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Sleepy Hollow- This is about as Tim Burton as films get. It's been a long time since I've seen any other version of Sleepy Hollow, and I've never read it, but I didn't remember it being quite as magical as this movie. I seem to remember more conspiracy and jealousy.
The plot of the movie is that Ichabod Crane, played by Johnny Depp, is sent to work out the mystery of Sleepy Hollow, where several murders have occurred, all beheadings and all the corpses were found with their heads completely missing and nowhere to be found. Of course, Ichabod falls for the beautiful Katrina Van Tassel, and there's plenty of fighting and horseback riding with a twinge of Tim Burton's sense of comedy and excessive blood splatter.
When I say blood splatter, I don't mean it's anything like believable blood splatter. It's meant to be excessive and shocking, and it is. There's a tree filled with blood, and there's a several-month-dead corpse that spurts blood everywhere. It's strange, but not at all gross. If blood splatter would be what would keep you from watching this, don't let it. There's not really enough of it to overpower the rest of the film.
There is a very clear and obvious message to the movie, and that is one which involves witchcraft verses religion and how witches should not have to be condemned for their craft. Again, not an overpowering theme. I watched this with a devotee and she wasn't at all put off by any of the anti-christian themes.
Also a lot of revenge coming out in the movie and really nothing but a moment of jealousy which is quickly removed from the film to make way for the romance.
Oh! One fantastically good part, Christopher Walken is a fantastic Headless Horseman.
So really, overall the film is worth seeing unless you're expecting a thriller or a horror film, because it's unlikely you'll find yourself anywhere near terror at any point. It's Tim Burton, and it's enjoyable.
The plot of the movie is that Ichabod Crane, played by Johnny Depp, is sent to work out the mystery of Sleepy Hollow, where several murders have occurred, all beheadings and all the corpses were found with their heads completely missing and nowhere to be found. Of course, Ichabod falls for the beautiful Katrina Van Tassel, and there's plenty of fighting and horseback riding with a twinge of Tim Burton's sense of comedy and excessive blood splatter.
When I say blood splatter, I don't mean it's anything like believable blood splatter. It's meant to be excessive and shocking, and it is. There's a tree filled with blood, and there's a several-month-dead corpse that spurts blood everywhere. It's strange, but not at all gross. If blood splatter would be what would keep you from watching this, don't let it. There's not really enough of it to overpower the rest of the film.
There is a very clear and obvious message to the movie, and that is one which involves witchcraft verses religion and how witches should not have to be condemned for their craft. Again, not an overpowering theme. I watched this with a devotee and she wasn't at all put off by any of the anti-christian themes.
Also a lot of revenge coming out in the movie and really nothing but a moment of jealousy which is quickly removed from the film to make way for the romance.
Oh! One fantastically good part, Christopher Walken is a fantastic Headless Horseman.
So really, overall the film is worth seeing unless you're expecting a thriller or a horror film, because it's unlikely you'll find yourself anywhere near terror at any point. It's Tim Burton, and it's enjoyable.
