SLEEP HOLLOW and watch your head!

Rating: Null/10 (12 October 2013)

Back to 1999, a friend of mine invited me to go the movies to see a film about a headless horseman who was decapitating people in a small town in 1799. I wasn't sure whether a YES could be good idea, but I accepted anyway. First of all, when I go to see a film that I am not convicted about it, I see who are the cast, the director, the producers... Well, the whole crew. That's when, I read the names Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. They reminded me Edward Scissorhands (1990), one of the worse films I had ever seen, I simply hated it. For a moment, I almost gave up. Truly! But my friend had lucky, I always keep my promises. The only thought that came to my mind was: Let's see heads roll down. Sleepy Hollow is based on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, a short story written by Washington Irving. The main character is Ichabod Crane, a police office who believes more in science than supernatural events. He was sent to an agricultural town to solve a mysterious case of murders. There, local people tell him the legend of a Hessian horseman whose comes from the world of the dead to cut heads off and take them with him to darkness. Ichabod denies this possibility and affirms the murder as a flesh and blood human being. The investigation begins The conflict between science and supernatural/superstition is evident in every single scene. All is connected to somehow. None of the characters is mere a secondary character, he/she has an important position in the plot, no matter what. I know it is a kind of horror film thriller, but I recognized a comedy atmosphere from Johnny Deep sometimes. It is interesting and worth to noticed, very clever. At the end of my odyssey, I was stunned. The movie was spectacular. I loved the visual effects. Although, the visual effects crew and photograph director work is incredible, the colours were the diamond of the film. From my point of view, they were used as painters paint their paintings. YES I had to admit to my friend that Tim Burton and Johnny Depp are amazing and I was totally wrong about them. I didn't know that time, but Sleepy Hollow would be an important piece in my academic studies. You will know why in the next review about The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Very soon!
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Inessa Silva