Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 Movie Review

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  • Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
  • I just want to let you know how hard it is for me to re-watch this movie.
    A group of tourists arrives in Burkittsville, Maryland after seeing The Blair Witch Project (1999) to explore the mythology and phenomenon, only to come face to face with their own neuroses and possibly the witch herself. (probably not...)
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 96

  • @Em-wk5ns
    @Em-wk5ns 11 місяців тому +13

    I can't. You describt the owl 🦉 scene perfectly 🤣🤣🤣 Thank you for watching the movie until the end 😂😂😂

  • @CaseySexton
    @CaseySexton 11 місяців тому +13

    I've always loved BW2. It's really underrated and don't deserve the hate it gets imo.

    • @CaseySexton
      @CaseySexton 4 місяці тому

      @rayewonderland That's why they make more than one flavor of ice cream.

    • @Darkangel-A-c8z
      @Darkangel-A-c8z 2 місяці тому

      ​@Wonderlander3it put a lot of emphasis on the witch etc, wicca

  • @abigailmitchell7117
    @abigailmitchell7117 11 місяців тому +10

    Soooooo glad you reviewed this so I don’t have to subject myself to actually watching it now 😂 Your reviews are brilliant, love love love your channel ❤️

  • @blochtar
    @blochtar 11 місяців тому +6

    Tell me how old you are without telling me how old you are.
    That Wonder Woman clip was a DEEP cut.

  • @mattmccomas1
    @mattmccomas1 11 місяців тому +6

    Yeah, it's a guilty pleasure...

  • @mattpenn9079
    @mattpenn9079 11 місяців тому +8

    Berlinger wanted to look at mass hysteria and make you wonder if things were true or not! Sadly the studio did what studios often do and made a mess of things.

  • @lazaruszithr4272
    @lazaruszithr4272 11 місяців тому +6

    Been watching your reviews on and off since you had 10k subs. So glad to see you're well into 100,000! Keep up the awesome content

  • @Ravuun
    @Ravuun 11 місяців тому +4

    The unfortunate thing is that this film was yet another victim of studio interference in the edit. I wonder sometimes what it would have been like if it had remained intact.

  • @seamusdover
    @seamusdover 11 місяців тому +3

    As far as flubbed sequels of hit movies go, I can't think of any that was flubbed harder. We could have had a whole Blair Witch Cinematic Universe at this point instead of the two movies and one reboot. Then again it might have turned out not very good at all like the Paranormal Activity franchise so maybe this is the best timeline after all, oh well. I laughed out loud at the 1970s Wonder Woman reference.

  • @garyking1986
    @garyking1986 11 місяців тому +24

    From what I understand, the director never intended to film the killing of the 2nd tour group.
    The studio felt that the film was boring and needed more visceral moments, so they made the crew film a scene of the murders. However, they couldn’t work out what point in the film to insert the scene, so they just decided to sprinkle it throughout and add that heavy rock music since it was popular at the time.

    • @bigbearkat2010
      @bigbearkat2010 11 місяців тому +7

      Ah yes the Halloween 6 gambit and it worked out just as well for them

    • @garyking1986
      @garyking1986 11 місяців тому +3

      @@bigbearkat2010 Not even joking, before I finished typing my comment I checked the film’s wiki to make sure that it wasn’t also produced by the Weinsteins.

  • @johnsmith8906
    @johnsmith8906 11 місяців тому +12

    I have to admit that I enjoy this movie far more then it deserves.

    • @matthewhammond4105
      @matthewhammond4105 11 місяців тому +5

      Yeah same, I was legit terrified of this movie.

    • @Carolina-Gold
      @Carolina-Gold 11 місяців тому +1

      Me too, I will die a Book of Shadows apologist.

    • @MisanGlorpe
      @MisanGlorpe 11 місяців тому +1

      Same. I think for me, it's mostly because of Jeffrey Donovan.

    • @johnsmith8906
      @johnsmith8906 11 місяців тому +1

      Lol...for me it was Kim Director.@@MisanGlorpe

    • @MisanGlorpe
      @MisanGlorpe 11 місяців тому +3

      @@johnsmith8906 o yea! She's lovely. I envied her look and style.

