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Summary: probably the best autumn/winter setting
Review: Tim Burton is and always will be an awesome director. as far as this movie goes, the atmosphere of the movie is so incredibly decorated and detailed that the movie, even though could be described as a horror/slasher film, is beautiful. there is comic relief in the film as well, and its intelligent in the way that like another reviewer stated before, there are very limited jokes in the film, just the way that expressions are displayed happen to be entertaining. this movie is a great movie, especially around the fall. Watch this movie.
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Summary: Tim Burton's not-so Sleepy Hollow
Review: After the hiccup that was Mars Attacks, Tim Burton, Hollywood's most eccentric director, is back on form with Sleepy Hollow. Adapted from Washington Irving's classic tale The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Burton's stylish take on the story of the headless horseman (Played occasionally by a freaky Christopher Walken) is Burton at his most macarbe. Everything from the Burton ovure culminates in the film; the bats from Batman, the jack o' lantern from A Nightmare Before Chritmas, and, as Ichabod Crane, Johnny Depp from Edward Scissorhands and Ed Wood. Burton's visionary touch takes the tone much deeper than the animated 1958 Disney version, with the headless horseman lopping off heads all over the place. The desaturated color and stunning cinematography goes a long way to making the action and shocking decapatations just that bit more gruesome, yet at some times, strangely poetic. The screenplay, written by Andrew Kevin Walker (Se7en and 8mm) is fitting to the film's thematic touch and overall bizzaro Burton. Danny Elfman's downright chilling score takes the darkness even further. But there is humour amidst the full-blodded ghost story; Depp's fainting at the sights of the Horseman's handiwork, and the sharp script lets the actors, mainly Depp, have more fun. This is Burton's weirdest film since Batman Returns. Excellent.
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Summary: It's funny, too
Review: This is a great movie. Ichabod Crane, played by Johnny Depp, has such a mix of emotions, which Johnny Depp plays wonderfully. He is scared and smart and sad and even funny. He tries to be brave and act like he knows what is going on, but he just can't. I think this is the funniest part of the movie. There are no actual jokes, but the way Depp acts and delivers his lines does add some comedy to the movie. The way Tim Burton made this movie is amazing. The colors, the atmosphere, and the set are perfect for the story. And the music that Danny Elfman wrote compliments the images and mood perfectly. See this movie!
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Summary: Before apes there was hollow...
Review: Well, Tim Burton was certainly the best modern director to make this film. It is great upon the first and second viewing.
After the third, pieces seem to drag. But, I have to admit i have never seen a Burton film look SO good. Rent it first. Then maybe buy it.
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Summary: It will take your head off!
Review: This Movie is soooo great! I would rate it 5 stars for GREAT acting, they look like they are doing it for real, instead of just acting, they live it. The special effects aren't super good, but okay, some puppets are used for skeletons, ghosts etc. Violence is what this movie is rated R for. For absolutely NO reason blood squarts out, TONS of blood squarts out when a guy gets his head cut off, but we have the blood in us, so who cares? The bad words are rated 1/10, there is really none. Sexuality 2/10, there is some kissing. So this movie is Violent and Gorey, but a good plot.
PLOT: A headless horseman comes to Sleepy Hollow in New York in 1799, and chops off people's heads until he finds his. He got his head chopped off after fighting some people. So I would recemmend kids shouldnt watch this cause it might give you nightmares.
Rated R for Graphic Violence Starring: Johnney Depp, Christina Ricki, Christopher Walken
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Summary: about time
Review: i've seen dozens of movies that have badmouthed witchcraft, and i'm glad there's finally a movie that supports the wiccan belief (which i'm assuming katrina is. that or pagan. not sure. but still.) ^_^ i was really happy when i saw the entry in the book for the pentacle katrina had been drawing. other than that, great movie and it's inspired me to buy the book (though i hear it isn't like the movie). but this is an incredible movie and i'm actually watching it on tv now (while flipping back and forth between that and 'congo'.) i highly recccomend this movie!
