A splendid work of ART.

Rating: 10/10 (12 September 2000)

First of all, Sleepy Hollow has apparently two distinctive characteristics among most of the movies I watched. These are:
1- It was one of the few movies which I can really regard as a "work of art",
2- It was almost excellent in EVERY aspect.
Yes; briefly, this masterpiece was almost excellent in every aspect: Marvelous costumes; impressive music by Danny Elfman; fabulous cinematography, which should have got the OSCAR instead of American Beauty; breathtaking plot by A. Kevin Walker ( se7en ) and Kevin Yagher ( what a brilliant idea to make a new version of Irving's well-known story); great direction and art direction, which brought it a well-deserved OSCAR and wonderful cast including Martin Landau and Christopher Lee--- I especially loved Christopher Walken's cool portrayal of the Hessian Horseman and certainly his teeth! For now, he is my favorite villain.
On the other hand, the most obvious aspect wrong with this movie was the crucial exposition, which was unduly rushed and could have been much longer in order to let the audience fathom the full plot.
( Warning: STOP here. This might be a spoiler for you.) Now, I would like to reply to the friend who criticized this movie for the exploding windmill. Here is an article that states that windmills DO EXPLODE in particular circumstances such as the ones in the movie:
Cinefex says: "An explosion is precipitated by clouds of stirred flour, which have made the air combustible. It is a strange fact, but you can have explosions in flour mills." stated Paddy Eason. "Ichabod throws an oil lamp into the mill and everything goes bang..."
(Spoiler END) Finally, I would like to point out that you may not like this movie since it does not appeal to everyone, but it is still a great movie then. I give it a well-deserved 10/10.