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Originally posted by PR3SSUR3
But there you have it: closure.
Why closure?
You might think a mysterious burning person/thing would still mess with people's heads later on, at night, when they're trying to forget about the film... but such a part-revelation wouldn't trouble anyone familiar with the endings of The Car and suchlike (i.e. the "witch" is either a person/creature or supernatural force, which we've kind of narrowed it down to already).
That is the manipulative skill involved in the ending (indeed the whole film) of The Blair Witch Project - the creators show you little, and tell you just as much, but the consideration that has been put into the execution of those final scenes leaves us gagging for answers and pondering over what the truth could possibly be... whether we like it or not.
Note must also be made of the extraordinary sound design here - do you hear those ominous "screams/screeches" as Heather is nervously moving downstairs? What are they? They don't sound like they are coming from her... This ambiguity increases the nagging uncertainty we are left with long after the end credits roll.
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I already said it'd be a different film all together and the film wasn't manipulative to me, it was boring. I sat in the theatre the whole time checking my watch and I'm sure a few heavy sighs were involved. I didn't like the movie and I didn't like the ending. It's my opinion, no need to argue with me about it because your little insights are all things I've heard before I'm sure. I know lots of people who like this film and that's great, I'm glad they enjoy it; I don't. (On another note the sound was very good and the marketing unparalleled.)
Can we include endings that we liked but were so sad we "hated" them? Grave of the Fireflies had an incredibly heart wrenching ending, it has to be one of the bleakest movies out there but I loved it.