julie, girl, for someone with a gun, you get saved by your undead boyfriend an awful lot (i say as i push my hair behind my ear, “accidentally” drop my weapon, and bat my eyelashes at my zombie lover).

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
not me sitting here being like, “aw, they’re like the pevensie children <3” … they are not (well, unless you consider that three make it to aslan’s country and one does not… iykyk).
also, want to touch on the ending real quick. did not necessarily appreciate the depiction of mental health, especially when this instability comes from a place of grief. these are not “multiple personalities,” these are real (very young!) people who died in a severely tragic way. an…
“there she weaves by night and day, a magic web with colours gay… and moving thro' a mirror clear that hangs before her all the year, shadows of the world appear.” — the lady of shallot, 1842
i fear tennyson may have possessed plante in order to direct this masterpiece… i’m gonna need some time to unpack the literary analysis that i have building up in me rn. brb.
genuinely devastated that this movie opted for mainly pov shots instead of showcasing elijah wood's piercing blue eyes and incredible talent for playing unhinged characters. an intense performance was sacrificed for unflattering film composition, imo.
still, he kinda nailed the parts where we did see him. very much serial killer w/ mommy issues.
some visionary out there pitched “cinderella meets evil dead” and then proceeded to allocate the bulk of the budget to party city costumes soaked in fake blood, accompanied by a single children’s book as the sole source of research.
promising idea to cinematic disaster pipeline is real and it is sturdy.