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Rating:  - A slight departure from the original...
Sure, there are a few awkward scenes and bad one-liners, but all in all, this flick is not too shabby. It departs from the format of the first Blair Witch movie, and with the exception of the occasional spoof of reference to the original, this movie goes off on it's own with the subject all together. The overall feel of the movie is quite surreal and is sure to creep you out once in a while with the "did they or didn't they" suspense. Sure, it wasn't the summer blockbuster when it came out, but it is certainly worth a viewing even if you did not like the original.
Rating: - I Liked It
In my opinion this is a lot better than the first Blair Witch because the casting is superb, the acting is halfway believable, the realistic costumes and it doesn't pretend to be reality.
Rating:  - blair witch 2
after watching the first one, i am for sure that this one is nothing less than the first one. the second one will be just as good as the first one. thanks.
Rating:  - I feel guilty about saying this...
...but Blair Witch 2 is an atrocious movie. The sad part is, it could have been so much better; and if director Joe Berlinger is to be believed, it would have been if it had remained under his control. The story goes that he was pressured (read "forced") by the studio to add in scenes of gore and nudity that clashed with his vision in a misguided attempt to make the movie more profitable; I feel bad for the guy, but whatever the reason, the movie is just horrible, no two ways about it. Blair Witch 2 retains little if any of the Blair Witch mythology of the original movie, and next to none of the suspense. The one and only conceit that's even remotely clever, that of having the characters share their names with the actors who play them in an homage to the original, gets old really fast; unlike the first Blair Witch, where the actors were ad-libbing everything and therefore would want to use their real names to maintain the realism, the sequel is an obvious work of fiction, so what's the point?
Which isn't to say that the movie is a complete loss. The twist ending is clever, or at least it would have been in a different movie; the score isn't half bad, aside from the Marilyn Manson song at the very beginning ("Disposable Teens" might make sense in this context, except all of the actors are obviously at least 20 years old), and the goth chick is fairly entertaining. There's even a few in-jokes about the original film here and there. Unfortunately, if you combined all of these things into a movie in their own right, you'd end up with an eight-minute-long film.
I've read that Mr. Berlinger had never directed a feature film before, and has vowed to never attempt it again. Can't say I blame him. Unless you're a die-hard completist or you're feeling particularly guilty about something and looking for a way to flagellate yourself cinematically, avoid this movie in any way that you can.
The DVD has a few extras, notably a mini-feature explaining the concept or "Esrever." (It's "Reverse" backwards. Get it? Now that you got it, do you really want it? Didn't think so.) It's a little hazy, but the idea is that every so often, something about what's on screen--usually something in the background--will change in some subtle way, and the viewer is supposed to spot these and be consumed by the warm fuzzies at their own cleverness, I guess. Since none of them have any real bearing on the plot, there's not much point except to kill an afternoon.
Rating: - Very original and very creepy!
I loved the Blair Witch Project, and I was surprised to find that I really enjoyed this sequal as well. It didn't try to copy the first movie, and the acting and the atomsphere were spot on. It was really creepy, and I actually had scary nightmares after seeing it. I would recommend it to anyone who likes original and kinda out there horror, and if you hated the first movie, there's still a chance you may like this one.
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