Just watched "The Witch".
There's no particular interesting dramatic twists in my opinion in this film.
The things that save the film and make it just a notch above mediocre are the fact that some of the events and script are actually from historical writings, court documents and so on from the period which are related to how people saw witchcraft at the time.
The acting is also alright.
The atmosphere is believable and there's a good few weird, gruesome messed up scenes that don't take it too far and are used pretty thoughtfully.
They have a disclaimer for the film saying how the script is formed from old documents and court papers and whatever, I think it was an odd move for them to put this disclaimer at the end. If I wasn't sure about the film from the start that definitely would have hooked me in, instead it's at the end when I've already seen the film.
7 out of 10.
There's no particular interesting dramatic twists in my opinion in this film.
The things that save the film and make it just a notch above mediocre are the fact that some of the events and script are actually from historical writings, court documents and so on from the period which are related to how people saw witchcraft at the time.
The acting is also alright.
The atmosphere is believable and there's a good few weird, gruesome messed up scenes that don't take it too far and are used pretty thoughtfully.
They have a disclaimer for the film saying how the script is formed from old documents and court papers and whatever, I think it was an odd move for them to put this disclaimer at the end. If I wasn't sure about the film from the start that definitely would have hooked me in, instead it's at the end when I've already seen the film.
7 out of 10.
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
Impersonation is treason.