Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

[Legato]

It got a 15% on Rotten Tomato. Ouch.

Don't really mean nothing. Even a low reviewed movie on Rotten Tomato might actually look decent to others while a highly review movie might be mediocre to some. The way I see it just trust your own judgment.

[Legato]

I'm definitely with you. I despised the movie Van Helsing and didn't even finish watching it because it was so bad. As far as the whole "sexy witches" thing goes I the how the witches in Disney's upcoming Oz: The Great and the Powerful are attractive and shapely because as a child I was always disturbed by the fact that Witches always looked like creepy and eerie hags and that's one reason why when Harry Potter came out I took a breath of relief because the wizards and witches actually looked appealing instead of disturbing and frightening. SyFy's Tin Man also had some nice looking witches too.

I don't mind the sexy witches scenario. Look at it like this. You encounter a creepy old hag then your first instinct would be to run like hell. With an attractive witch their attractiveness is there to make you drop your guard so they can hex you. They are like a metaphor for predators. They appear nice and charming but the minute your guard is dropped they turn ugly really fast.

As far as the film itself go I still say it lacks the charm that Brothers Grimm carried from the looks of things. If theres anything that may turn me off of the movie is the dialogue. The bits I got from the trailers and tv spots are dreadful.

[Greg Anderson]

Don't really mean nothing. Even a low reviewed movie on Rotten Tomato might actually look decent to others while a highly review movie might be mediocre to some. The way I see it just trust your own judgment.

My tastes generally matches with the critically acclaimed, high rated films.

[BrotherUnitNo_4]

I found this fairly entertaining. It didn't aspire to greatness, but I think it succeeded in the way it intended. It was a cliche film - the plot, the dialogue, the characterization - done many times before. I liked it more than both of the recent Titan films, which I found to be boring.

I also found it funny that the sheriff from this film was also in Brothers Grimm. I wonder if they didn't seek him out specifically for this film.

Also, I liked the combination of prosthetics and CGI for Edward the Troll. He was large and imposing yet still expressive. Of course he didn't have the mobility of a completely CGI Hulk but they made it work. It gave me hope that we could yet get a decent Thing on screen eventually.

For what I paid for it ($5), it was worth it.

[G. Wayne]

I found this fairly entertaining. It didn't aspire to greatness, but I think it succeeded in the way it intended. It was a cliche film ...

Name one American action movie where a female lead received as much of a beatdown as Gretel did. Mind you she was able to fight pretty well too, but I was surprised by how much of a beating she took.

For what I paid for it ($5), it was worth it.

$5.50 here, so I think I got my money's worth too.

[Legato]

My tastes generally matches with the critically acclaimed, high rated films.

Power to you. Eventhough I don't always agree with what the critics say.

[Frank]

I can't get over the scene where Kate Beckinsale realizes she's dancing with a vampire because he doesn't have reflection in the giant mirror...ok, so far so good, standard vamp stuff..then a minute later it's revealed that *everybody* in the damn ballroom is a vampire! That's when you know the director just doesn't care.

Completly riped-off from Fearless Vampire Killers.

[DennyK]

I liked the combination of prosthetics and CGI for Edward the Troll. He was large and imposing yet still expressive. Of course he didn't have the mobility of a completely CGI Hulk but they made it work. It gave me hope that we could yet get a decent Thing on screen.

Edward was played by, I think, Derek Mears.