| TheBossInTheWall |
05-10-2016 11:12 PM |
The Witch 2016
Decent. The music accompanying the first few scenes...the, i assume, violins did not fit at all. It seemed like the director thought "hey let's throw some vaguely scary music in" without thinking about the interaction with the scenes. Maybe people who do not watch horror films very often and have a preconceived idea what horror films are like would think it fits. The acting from the children was surprisingly good while the mother and father were just mediocre. Other comments...SPOILERS FOR THE FILM FOLLOWING THESE WORDS IN ALL CAPS...the film was too slow in some parts and the horrific scenes were glaringly abrupt. The mother's nipple being pecked at by the raven/crow, the witch hissing at the twins were not seamless. Wasted opportunity for extending these scenes. Being spare with a chosen scene can be done right, but the choices here were amateurish. Also at the end when Thomasin(sp?) conjures the devil it did not fit. She sincerely fights against being declared a witch. She's distraught by the disappearances and death. Then out of no where she calls the devil, signs her name to his book, and goes happily to dance nude with other witches that are randomly gathered far from civilization. Does not seem plausible to me.
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Overall I think it is worth at least one viewing. I do not think I'll watch it again.
5.5/10
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