Action carries a generous sweeping quality, panning extensively as objects or people travel from one part of the 2.35:1 frame to the other. Ambiance is noted during runs through the town, bustling with activity in all channels as exposition is dropped. Active from its opening, forest activity spans the rears and hops into the stereos. Where capable though, the 3D Blu-ray is the way to go. Consistent this is not, but an improvement from the Blu-ray. When on point, they look wonderful, but shadows wander too often. Black levels waver a bit between crushing and a little elevated.
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Those highlights continue for the full runtime, elevating the total dimensionality. Generous contrast makes the greatest impact over the Blu-ray, loading up on intensely bright flames.
The few scenes where a flatter palette takes over provides a break. Other primaries carry a neon touch too, especially the forest greens.
Elsewhere, flesh tones produce a neon-like glow, far from natural. Candle-lit interiors drop warmth in droves. While usually diluted, color vibrancy in the Dolby Vision presentation varies wildly. Medium shots can’t compete against true 4K masters, which is expected. Facial detail, in close anyway, pops on occasion. Forest scenery creates some 4K worthy sights. While lacking in sharpness, detail can still flourish. That means consistent clarity, totally unimpeded. The original digital cinematography shows no flaws, freed from (most) noise. By way of the source, Witch Hunters runs soft, although the upscale is flawlessly clean. That willingness to go places leaves an impression – being forced to listen to a witch’s screams as she burns alive, kids looking on gleefully, is just too gruesomely fun not to laugh at.īrought up from a 2K finish, this disc isn’t punchy. Making the slaughter so utterly satisfying betrays the inherent horror, yet isn’t shying away from the sheer insanity. The whole project acknowledges the inherent violence in such fables, twisting their morality inside and out. They’re good people who happen to sling burly machine guns over their shoulders and burn witches alive. Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton) perform these witch-killing services to protect children. Then came Witch Hunters, willing to drape the concept in layers upon layers of dumb in the best way. While no longer true, Witch Hunters hit at the right moment too as studios began lifting fairy tales into live action as strict dramas, and inconsistently playful. And barely cracking 80-minutes, it’s difficult to be bored between the fits of action as a minimalist plot about blood moons plays out. Other than the occasional flirtation of emotional drama between the brother and sister title characters, Witch Hunters remains wholly playful. There’s no attempt to dilute the juvenile absurdity. Cheeky humor, decapitations, suggestive sexuality, and a score layered with hard metal turns Witch Hunters into a high school fantasy. Witch Hunters then is the equivalent of what happens if that realization happens as a teenager. As an adult, most will realize the Grimm fairy tales they grew up with contained ridiculously graphic parables about cooked and/or eaten children.
Grimoires: A family journal documented with ancient recipes, rituals, and spells.Candles: Materials used to amplify a witch’s spell.Grand Witches are evil witches who have the ability to change their appearance to a human form to blend-in with mortals. Regardless, they are originally human until the practice of dark magic and its usage for evil turned them into abomination (though Grand High Witch can revert to their original human appearance to blend in human society). They range in size, depending on their diet and clothing, depending on their origin. Whereas white witches retain their human appearance (which allow them to blend in with ordinary humans on ease) and using their power for good, common witches use their powers to harm others and deformed by repeated use of black magic, transforming into demonic shadow of their former selves.Ĭompared to their benevolent counterpart white witches, common witches in the film are repulsive, if not necessarily demonic, to look at as result of usage of black magic. In the film proper, common witches and white witches are differentiated through their physical appearance and morality. The origin of witchcraft remains unknown, however witches have existed for many centuries, passing down their knowledge and skills through (predominantly) female generations. Like mortals, witches can be either good or evil.
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