Film Post #3

Season of the Witch

 

This film released in 2010, starring Nicolas Cage, involves medieval style witch hunt scenario. Based in the 1300’s we follows Cage as he and another Knight as they desert the crusades and the church along with it.   

They try to go home and resume their lives but are discovered upon entering a town which has become inflicted with a plague. The pair are then recruited by the church once more to escort a girl, they believe to be the witch who has inflicted this plague upon the town, to a monastery where the monks will decide her fate.

Now whilst this style of film is right up my street I have to say I found it pretty lacking in…. well, pretty much anything. The graphics where sub-par and I never really felt captured or hooked by the story or the characters. Even with a number of well-known faces throughout the cast it just didn’t do anything for me. 

I only kept watching if I’m honest as I knew I would be writing this blog entry about it and felt I needed to be able to give my honest opinion of the film, and I don’t believe that is possible without watching a film in its entirety. 

I’m sorry to say I wouldn’t recommend it, even though I don’t feel it was wasted hours of my life I won’t be watching it again. 

Mary Scale 3/10