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Post by Tweek on Oct 1, 2016 18:04:35 GMT -6
Rather than focus on the negatives (which are there), let's look at what was good about Blair Witch. What did you like about it?
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cropsy
rock pile disturber
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Post by cropsy on Oct 2, 2016 5:08:34 GMT -6
I think that it was genius that Lane had an older camera that recorded on dv-tapes. It was a really clever way to pay homage to the original. That is how you do it, not just copying scenes and situations. Best thing about the new movie.
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Post by Tweek on Oct 2, 2016 8:11:44 GMT -6
The house. They nailed it there. That was a set. They built that for the movie. Not an existing house. The stairs. The basement. Home run.
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Post by DanLaw83 on Oct 2, 2016 16:15:59 GMT -6
Loved the house, and quite frankly I loved the time shifts! Interesting!!
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Post by bw.asylum on Oct 2, 2016 16:26:13 GMT -6
I loved the last half hour, loved it even more after reading the writer talking about the ancient evil and how what we see wasn't Elly. The little nods to the original were spot on. That tunnel scene was so claustrophobic and very well done.
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Post by slimetent on Oct 3, 2016 8:20:55 GMT -6
The house is an obvious highlight. .. even more after reading the writer talking about the ancient evil and how what we see wasn't Elly. I love the notion but on it's own ground, the movie fails to deliver on that premise. On the contrary the movie actually suggests what we see is Elly based on the mythology addition of her being 'stretched out' as a backstory. I understand that, based on the writer's comments, this was perhaps the evil taking the form of Elly via protagonist interpretation, but the movie itself never gives us that information, nor reason to think it's the case. Here's hoping for some deleted scenes on the BR that actually put this whole concept into play within the movie itself - perhaps some extra bits from Lane.
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Post by bw.asylum on Oct 4, 2016 13:51:39 GMT -6
The house is an obvious highlight. .. even more after reading the writer talking about the ancient evil and how what we see wasn't Elly. I love the notion but on it's own ground, the movie fails to deliver on that premise. On the contrary the movie actually suggests what we see is Elly based on the mythology addition of her being 'stretched out' as a backstory. I understand that, based on the writer's comments, this was perhaps the evil taking the form of Elly via protagonist interpretation, but the movie itself never gives us that information, nor reason to think it's the case. Here's hoping for some deleted scenes on the BR that actually put this whole concept into play within the movie itself - perhaps some extra bits from Lane. Yeah that's true, I guess I'm just wishful thinking. Even on my first viewing, I thought it was Elly. Multiple viewings and reading the writer's comments obviously make you hopeful that they could be true.
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Post by Tweek on Oct 4, 2016 19:05:51 GMT -6
I'm curous about what scenes were cut out of this film. It's got a fairly short run time. I wish they had spent more time in the woods. And not jumped right into the action so quickly. The main item of interest in the first one wasn't the noises or the rock piles or the stickmen. It was the mental and physical breakdown of the characters as the days pass and they realize they are not getting out of the woods alive. That something evil is toying with them and waiting to pick them off when they are at their weakest. The cat-and-mouse game. The new one had none of that. It clubbed you over the head with jump scares and loud noises and shakey cam. Perhaps there was some good stuff left on the cutting room floor? Hope so.
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Post by DanLaw83 on Oct 8, 2016 0:44:33 GMT -6
I did find the stickman connect to the body and being crushed intriguing.
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Post by Tweek on Oct 15, 2016 12:22:36 GMT -6
They had the rock piles too. Although there is only a quick shot of them.
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Post by DanLaw83 on Oct 24, 2016 14:09:34 GMT -6
That body crumbling was the part that really got to me!
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