  • @thehorrorhound6575
    @thehorrorhound6575 8 місяців тому +2

    I’ve been watching you for a few years now and while I haven’t always agreed with your opinions on movies I’ve always appreciated your dad humor style. But I’d also like to say that I’ve been interesting watching you grow as a film critic over the last few years. Seeing the way you break down and pinpoint why this movie didn’t work for you in your closing arguments it’s easy to see how far you’ve come, you’ve improved so much in your articulation and it hasn’t gone unnoticed. 💜

  • @KirbyIsCute
    @KirbyIsCute 11 місяців тому +4

    Nothing scarier than seeing a ghost occasionally show up to boogie down.

  • @ddrlear
    @ddrlear 11 місяців тому +19

    Screw Leno, Team Coco!!!!!!

  • @pkvanderzee6226
    @pkvanderzee6226 6 місяців тому +2

    I love this movie. It is so entertaining and first role I have ever seen from Jeffrey Donovan and he steals the show.

  • @EmiaRaine
    @EmiaRaine 11 місяців тому +3

    There's potential here a for a decent psychological horror thriller about a group of characters getting so obsessed with this legend and losing their minds over it. Seems like the film went a bit heavy handed with the whole thing.
    They probably could've connected the miscarriage with the dead kids, made motherhood a more central theme and perhaps gotten the characters to quasi-reinact the tales told about the witch, therefore playing into the madness of whether or not they were being controlled.

  • @watchdogsplaythroughs9852
    @watchdogsplaythroughs9852 11 місяців тому +3

    It's always a good day when you drop a new review!

  • @Venator2015
    @Venator2015 11 місяців тому +1

    Am I crazy for thinking this is a million times more interesting and entertaining than the first movie?
    Maybe you could argue the technical merits of the first in terms of how it legitimized and created an audience for found footage.
    The first is also no doubt far more important to pop culture as a whole.
    And it’s written so naturalistically that it’s definitely a better script.
    But it’s so BOOOORING

  • @MisanGlorpe
    @MisanGlorpe 11 місяців тому +1

    I LOVE Jeffrey Donovan.. so just because of him, I like this movie LOL. He has all the memorable scenes for me.

  • @timhorton8085
    @timhorton8085 11 місяців тому +1

    I recently saw a blair witch boxset at walmart and it didnt even include the book of shadows, lmao. I actually really likes the *idea* of this movie. Altered perception, lots of little background details, nonlinear story telling. It had the ingredients of a cerebral horror film but just didnt have the finesse to make it work

  • @neptunevibe
    @neptunevibe 11 місяців тому +2

    Lol I remember back in 2007 when me and my friends used the “nature photography” excuse to get high in the woods! Once we even got lost because an idiot had the idea to get away from the road and we ended up on the other side of the forest. We walked like 15 km on foot back to the car. Man those were the days!

  • @biljam972
    @biljam972 11 місяців тому +1

    Great and very funny review. This movie makes the 2016 version of Blair Witch look like masterpiece.

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot 11 місяців тому +2

    Yeah this movie has always reminded me of an adult version of Scooby-Doo.

  • @diabeticalien3584
    @diabeticalien3584 11 місяців тому +1

    Omg, the "UwU" 2:34 I CAN'T BREATHE

  • @gailpatterson8740
    @gailpatterson8740 11 місяців тому +1

    ....owl.....fired out of a cannon.....dammit, now I have soup on my monitor!!!! WORTH IT!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣 Fantastic review as always, and I'm sorry you had to suffer through this slop!

  • @charlotteschuttkowski3358
    @charlotteschuttkowski3358 11 місяців тому +1

    Oh how I love your reviews, honestly

  • @PonderousProse
    @PonderousProse 11 місяців тому +1

    Despite active attempts at suspending disbelief, and all of the things that appeal to me (the rural setting, and witchy theme), having grown up not terribly far from Burkittsville, the entire thing was eyeroll inducing. And that's just the first film.
    Thanks (as always) for the review. This is the only way I would've ever known any of this.

