![]() ![]() But more often than not, competition is just subconscious assessment. Too easily we are given the tropes of girls being mean and vindictive, or slyly cutting each other down in order to raise themselves higher. I particularly appreciated that the movie showed how girls compete almost subconsciously. Those are the years in which you are assessing your own place in the world and figuring out what you will focus on in the future, what you will offer and develop in order to thrive. I think there is always an aspect of balancing and subtle competition with young friendships. Without being told, we get the impression the roller girl is more tuned in to modern culture, more energetic and stronger than the witch – and we also understand that though roller girl tries harder, the witchy girl is naturally ahead and more valued (for her brains and her beauty). She was always taking her backpack for her, waiting while her friend caught her breath. The other thematic element was how often our roller girl had to slow down for her witchy friend. The cop’s daughter was more conscious of her appearance, wearing lipstick and keeping up with pop culture, whereas her witchy friend with barely brushed hair was the one people referred to as pretty. There were two key elements to this friendship that established some of the themes of the film. You can feel how much these two rely on each other and support one another, and their friendship seems steeped in years of familiarity. They’re an adorable duo – one loud and boisterous, the other more calm and timid. She’s not afraid to call out her best friend of rule breaking and her best friend isn’t scared to stand up to her either. Our witch’s best friend is the daughter of a policeman, brash and confident, genuine and lovable. What is the equivalent to a bromance? For girls? Cause this movie has the best female friendship I’ve seen in a long, long while. More musings on The Witch including SPOILERS…. It’s bloody and violent without being shockingly so – and the end is satisfying while also leaving you wanting more. And they’re all drawn together at the end for a high stakes showdown between multiple parties with multiple interests. They’re given small character quirks, signature elements that make them distinctive. ![]() Like a Cohen Brothers movie, this film is packed with side characters and each one of them is memorable. The balance of action and humor, the dark scenes and the light ones. I’ve watched this three times now and each time I marvel at how well crafted this film is. You know something is about to happen… but what? When? What sort of experiments were they doing in that creepy building from the opening scene? What sort of powers does our innocent girl have…? Yet there is tension in the air, built with small hints that something dreadful is just around the corner… her increasingly crippling headaches… her unexpected participation in a national singing contest… her mysterious abilities. ![]() Our teen witch seems perfectly ordinary, a nice young woman who jokes around with her best friend and cares for her parents. The movie is now about a young lady who is trying to help her aging parents as they deal with financial and medical problems. The country town is bright and filled with lovable characters. An older man spots the runaway sleeping and scoops her up, calling for his wife as he runs towards the house.Įight years later and our runaway is now a teenager. The Witch quickly shifts from the dark, bloody, and tension filled opening to a misty morning on a small farm. A cold, cruel-seeming woman shrugs it off, saying the child won’t live long anyways… and a blood soaked girl runs through the night. You quickly deduce this facility has been experimenting on children and that one of them has escaped. There is blood splatter galore, but all seems quiet… men with bats catch their breath as something or someone twitches underneath a tarp. As if that didn’t set the tone enough, you’re then greeted with a ridiculously bloody aftermath scene. The Witch starts out with a bang – including eerie opening credits that feature archival (real or fake, who knows?) images of human experiments and cruelty: witch hunts, the Holocaust, and more. ![]()
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