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    Season of the Witch

    Shale
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    Post by Shale Sat Jan 08, 2011 1:38 am

    Season of the Witch
    Movie Blurb by Shale
    January 7, 2011

    This movie was not pre-released to critics for review, which usually means they don't expect anything good to be written about it. Good choice - only 2% of the aggregate critics at Rottentomatoes liked this movie. Fortunately 67% of audiences liked it as did I.

    This is a Medieval Fantasy movie with references real events of the time such as the church torturing and hanging witches, Crusades pitting fanatical Christians against fanatical Moslems in brutal hand-to-hand combat and The Plague. But, it is fantasy.

    Our main protagonists are two crusaders, Behman (Nicolas Cage) and Felson (Ron Perlman) who are shown in a series of battles hacking up Moslems while being goaded on by the clergy to do God's work. They finally see the fallacy of the church and the evil in the carnage they are doing and leave.

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    They come across a city being plagued by The Plague and are discovered as deserters to the Crusade. The Cardinal gives them a quest to regain their freedom. They are to help transport a witch that is blamed for the plague to a monastery where she will be tried by the monks who have an incantation to remove her powers and end the plague.

    Reluctantly the Knights start this arduous journey with the priest Debelzaq (Stephen Campbell Moore), another Knight and a swindler merchant who knows the way.

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    They are followed by a young man, Kay (Robert Sheehan) who was an alter boy but wishes to join them in their quest in hopes of becoming a Knight.

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    Along the way the girl in the cage gives Behman (and us) doubt of her innocence.

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    This movie does have its flaws as pointed out by the critics but the costuming and European scenery were excellent. If not trying to dissect the movie it was overall enjoyable for those who like a period piece that goes into the supernatural.
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    Post by Alan Smithee Sat Jan 08, 2011 8:40 am

    I'm glad you liked the movie Shale. I don't know if I'll get a chance to see it but sadly it does illustrate how Hollywood will continue to take something very simple (is she a witch?) and bloat it into an hour and a half long story when all Nick Cage had to do was...

    Sir Bedevere: There are ways of telling whether she is a witch.
    Peasant 1: Are there? Oh well, tell us.
    Sir Bedevere: Tell me. What do you do with witches?
    Peasant 1: Burn them.
    Sir Bedevere: And what do you burn, apart from witches?
    Peasant 1: More witches.
    Peasant 2: Wood.
    Sir Bedevere: Good. Now, why do witches burn?
    Peasant 3: ...because they're made of... wood?
    Sir Bedevere: Good. So how do you tell whether she is made of wood?
    Peasant 1: Build a bridge out of her.
    Sir Bedevere: But can you not also build bridges out of stone?
    Peasant 1: Oh yeah.
    Sir Bedevere: Does wood sink in water?
    Peasant 1: No, no, it floats!... It floats! Throw her into the pond!
    Sir Bedevere: No, no. What else floats in water?
    Peasant 1: Bread.
    Peasant 2: Apples.
    Peasant 3: Very small rocks.
    Peasant 1: Cider.
    Peasant 2: Gravy.
    Peasant 3: Cherries.
    Peasant 1: Mud.
    Peasant 2: Churches.
    Peasant 3: Lead! Lead!
    King Arthur: A Duck.
    Sir Bedevere: ...Exactly. So, logically...
    Peasant 1: If she weighed the same as a duck... she's made of wood.
    Sir Bedevere: And therefore...
    Peasant 2: ...A witch!

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