NP - The Witch (movie)

[kelber at mindspring.com]

I loved the look, the sound and the concept, but thought the story was a little weak. They showed their cards earlier than they should have.

Laura 

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ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:

>Evil sounds deep. A trope in the Father's voice that doesn't work.
>Other than that, I liked it. Nothing very Shakespearean as far as I
>can tell and, though only vague references to diaries and tales are
>given by Eggers, the film is a total rip-off of Hawthorne.
>
>On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 5:58 PM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
>> No more than any other English teacher would--Hi David.
>>
>> p
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 5:35 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> OK.  Is it no different than our English?  You quibble.  Do you have a
>>> point?
>>>
>>> David Morris
>>>
>>> On Saturday, December 17, 2016, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Shakespeare's language is Modern English, not Old or Middle English.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 7:53 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-witch-2016
>>>> >
>>>> > I'm only at the first third, but everything so far is layered in deep
>>>> > resonances.  The language is faithfully old English, but that's not the
>>>> > only
>>>> > reason it reminds me of Shakespeare.  The drama is smart and real.
>>>> > Cinematography is superb, as is the soundtrack.  In that regard this
>>>> > feels
>>>> > like Kubrick, but without the symmetry and clean edges.
>>>> >
>>>> > David Morris
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