project Film
The Burkettsville Photo Gallery
My Blair Quotes Page (not movie quotes, fan quotes/no plot spoilers here)
*-*-*My Secret Blair Witch Project Page*-*-*
*-*-*My Blair Witch Project Questions*-*-*
    *Note, the above two links lead to pages that contains some spoilers.  I advise to people who have not seen the film 'Do not click on these links!'  Doing so will ruin the the mood for when you do view it.*

Some Blair Witch Movie Products:

The Blair Witch Project -- Dave Stern; Paperback
The Blair Witch Project: Josh's Blair Witch Mix [Enhanced CD] [SOUNDTRACK] -- Various
    Artists - Soundtracks; Audio CD