The Old Church Spelled Some Mojo on the Poor

Rating: 8/10 (19 December 2016)

P.S.: At the end the girl ascends, so what?.. First, I personally believe in magic. Second, That can mean that she sadly has bats in her belfry after what happened... Maybe all the family has been torn apart by wolves or bears... Diary is not a camera.
This film is not what it seems to be. First of all, its soundtracks work on building the story while keeping things as natural as possible.
Plus, the plot is not of "a lick and a promise" kind; not that fast unfurling anyway. And this is good. During the movie we come to feel that this is what living a castaway life must be / cost.
Robert Eggers saw to it that the actors act freely here and there whenever necessary. This is good too.
The dialogues between the kids themselves and the parents do really reflect the understanding of that era, of course by the help of the language spoken at that time in history there. I mean chasing up the questions in one's mind on life, and expectations, and the evil on Earth; and not going outside of the circle which the Church happens to redraw all the time... Even though the family is forsaken by the same circle... That was the real deal of this movie.
I strongly think that the idea touched on in the movie that everyone will pay for their actions in the afterlife as well as in this one is a real gain from this movie. We seem to forget about being a good person is all this movie about... A "big" good!
So, we encourage free thinking, but not to an absurd point. "You cannot say if anyone can go to Paradise or that cannot go." Yep. Very good.
Another point; Robert Eggers won't attach faces to the evil forces easily for we only see two faces of the witch coven, and that makes this look more authentic. Also good.
Anya Taylor-Joy did a good job in maintaining her part (innocent believer that won't at the end hesitate going to the dark side)! I hope you will improve your acting, Ms. Anya.
Ralph Ineson... Oh man, he lived there the whole thing is I can say!.. Such a neo-rural / believer in God / ex-devil dodger kind of guy!.. Keep up the good work Mr. Ralph!
I will give an overall 7.4 to this movie for not only it earned it, but also it did it by touching the very important questions on life... Not a scary- for-nothing kind of film. But a film that builds a strong relation with life and with God / Holy Being at the end.
Here is the 36th Verse of the 3th Chapter of the Gracious Koran on the matter: - When she was delivered, she said:
"O my Lord! Behold! I am delivered of a female child!"- and Allah knew best what she brought forth- "And the male is not as the female. I have named her Mary, and lo!I commend her and her offspring to Thy protection from the Evil One, the Rejected." -