  • @Piccolofusion
    @Piccolofusion 11 місяців тому +1

    always love your videos ;)

  • @theJACK__
    @theJACK__ 11 місяців тому +1

    🎶....wonder-wonder-wonder wonder woman🎶

  • @technounionrepresentative4274
    @technounionrepresentative4274 27 днів тому

    I am facinated by the story behind this movie,
    The film itself is... ehh, fine i guess,
    The reason for the jumbled editing, the weird game hidden in the movie that also got bungled,
    It's just odd

  • @kdjdkdjdiejejehdirj
    @kdjdkdjdiejejehdirj 11 місяців тому +1

    I remember watching about half an hour of this on the horror channel when i was a kid think the channel was on Sky seen this one called Forrest of the Dammed about these vampire women that kill everyone 😂😂😂😂

  • @melissasmith4254
    @melissasmith4254 11 місяців тому +1

    "Omg, I'm so edgy," 😂😂😂

  • @clukinvar
    @clukinvar 11 місяців тому +2

    This movie, like all movies with Jeffrey Donovan, is much more fun if you think of it as Michael Westin doing a job.

  • @Leo-sd3jt
    @Leo-sd3jt 4 місяці тому

    I'm genuinely surprised at the lack of Burn Notice jokes.
    "When you're a spy, the trick to going into the woods is to..."

  • @rainbowbright1867
    @rainbowbright1867 2 місяці тому

    This is a guilty pleasure for me and I did get obsessed with finding all the hidden words if I recall correctly! Great review though and 1.5 bees is definitely generous! 😂

  • @htruman
    @htruman 11 місяців тому +1

    Even the Sheriff was loud & obnoxious

    • @flynnryan
      @flynnryan 11 місяців тому

      Hea warz uh geood ol' boaya! YEE-HAWER!

  • @Darkangel-A-c8z
    @Darkangel-A-c8z 2 місяці тому

    They did expand on the paranormal aspect of it. I was 23 when the first film came out and 24 when the 2nd film came out, both times I ended up holding on to the random guy sitting next to me in the cinema auditorium

  • @cricketpickett7296
    @cricketpickett7296 11 місяців тому

    Oh heck yeah!! You on a roll with these movies on this wonderful spooky season!!! 🤘🖤💜🖤💜🧙‍♀️

  • @TheBeird
    @TheBeird 11 місяців тому

    The original intention of the director sounds pretty interesting and a ballsy move, but those performances look . . . off. I don't think it would have worked regardless.

  • @andreadean3895
    @andreadean3895 2 місяці тому

    Thanks for this! I kinda like the ones you hate because they’re funnier. 🤣

  • @grammernotzi
    @grammernotzi 11 місяців тому

    With all its flaws, I still liked this one. Mainly because I thought it was cool the witch could manipulate the film footage to make it look like they killed her. Or I could be totally wrong about that, lol 🤔 The witch made me write that comment... 😆

  • @AtomicTank1000
    @AtomicTank1000 11 місяців тому +5

    One of the most reasonable reviewers out there. I always look forward to your reviews!

  • @cricketpickett7296
    @cricketpickett7296 11 місяців тому

    That taxidermy owl was so bad!!! And this movie was way too all over the place and I agree! 🤘💜🖤

  • @jonathanmulondo9206
    @jonathanmulondo9206 11 місяців тому

    In All honesty, The Blair Witch Project didn't need a sequel

  • @AnikMonette
    @AnikMonette 11 місяців тому

    I have watched the first one last winter and enjoyed it.
    The sequel not so much, but it was quite messy!🤣

  • @jokubasjankauskas
    @jokubasjankauskas 11 місяців тому

    Thank you very much Bee, keep it up! Stay healthy, - fellow film lover from Lithuania!!

  • @residentevil4884
    @residentevil4884 11 місяців тому

    I'm so glad your channel is blowing up more your the shit and l love your sense of humor 😊

  • @slamdangles
    @slamdangles 8 місяців тому

    ahh yes, another reviewer who reviews BW2 and totally misses the secrets of esrever.
    You didn't understand the movie, and you missed a lot.

  • @freakyzed8467
    @freakyzed8467 11 місяців тому

    I hsve no idea what 'I hope he ate pineapple first' means but it still made me laugh. Good job!

  • @AndrewMiller-yo7bd
    @AndrewMiller-yo7bd 3 місяці тому

    That redhead is hot, and looking at her was the only good part of this movie 😅.

  • @Graves-81_69
    @Graves-81_69 11 місяців тому

    I really liked it when it came out. I was 20 when it came out though so that may have something to do with if

  • @Adriano991b
    @Adriano991b 11 місяців тому

    Holy smokes dude that owl judged me harder than my dog when I forget to feed him exactly in time.

