Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, a review by Danae Cassandra
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters Year of Release: 2013 Directed By: Tommy Wirkola Starring: Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen, Pihla Viitala Genre: Action, Horror
Overview: Get ready for a twisted take on the classic tale as Hansel (JEREMY RENNER) and Gretel (GEMMA ARTERTON) have turned pro, coping with the trauma of their childhood captivity by slaying witches for hire. But when seemingly unstoppable bounty hunters meet their match in an enemy so evil, it'll take all their training, weapons and courage to survive. PAYBACK IS A WITCH!
My Thoughts: This is mindless action-horror, but I enjoy this a lot more than I probably should. I find this film a lot of really silly fun. Maybe I've played too much D&D, cause this is a D&D adventure. Maybe that it's the fun of the steampunk stylings or the genre mashup, both of which I enjoy. Or maybe I just really like Jeremy Renner. I think it's that one. Definitely that one.
Time Bandits (1981) 65/100 - Well, it only took me 39 years to getting around to watching this film, which is surprising because I'm a big fan of Gilliam's work. Had I watched it back in the early 80's, I probably would have liked it much more. But knowing what was to come from him, this viewing left me indifferent to it's place in Gilliam's canon. He's taking that big step away from his past success with Monty Python and charting a course towards his creative destiny. But, he still has one foot anchored rigidly on the Python landscape. As I got past the halfway point in the film, I wondered what kind of film it would have been had Gilliam made it after Brazil, where he reached his zenith. Nothing in that film could be even remotely associated with Monty Python and I think that this earlier film would have been better served had it sunk its roots in Gilliam's single minded creative genius, post-Python and all the tropes associated with that seminal comedy troupe.
Teal = Masterpiece Dark Green = Classic or someday will be Lime Green = A good, entertaining film Orange = Average Red = Cinemuck Brown = The color of crap, which this film is
Glee Season 1.14 Hell-O Writer: Ryan Murphy (Created By), Brad Falchuk (Created By), Ian Brennan (Created By), Ian Brennan (Writer) Director: Brad Falchuk Cast: Dianna Agron (Quinn Fabray), Chris Colfer (Kurt Hummel), Jessalyn Gilsig (Terri Schuester), Jane Lynch (Sue Sylvester), Jayma Mays (Emma Pillsbury), Kevin McHale (Arty Abrams), Lea Michele (Rachel Berry), Cory Monteith (Finn Hudson), Matthew Morrison (Will Schuester), Amber Riley (Mercedes Jones), Mark Salling (Noah "Puck" Puckerman), Jenna Ushkowitz (Tina Cohen-Chang), Jonathan Groff (Jesse St. James), Idina Menzel (Shelby Corcoran), Iqbal Theba (Principal Figgins), Patrick Gallagher (Ken Tanaka), Naya Rivera (Santana Lopez), James Earl (Azimio), Josh Sussman (Jacob Ben Israel), Max Adler (Dave Karofsky), Heather Morris (Brittany Pierce), Harry Shum, Jr. (Mike Chang), Dijon Talton (Matt Rutherford), Jeanine Anderson (Waitress), Ayla Rose Barreau (Dottie Westerton), Ashley Fink (Lauren Zizes), Hayley Holmes (Liz Schneider)
The first episode after the season got extended to a full season. As these episodes were produced later, they already knew what the fans liked and what not. There is a slight shift in the editing style now. Also the roles of Santana and Brittany is enlarged.
Brittana: They can be seen pinkie holding. Also they go to a date together with Finn (ordered by Sue so that they try to get him to break up with Rachel) and it is funny how they make fun of him in front of him.
Notable music: The theme of the episode is songs with "Hello" in the title. There are some nice song performances. But I like Rachel's "Gives You Hell" best (she was pissed of and chose a song which only had the first syllable of "Hello" in the title). I hate it that it suddenly so hard to find Glee clips on YouTube. Either they are badly cropped (so that YouTube's auto-detectors do not find them so easily), or it is only audio. I found only the audio-only version of this song:
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May 20, 2024, 10:32:09 PM
