Zemeckis “The Witches” Adaptation (Hathaway)

[Pennywise]

 

[Schlosser85]

Anne Hathaway looks like she's enjoying herself. That accent

 

[Prison Mike]

Nice. That weekend will be a good one between this movie and Borat 2

 

[Dave McFly]

just realized that Anne and Stanley are reteaming up since Devil Wears Prada nice

 

[DarkKnight88]

I love Robert Zemeckis, but something seems off about this. The CGI looks very unfinished. Also that Roald Dahl darkness present in the story looks to be missing. Anne Hathaway is not threatening at all. I hope it's just the way they cut the trailer. Fingers crossed because this is one of my all-time favourite childhood stories.

 

[mclay18]

I like the poster. And the trailer is pretty nifty -- Hathaway is definitely playing the Grand High Witch differently than Anjelica Huston did.

 

[Doctor Jones]

I love Robert Zemeckis, but something seems off about this. The CGI looks very unfinished. Also that Roald Dahl darkness present in the story looks to be missing. Anne Hathaway is not threatening at all. I hope it's just the way they cut the trailer. Fingers crossed because this is one of my all-time favourite childhood stories.

Yeah, I saw the same thing. Though when Octavia Spencer started singing in the beginning, that's the type of Zemeckis directing that has warmed my heart in the past.

 

[Sawyer]

So HBO Max in the states and in theaters internationally? Based on the dollar and twenty-seven cents Tenet has made stateside, it feels like that would’ve been the ideal play for that one as well. Probably would’ve drummed up a helluva lot of business for the streamer too.

 

[Prison Mike]

When Anne takes off her wig...she looks like a crazy Rose McGowan

 

[DarkKnight88]

So HBO Max in the states and in theaters internationally? Based on the dollar and twenty-seven cents Tenet has made stateside, it feels like that would’ve been the ideal play for that one as well. Probably would’ve drummed up a helluva lot of business for the streamer too.

This is such a small scale story that it makes sense. Tenet deserves much better than debuting on HBO Max. Delaying to next summer would've been smarter.

 

[The Joker]

I'm disappointed. I was so hyped for this movie. The tone just comes off as silly and goofy. Even the segments with the Witches. Anne Hathaway didn't have one intimidating moment in that trailer. Maybe they are saving those for the movie, but I'm not getting anything from what we saw there.

The original movie wasn't perfect but it retained the darkness of Dahl's book. Anjelica Huston had a menacing air to her all the time. Looks like its straying quite a bit from the source material, too. The grandmother actually confronting the Grand High Witch letting her know she knows who she is and she's going to stop her for instance. The Grand High Witch asking the hotel manager upon arrival what would he do if the place was full of mice. The Witches are supposed to be subtle. Not draw attention or suspicion to themselves.

I'm not trying to be a complete Dahl purist but I'm just not feeling this. Its giving me Spielberg BFG vibes. Too goofy.

 

[Marvolo]

This is such a small scale story that it makes sense. Tenet deserves much better than debuting on HBO Max. Delaying to next summer would've been smarter.

Deserve really has nothing to do with it. We dont even know if theaters in the states will recover. Plus studios shpuld be trying to get as much money as they can this year. Not kicking everything down the road and making little money this year.

This film looks like a fun time. Glad WB was sensible and put it on HBO Max.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Deserve really has nothing to do with it. We dont even know if theaters in the states will recover. Plus studios shpuld be trying to get as much money as they can this year. Not kicking everything down the road and making little money this year.

It's a case by case basis, so no. There are some films that deserve the big screen treatment. They only get one shot at that.

 

[Lencho01]

I guess this is exactly what I expected in this day and age, so it looks fine to me.

The Witches is currently on Netflix for those who want to watch it again or have never seen it before.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

I'm not loving the vibe so far. Zemeckis is on fumes these days and Hathaway doesn't look at all intimidating.

I'll give it a chance though.

 

[Dave McFly]

The Witches is currently on Netflix for those who want to watch it again or have never seen it before.

*hits the add to queue button*

 

[Hunter Rider]

Anne Hathaway and Octavia Spencer look like they had fun at least.

 

[samsnee]

I had never even heard of the original so watched it on Netflix. Outside of the reveal scene, I was bored to tears.

 

[jmc]

Hathaway is hamming it up but overall it looks kinda lame.

 

[Persona]

This looks really tepid.

 

[DarkKnight88]

I had never even heard of the original so watched it on Netflix. Outside of the reveal scene, I was bored to tears.

Read the wonderful book.

Maybe should’ve been animated.

 

[#root]

Looks like okayish, harmless fun. The moment with Octavia Spencer singing and dancing was really, really cute though .

 

[MOVIELORD101]

Guys, we all should've figured the mice were gonna be CGI. Really don't know why people are complaining.

As for writing, bear in mind, this is Zemekis first genre movie in over a decade since A Christmas Carol (which I liked, btw). I'm really glad he's going back to genre work after all that Oscar-baiting drama crap. I know people love Forest Gump and Cast Away, but outside of those, all the drama work he's done is REALLY not that interesting. The Walk could've been interesting if it a. did not involve the World Trade Center (pre-9/11 or not, it's clearly now a touchy subject with people) and b. the climax didn't give people freaking vertigo due to the IMAX shots (no one likes to feel like they're really gonna fall while watching a movie, tightrope or otherwise).The only reason he's "drained" there is because he's less creative doing straight drama without any fantastical elements! Here, Zemekis is a bit back on form and there does feel like there's some energy there! Plus, he's got Guillermo del Toro co-writing for him, and we KNOW GDT's a great writer!

 

[Micromind]

Zemekis+del Toro sounds like a good team, and Hathaway should be fun as the witch, hope it's received well. So far, response to the trailer seems to be mixed ?

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Didn't Del Toro originally want this as a stop-motion animated feature? That would have been cool.