  • @bigbearkat2010
    @bigbearkat2010 11 місяців тому

    This dialogue feels like it was written by Brian Griffin in an angsty phase

  • @perlitalaguna6622
    @perlitalaguna6622 11 місяців тому +1

    I laughed when NewBee said "Sooo edgy" when the goth chick was on the grave. I remember watching this when I was a young goth kid with my goth bestie. We thought we were sooo edgy.... Watching a "horror" movie with a goth, a wiccan, a miscarriage, and an orgy.

  • @vanderhoff66fu
    @vanderhoff66fu 5 місяців тому

    I love this movie so I'm going to stop watching you Bash it

  • @the_goatslayer7143
    @the_goatslayer7143 11 місяців тому

    That Star Wars sequel burn was exactly what I needed today

  • @sevenodonata
    @sevenodonata 11 місяців тому

    The only good thing about this film is your review 👍

  • @dylanbarnett6099
    @dylanbarnett6099 8 місяців тому

    Love this movie , way better than the 2016 movie

  • @scottc3
    @scottc3 11 місяців тому

    Looks like it was shot out of a cannon! 😂 Great review to an awful movie. 👍

  • @danielrubinstein896
    @danielrubinstein896 8 місяців тому

    The most boring BW movie, the cast can't act

  • @SlapUgorgeous
    @SlapUgorgeous 11 місяців тому +1

    Mmmmmm .... can you snell that.? ..... huht? Thats some good early 2000s right there. Alt rock teen angst and dark all wrapped up in a neat commercially produced package by the man for those who said theyre individual and wanna stick it to him.

  • @LAMLKMHWC1
    @LAMLKMHWC1 11 місяців тому

    "You wanna come up here?"
    "She's on to us" 😂😂😂

  • @torquetheprisoner
    @torquetheprisoner 11 місяців тому

    its not a complete right of cos at its heart it is a good movie

  • @michaelthomas5433
    @michaelthomas5433 11 місяців тому

    This sequel was kinda a vvitch.

  • @broganfreeman8958
    @broganfreeman8958 11 місяців тому

    Watched years ago at an after party whilst enjoying.... herbal refreshment?!?!?!
    Any hoo, some dude who had partaken farrrrrr too much, kept goi g on about subliminal messages throughout the film. Kept sounding like Moff from Human Traffic during the kitchen scene.... Good times, poor moovie!

    • @flynnryan
      @flynnryan 11 місяців тому

      "the Secret of Esrever"

  • @philiplewis1989
    @philiplewis1989 11 місяців тому

    Eggs. . . The answer is eggs. . . 🥚🥚🥚

  • @broganfreeman8958
    @broganfreeman8958 11 місяців тому

    "Killed by Dr Soren" hahahaha 🖖🤘

  • @AlencarFaulkner
    @AlencarFaulkner 11 місяців тому

    Studio meddling: The Film.

  • @lauramills2398
    @lauramills2398 11 місяців тому

    Judge owls made the movie

  • @emmasherrard0222
    @emmasherrard0222 11 місяців тому

    I love your Chanel but you don’t black out from just smoking weed now the alcohol definitely didn’t help lol

    • @theNewBee
      @theNewBee  11 місяців тому

      I just blame it on the witch

  • @rapastronaut77
    @rapastronaut77 11 місяців тому

    Ne ov my favorite Movies 🎬 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

  • @planexshifter
    @planexshifter 8 місяців тому

    I loved BW2

  • @tenebrousoul9368
    @tenebrousoul9368 11 місяців тому

    Yay! New NB!

  • @Beejum
    @Beejum 11 місяців тому

    Good job NB!

  • @katharynbaker5592
    @katharynbaker5592 11 місяців тому

    🧙‍♀️📚🎥🍿

  • @MajinGemma
    @MajinGemma 11 місяців тому

    🎉

  • @Gadoxplayer
    @Gadoxplayer 11 місяців тому

  • @Tahahanu
    @Tahahanu 11 місяців тому

    Dude that pineapple joke was wild. Very nice, lmao

  • @Darkangel-A-c8z
    @Darkangel-A-c8z 2 місяці тому

    Persephone, who Erica to evoke is a Greek goddess, goddess of the under world. I think she was Hekate's daughter. As a wiccan we do honour them