We're done with posting every day, we're through, we're beyond this. You can get a similar statement by checking out My Arcade. Basically I'm not as enthralled about writing every day as I ought to be, or rather, about writing about movies as I wanted to be. Instead I'm turning a bit more attention toward brainstorming, and a bit less toward My Cinema and My Arcade. With any luck, this will lead into some material I can get published!
So, I'll still be updating the two blogs, just not every weekday. With that said...I've come to terms with the fact that, although I am relatively easily scared, I really enjoy horror movies, and so, I went and watched The Witch this weekend, and here's my first impression.
TITLE: The Witch
SUMMARY:
A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession.
PERSONAL CRITIQUE:
I didn't really care for it. Is that too blunt? Well, to be honest, I went into this movie expecting a full-blown horror movie, and as a result I had my hopes up for a different kind of movie, instead The Witch turned out to be a sort of period piece about the impacts of witchcraft and distrust in the 1600s. In that respect, I guess it did a pretty fantastic job.
The problem with that is I went into the theater expecting to have my pants scared off, and I left with the image of a wrinkly old woman irreversibly burned into my eyes. The scariest scenes of the movie played more on shock factor than actual scare value, and again, I understand that's not exactly what the director was going for, well maybe it should be advertised in a less eerie fashion. Additionally, the ending played out very differently from what I expected...allow me to explain in a-
SPOILER SECTION!
So, throughout the movie our heroine, Thomasin (don't get me started) loses her baby brother to the witch, loses her older brother to the witch, has her siblings turned against her by the witch (and her own stupidity!), has her father taken from her by Black Phillip (the family goat) presumably due to the witch, and then her mother turns against her and she's forced to kill her mother. Most other movies have just set the stage for a final battle against the witch, an attempt to end the malevolence of this evil lucifer-bound monster.
Nope...Thomasin decides to wander out to the pin that Black Phillip is kept in (remember that goat that killed her dad a moment ago?) and ask him to speak to her. Okay, fine, the character has lost her mind, grand. Nope! After two or three repetitions of requests, Black Phillip speaks. Offers her whatever she wants (except revenge, which she evidently does not want), asks if she sees a book, tells her to write her name in it, then they go off and join a coven in the woods, where she gets her first taste of witchcraft. Game over.
So yeah, that's the disappointing ending to The Witch. I'm sure it's nice to break the mold, but not when your audience is desperate for a few more good scares.
RATING:
Nine out of Ten Teat-eating ravens would give this movie Two Black Phillips out of Five.
I didn't enjoy it for the most part, but I will still say it's a decent period piece, just not my cup of tea. I do however, really appreciate Black Phillip, wish we had gotten to see the man behind the goat.
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