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Sergey BodrowKamera:
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Ben Barnes, Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, Kit Harington, Alicia Vikander, Olivia Williams, Djimon Hounsou, Antje Traue, Gerard Plunkett, Timothy Webber (mehr)Streaming (4)
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Als siebter Sohn eines siebten Sohnes ist Tom Ward ein besonderes Schicksal zuteilgeworden: Er gehört zu den sogenannten Spooks, den Geister-und Monsterjägern, die die bösen Mächte der Welt bezwingen, um der Dunkelheit die Stirn zu bieten. Tom muss allerdings zuvor von Meister Gregory angelernt werden, um sich gegen die finsteren Kreaturen behaupten zu können. Doch mit der rachsüchtigen Hexenkönigin Malkin haben sie es mit einer Bedrohung ungeahnten Ausmaßes zu tun ... (ATV)
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It's just your average fantasy, too mainstream to be truly edgy and too fairytale-like to captivate a more mature audience. Yet it has everything you expect from fantasy - action, beautiful scenery, different races, and dragons. On top of that, there's the incredibly beautiful Julianne Moore, who looks as good as anywhere, and Jeff Bridges, who carries the whole film for me.
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Die größten Probleme in Der siebte Sohn waren die Besetzung der Hauptrolle mit Ben Barnes (er hat auch in Die Chroniken von Narnia keine Glanzleistung abgeliefert) und das eher seichte Drehbuch, das selbst Stars wie Julianne Moore und Jeff Bridges äußerst unsympathisch erscheinen ließ. Optisch war er recht ansprechend, aber wenn der Film dumm wirkt, können ihn auch die besten Drachen und anderen Monster nicht retten. Alles in allem eine ziemlich große Enttäuschung in Form einer Fantasy, der das Drehbuch (und Barnes) den größten Schlag versetzt hat.
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The "pattern" of see-have-fun-forget is applied to a silly fairytale fantasy (with the identical twin of Timothy Olyphant!), which is not taken seriously and is not in any way ashamed nor it apologizes for what it is. An unambitious bullshit with all genre transgressions and clichés. But once in a while it is fun, that is true.
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This made me happy! Not counting The Hobbit, I haven't seen better fantasy in years, and Sergei Bodrov has a similar affinity for creatures as I do, so the flawless art kept me entertained from start to finish. The form is impeccable, the content weaker (the film features all the clichés that belong to the genre), but what do you expect from a fairy tale right ? Fine popcorn flick. 75%.
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Haha, the way I rated it, suddenly red was blue. :-D Will it hold up? If I hadn't gone to the FilmBooster screening, but bought a ticket normally, I'd probably have mourned it at the end of the movie, thinking that maybe a McDonald’s love-in-a-bun would have been money better spent. It's not a complete disaster, but the story is thinner than a stool in dysentery, the characters are flatter than Voldy's nose, and the best part of the whole film is the fight scenes, the bulk of which can, of course, be described as follows: Hop here, hop there, the bad guy gets cut, yells ouch but is no longer hampered by his injuries, hop here, hop there, slice slice and the bad guy is dead. The film is very instructive though, because by the end you know that the only way to take on witches is with a flamethrower. Another plus was Jeff Bridges, his "rich baritone" (so it didn't matter what he said) and now and then he said a corny line to make us laugh (and we did laugh, but many were obviously ashamed of it and so only gave the film one star or the trash can). And quite nice effects. What was it about?!
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Sluggish pace and cheap twists, and the effects aren’t very good, either. The only things worth noting are the wisecracking Bridges and the hellishly sexy Alicia Vikander.
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Average but actually enjoyable fantasy. Of course, if it wasn’t for the flawless Jeff Bridges nobody would give a damn.
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