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I did a wee bit of sewing-related stuff today, but not much. I'm planning on painting a border on a long wool shawl for Regency use, and I thought I'd cut and started hemming the wool for it...apparently I hadn't. Hemming is nice and easy, but two lengths of 60" wool is still a fair amount!
So! I went to see The Witch in theaters today, as I threatened. And I really enjoyed it! I can totally see why some (or even a lot, honestly) people were unimpressed by it. It's extremely slow-paced, they use correct-to-the-period dialogue, and there aren't really the "jump-scares" you'd expect from a horror film. Actually I think it's a disservice to call it a horror film at all, although there's certainly horror in the literal, dictionary-sense...but audiences tend to expect certain things from a "horror movie", and this ain't it.
Although in the movie's defense, anyone who saw the trailer and expected another formulaic horror flick is an idiot (also in the dictionary-sense, heh)! I overheard some high praise from the people behind me after it was over: "Well that wasn't as bad as I heard it was." So glad it exceeded your expectations!
( Not exactly spoilers, but cut for yammering )
Enough waxing philosophical and yelling at War & Peace! In conclusion! I liked it and thought the historical detail was great; you should all go see it too if you don't mind slow movies and 1630s English!
(Totally random thought from later, after reading some reviews that really run the gamut: WHY doesn't anyone realize that the settlement the family's exiled from is Plimoth?? Keep seeing things like "some Puritan New England town." I'm pretty sure it's even the real - well, current-day re-creation - Plimoth Plantation where they filmed that bit! Even if you've never been there...if it's not Jamestown it's probably Plimoth, right guys? Guys? Doesn't ANYONE know their history?! THIS IS PRETTY BASIC.)
So! I went to see The Witch in theaters today, as I threatened. And I really enjoyed it! I can totally see why some (or even a lot, honestly) people were unimpressed by it. It's extremely slow-paced, they use correct-to-the-period dialogue, and there aren't really the "jump-scares" you'd expect from a horror film. Actually I think it's a disservice to call it a horror film at all, although there's certainly horror in the literal, dictionary-sense...but audiences tend to expect certain things from a "horror movie", and this ain't it.
Although in the movie's defense, anyone who saw the trailer and expected another formulaic horror flick is an idiot (also in the dictionary-sense, heh)! I overheard some high praise from the people behind me after it was over: "Well that wasn't as bad as I heard it was." So glad it exceeded your expectations!
( Not exactly spoilers, but cut for yammering )
Enough waxing philosophical and yelling at War & Peace! In conclusion! I liked it and thought the historical detail was great; you should all go see it too if you don't mind slow movies and 1630s English!
(Totally random thought from later, after reading some reviews that really run the gamut: WHY doesn't anyone realize that the settlement the family's exiled from is Plimoth?? Keep seeing things like "some Puritan New England town." I'm pretty sure it's even the real - well, current-day re-creation - Plimoth Plantation where they filmed that bit! Even if you've never been there...if it's not Jamestown it's probably Plimoth, right guys? Guys? Doesn't ANYONE know their history?! THIS IS PRETTY BASIC.)
