predictable, but the troll was good

Rating: 5/10 (27 January 2013)

Saw this movie because my daughter wanted to. I like the two lead characters but from the moment the movie started I knew where it was going. The story is dull and predictable with more profanity than I think would have been the case for the period. Some wisecracking is okay but really, this is modern dialog in a setting of 15th century. Everything in this movie is over the top from the witches to the weapons used by Hansel and Gretel; with a little too modern science thrown in. This movie stole from so many other more successful films that weren't even in the same genre. I guessed most of the story before the ending. All of the actors did the best they could with this mess. On one positive note I think the Troll design was great, better than the stupid trolls in the Hobbit.