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Summary: GREATES TIM BURTON THRILLER
Review: Everybody knows the story of the headless horseman in Mark Twain's story of Sleep Hollow. Now it comes to life with Johnny Depp and Tim Burton in the picture again. They are a great team. Anyways Johnny Depp plays a death detective and is sent to Sleep Hollow to find out who is responsible for 4 deaths of the town's people with the heads gone. He battles the horseman and trying to send him back to hell. See what happens next.
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Summary: "Sleepy Hollow"
Review: Johnny Depp plays an arrogant and inexperienced police inspector/coroner sent to Sleepy Hollow to stop a serial killer who decapitates his victims. This movie was surprisingly better than I thought it would be. Johnny Depp gives a very good comedic performance. Good story. Solid plot. Good special effects. Interesting coloration. All around it's a very good movie.
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Summary: Tim Burton in top form
Review: Tim Burton's latest effort, Sleepy Hollow, is a delight with one exception. We'll get to the exception later, because it's just a judgment call of his that I disagree with. He is one of my favorite directors, and here are some of his most wonderful creations: PeeWee's Big Adventure, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Batman and Batman Returns. Now add Sleepy Hollow to that list. What makes Burton a great director is his style, which is unique to him. His is a childlike point of view, a dreamlike approach in which reality is hardly a consideration. His visions tend to balance delicately somewhere between dreams and nightmares - too humorous to be bad dreams, yet too full of dark images to be good ones. The upstate New York village of Burton's Sleepy Hollow is a quaint and almost inviting one. Still, the sun never shines, and the countryside is anything but inviting. Into this world comes Ichabad Crane [Johnny Depp], a police detective from New York who believes in the scientific approach to solving mysteries. When he is sent to the village to investigate a series of gristly murders, in which the victims are found literally headless, he makes a list of people who might have motive. He scoffs at the villagers' claims that the killer is a Headless Horseman returned from the grave. Unraveling these crimes will also unravel Crane's nerves, as well as his belief in everything's having a rational explanation. Depp, the great physical actor of our times, leads a cast of wonderful performers. Every role is memorable, especially his and Miranda Richardson's. Depp conveys more with his body language than he does with dialog, and he has been a favorite of mine for years. He he can make even a bad movie watchable, and he can make a good one great. You are probably less familiar with Richardson, an English actress who can portray virtually any character. As in any Burton movie, the sets are fascinating. Everything is just a bit out of kilter and exaggerated. Even mundane items have a slightly spooky quality to them. These visual tricks serve the function of drawing the viewer into the movie. They become part of the story. Now, about that judgment call. Sleepy Hollow is filled with enough many violent images to earn it an R rating. I wish they had been toned down. Had Burton chosen to do this, it would have allowed the movie to go out with no more than a PG-13 rating. This would have opened this otherwise delightful period piece to a broader audience. As it is now, I cannot recommend it for younger viewers. I am not, by the way, getting into the fray concerning the general level of violence in entertainment. My remarks are intended to be about this one particular picture.
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Summary: A New Horror Classic
Review: Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow is not exactly the Disney version that you remember as a kid, it is very dark and dreary and although Johnny Depp is great; he plays Ichabod Crane like he's Sherlock Holmes. Depp still brings much needed humor and charm to the film though. My favorite scene is the two on one sword fight that might remind you of the one in the Phantom Menace since Ray Park (Darth Maul) plays the Horsemen. Ray Park shows once again why he's one of the best stunt men as the Headless Horsemen, the guy's movement is incredible. Christina Ricci has fine chemistry with Depp and gives her best performance as well. Casper Van Dien (Starship Troopers) is marcho and a little cocky as Bron and seems very fitting in the role but his character doesn't have as much of a role as he does in the original story. Tim Burton was the perfect person to bring this story life although it's not exactly faithful to the original story much at all. Still though Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow is a new Horror classic that could be compared to the original Frankenstein and Dracula movies. Tim Burton wasted his talent with Planet of the Apes, making films with dark atmoshires like this are more his style and what he's best at. Sleepy Hollow is probably his best work to date and I wouldn't mind another film from him like it.
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