Does that stop huge budgets? Of course not, but it did pave the way for other low-budget success stories.

I haven't heard of any movies that have done the same since. And Rocky had done similar years before. Not the same ratio, but it was a low-budget film that made a crapton of money.

From what I observe, we have the same occasional low-budget breakaway hits that we've always had, and just as many flops.

Also, on the front of hand-held camera work, there are actually a lot of movies that use that.

Use it, yes. Made entirely around it? Not really.

BWP did a lot to prove that people will sit through 2 hours of it.

Sit through it once, sure. I don't know how many people liked it AFTER coming out of Blair Witch. Personally, I *hated* the way they used it in Gladiator. I want to actually SEE the fights, kthx.

Also, personally, BWP put UCF on the map as a school for filmmakers. And maybe that doesn't mean anything to you

Oh, snap. I'll try really hard NOT to be offended by that, since my degree in Motion Picture Technology CAME from UCF in 1998. I was on campus a lot around then, even though I had just graduated. Mary Johnson and I talked a lot about how the movie was doing. Still didn't change the fact that I thought it was a crappy movie.

I totally understand not agreeing on these kinds of lists, but just because you don't agree or think that something else should be on there, it doesn't mean that the stuff that's on there isn't excellent or groundbreaking for a reason that maybe you're not aware of.

Look, if my opinion or conversation isn't welcome here, I can just go. Just assuming that I don't know what I'm talking about it equally offensive, you know.