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Summary: Ichabod Crane Revisited
Review: SLEEPY HOLLOW (1999), starring Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien, and Jeffrey Jones, combines horror, suspense, and comedy brilliantly. This is a loosely adapted version of Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." Depp plays a bumbling constable who relies upon the latest scientific methods to figure out who is responsible for a series of beheadings in New York's Hudson valley. Directed by Tim Burton, the film looks terrific with exquisite sets and evocative cinematography. If Burton takes liberties with the Irving classic, he succeeds in creating a superior black comedy with his distinctive trademark. And look for a surprise cameo in the role of the Headless Horseman.
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Summary: not what I was expecting
Review: This movie was not at all what I was expecting. That is a good thing. The marketing of this movie made me think that it was firmly set in the action/adventure genre. Not really my cup of tea - that. I suppose I should have known better with Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci starring and Tim Burton at the helm, but they wouldn't have been the first to do commercial [stuff] to supplement more worthy films. (please note that not all commercial is [bad] and not all [stuff] is commercial) Anyway, I really enjoyed the movie and indeed, I bought it. It was dark and mysterious and whodunnit and magical and they didn't really follow up with the gadget thing.
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Summary: Too scary for Halloween
Review: This movie is truly A Tim Burton classic! The town it takes place in is absolutly gorgeous. Frightfully eerie! Totally Tim Burton's style, and the Actors accomplish well performance! Johnny Depp also did a stellar performance in Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands, and in this flick he plays Ichabod Crane. Christina Ricci plays Katrina Vann Tassle and Casper Van Dien as Brom Bones. I swear! if you read the book, you're gonna love this live-action HALLOWEEN FLICK!!
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Summary: Great on-screen adaptation!
Review: This is a dark film with great twists, hardcore action, and 18th Century gadgets and gizmos. I loved the film, and the cast was perfect. I have not read the novel, so I can't say whether this film was true to it, but either way it's a great scary movie with some slasher effects. Indeed, as the DVD claims, heads will roll. I especially liked the dark hurmor that Tim Burton adds to the movie, and Johnny Depp adds great depth to his character throughout. Nice interactive features and interviews. Great surprises at the end of the film, like all great horror movies, so sit tight and get ready to meet THE headless horseman!!!
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Summary: Heads will roll
Review: For the record, I didn't watch this movie expecting a deep plot or exceptional acting. No, I don't care that Irving's novel was "raped", as one reviewer put it. I watched it because I love Burton films and the dark feel he gives them. And what could be more entertaining than a Burtonesque film revolving around a ghoul who spends his beer drinking time galloping through the forest lightening the loads of weary travelers?Ok, the bleeding tree was stupid and cheezy. So were Christopher Walken's fangs for teeth. And the subplot of a crooked land settlement uncovered by Johnny Depp kept my attention for about as long as it takes for a severed head to drop from a neck to the dirt. And who could miss the Chocolat/Contact/Dogma theme that all Christians are evil hermits who put unbelievers in iron maidens? But the senseless violence I was hoping for came through in style. Townsfolk lost their heads one by one to the mystery that was the Headless Horseman. Much more entertaining than the Disney version I remember as a wee lad. The best scene is when a sentry posted to guard the town against the Horseman, for some reason, leaves his post and runs AWAY from the town and INTO the forest where the Horseman is known to sharpen his blades. He can't flail his arms spaztically enough to escape the Horseman, who easily rides up from behind and sends another head flying. The undisciplined sentry KEEPS RUNNING for a few seconds, arms still circling like windmills, before he trips over his own feet and falls flat on his...bloody stump. Hey, don't blame him, he couldn't see that branch. Another memorable scene is when Rico from Starship Troopers (Rico was the main star, who went from private to lieutenant in like 2 days) gets into a sickle fight with the Horseman, who actually is trying to leave the scene of his latest dishing of justice without further carnage. Bloodthirsty Rico's persistence proves his undoing, however, when the Horseman decides to dispense of the pesky peasant like a cockroach that keeps coming back no matter how many times you kick it away. The Horseman uses Rico's own sickles, still in Rico's hands, in a scissors-like action to cut and paste Rico's head. The love story was lame. Christina Ricci kisses Depp on the cheek by accident, and suddenly he's in love with her. Ok. Entertaining enough if you can look past obvious flaws. Of course, I know many of today's viewers consider themselves movie experts too good to sit through such Oscar-absent films. But if you're NOT uptight, then check it out. Remember, a film doesn't have to be sophisticated or have some great moral lesson to be entertaining. Look at "Kingpin". Just relax and keep your expectations low and you'll be entertained.
