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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Harefooted Halloween: The Witch (aka The VVitch)

Image result for the witch 2015What I Liked: Wow the cinematography is absolutely stunning.  It’s like watching an oil painting come to life but with some nice grit thrown in.  You have all steady beautiful shots without the annoyance of shaking the camera to hell in an attempt to get you to feel something.

The storytelling is very deliberate and carefully crafted.  If it went on for any longer it would get too tedious and if they cut it shorter it would probably feel rushed.  This is a delicate piece.

The acting is very good all around.  They all sell their fear, frustration and paranoia hard.

Image result for the witch 2015What I Didn’t Like: This is a minor gripe but they went for period dialogue and accents (1600’s New England) and sometimes it was a little hard to understand what people were saying.  Not too long into the picture I relented and turned on the subtitles.  In this sense it’s almost like a foreign film but they’re actually speaking English.

Overall Impressions: Robert Eggers has a background in production and costume design so it’s no wonder why this film is so damn pretty to look at.  He tried his hand at writing and directing this feature and I really dig his style.  He’s not afraid to take his time and build plenty of atmosphere for you to sink your teeth into.

Image result for the witch 2015This will probably only appeal to a small group of people because of how much of a slow burn it is.  And even then it doesn’t eventually explode into a fiery inferno but rather it keeps on methodically unleashing its own brand of evil.  It may not seem like much happened at the time but when you look back on the events it’s kinda fuckin’ crazy.

I like this one a lot and it only gets better the more I think about it.  If you’re up for something that’s all about mood and jam packed with tension check this sucker out.

Can’t wait to see what Eggers comes up with next.

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