200106: Sleepy hollow

Sarah 2022-01-25 08:02:29

I watched this film because of the old news, and the second is to appreciate Christina Ricci's acting performance as an adult. After watching it, I found that it was a bloody fantasy thriller without much nutrition and plot. The plot was on the same level as Cage's "Witch Season". But I have to say that the special effects of 1999 are considered top-notch, and I think it is at the same level as the "The Matrix One" of the same year.

The whole film took place in New York City in 1799. Depp was sent to the Valley of the Dead to investigate three cases of deadheads (a pair of father and son and a widow). 1. Heard a legend: a Hessian mercenary was sent by the German king to keep the Americans under British rule, killing countless people, and finally beheaded by his own sword in the valley of the dead end. Recently, his grievances persisted, resulting in these three murders. 2. Five cases: Another person was killed in the forest. The victim's son Maas volunteered to join Depp. Later, the prosecutor told him that there were actually four coffins and five corpses: the widow who was killed was pregnant. 3. The headless horseman: watch the headless horseman kill the sheriff and take his head with his own eyes. Later, through the prophet, he knew that he was going to find the dead tree and found the human head in the tree. He also admitted the existence of the headless horseman from the plot. 4. Clarify the conspiracy: In fact, prominent people are fighting for property, using spells to manipulate the headless knight to kill. 5. The final incident: The headless horseman killed Katrina's father. Katrina was overwhelmed and fainted. Depp finally realized that Katrina's stepmother was the murderer, rescued Katrina, and at the last minute returned the knight's head to save him. Trivia: A very cute red crested bird appeared in it, and it became a bond between the male and female masters.

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Extended Reading
  • Don 2022-03-24 09:01:18

    Continuing Tim Burton's usual black style, the character played by Depp feels a bit like William Wonka. The ending is a bit unexpected, that little loli is very cute~

  • Adelle 2022-01-25 08:02:29

    The actor is too good, and the story is really ups and downs. I thought it was a suspenseful, case-solving film, but I didn't know it was a ghost. 2013.10.11 Supplementary post: Reread, analyzed the story line, textbook template. Tim Bolton is good at being bold, but the story structure is unconventional

Sleepy Hollow quotes

  • Samuel Philipse: Five victims in four graves.

  • Ichabod Crane: Doctor Lancaster, Reverend Steenwyck, Notary Hardenbrook, and Magistrates Philipse, who tried to cut and run, and lost his head. Four frightned men, arguing on the very night Magistrate Philipse was killed. There's a conspiracy here. The doctor, the reverend, the notary, and the magistrate. What is the secret that unites them? Magistrate Philipse knew there were five bodies to four graves, knew the widow was pregnant, but would not tell me the name of the father. What does this point to? We must proceed by a process of elimination. I shall make a list of every man and woman in Sleepy Hollow, starting with their chief citizen, Baltus Van Tassel. I feel we're getting very close.

    Young Masbath: Yes. I suppose Baltus is the chief citizen, now that old Van Garrett is dead.

    Ichabod Crane: Yes. The Van Garretts. I had almost forgotten them.

    Ichabod Crane: Come with me.

    Young Masbath: Where are we going?

    Ichabod Crane: To Notary Hardenbrook's.

    Young Masbath: Have you thought of something?

    Ichabod Crane: Yes. I have.