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Summary: Sleepy Hollow
Review: I was actually very pleased with this movie, it had a little bit of everything for everyone. The backgrounds and foggy, rain soacked, atmosphere that Tim Burton portyras are dazzaling. All the characters are perfect and near the end you dont know who to blame for the murders. All in all this movie was very well done and i would definatley recconmend it for anyone.
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Summary: 5 Stars for This? * * * * * ?
Review: This film has good costume, setting, cast and cinematography, but I am a bit bamboozled why so many people gave it five stars. This film is Tim Burton full-on rich filmic style and action, but perhaps too much so. It is too long, dizzying, and puerile. It's a fun film to watch on a rainy eve, but a landmark production? Well, perhaps some of these other reviewers have lost their heads.
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Summary: Pleasantly surprised
Review: Modern horror usually isn't very appealing to me, but with this movie I was pleasantly surprised. Usually good writing isn't something one uses to describe modern horror, but this movie is a rare exception along with the remake of The Haunting. I tire of hearing about "special effects" in some movie only to discover that its writing has the depth and intelligence of a 13 year old's. Contrastingly this dvd is a rare treat: You not only get excellent special effects, but more importantly you also get a well-written story with depth and substance that obviously has some thought put into it. It's not one of my top favorites since I'm too much into classic gothics, yet it's a part of my gothic collection nonetheless.
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Summary: AWESOME MOVIE!! TIM BURTON IS GREAT!!!
Review: Take a moment to look over other reviews of this movie, and you'll see that most reviewers are under the age of 13, which tells you even kids love this movie!(Their reviews are mostly positive.) I saw this movie last summer at my beach house. I expected a movie with just a guy on a horse going around and chopping heads off, and people getting all shooken up about it-I was wrong! This movie is so brilliant and fascinating! It grips your interest the whole way through!
Okay, so you heard about the "chopping heads off" parts. It's true, the movie does have some gore in it, but NOTHING TOO INTENSE. Tim Burton, the ingenius director of this and many other great movies, shows these parts only to inform the audience of the Horseman's wrath. The beheadding is not graphic, just quick and clean.
Now that you understand that the gore of this film is at a medium level, let me tell you some good points about "Sleepy Hollow:"
1.) There is comedy, light romance, suspence, horror- everything a good movie needs!
2.) The acting is breathtakingly superb!
3.) The special effects (such as the horseman and his steed emerging out of the tree.)are exquisite and breathtaking!
Of course, I cannot give away the whole movie, but I just want you to know, this is a great family movie for kids 9 and up and their parents!
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Summary: A Legend To Remember!
Review: The movie "Sleepy Hollow" is by far, one of the most inovative, haunting, and mesmerizing films ever! If this movie was done without the dark appeal and look of director Tim Burton, this film would not have been a classic! Johnney Depp, who has shown off his multi-talented types of characters such as Edward Sicorhands, Ed Wood, others, proves to the viewer what his power is in the character Icabod Crane. The same year this film was released, another Depp movie, Chocolat, was up for many countless oscars, but truely, Depp should've been honored for Sleepy Hollow. Christina Ricci, who has her fair share of movies also, is excellent, and romanticly chilling as Katrina Van Tassel. For Ricci, this movie draws the fine line between her kiddish movies, and her mature types. I cannot stress how important the plot was to this film. After watching it once, you'll watch it again and again to find all the every single hint and clue hiden. While the plot is of a very complex state, it holds it's ground, and doesn't seep here and there. Or maybe it does, but that's the true talent of Burton. He takes some very complex scenes, and obscure (For instance, A scene in which a tree "bleeds") and makes it seem realistic, without making it humerous. However, the dark humor is left in there, but it is due to the acting sills of Ricci, Depp, Miranda Richardson, and so on. Burton, who has become one of the most acclaimed and famous directors of the 20th century, proves with Sleepy Hollow that it is the true art and form, that his expertise in films, is darkness and depression. Even after making Sleepy Hollow, and going on to the "Planet Of The Apes", which was a bit of a dissapointment to say, it also shows however, dark, creepy images. Compared to other horror movies, and thrilers, Burton isn't afraid to use obscure items (Creepy Scarecrows, "Evil" trees, human expressions) to make a point reveled, that his form of darkened art is a true aspect ot a movie sometimes. If that isn't what some believe, then oh well. This movie is a born classic, no matter what. With the DVD, while not as advanced as some DVD's today, it gives things some don't. "Behind The Legend" video, is only a making of the movie, but it goes into so much detail, you'll be hooked watching it. The trailers, while some may groan to them thinking them as commercials, are formed dark and sadisticcly, just as I would think Burton would want it. Then Burton goes much beyond the movie, by showing the original artwork to it, which was the most re-warding bonus of all! This DVD is an excellent movie!
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