katikat | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters is a nutty adventure. Don't expect Shakespeare from it and you won't be disappointed. I wasn't. I went to see it because of Hansel and Gretel's relationship and I loved it. Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton had fantastic chemistry. And I loved that for them, everything was first and foremost about them, their dalliances and friendships with other people were secondary to their relationship. And that was lovely...

= The scene where Gretel dreamed about their mother, when she woke Hansel who slept on the floor and he tucked her hand under his arm and cuddled with it.

= When Ben started fanboying about their adventures, the look Hansel and Gretel exchanged, their private smile.

= When they fell through the floor in their old house, the way they hugged and touched their faces and foreheads, reassuring themselves that the other was okay. That was incredibly lovely.

= The bits like Hansel's sugar sickness or the wand that reacted to Gretel's touch!

= Mina was quite awesome! And Muriel too, Famke Janssen was so, so gorgeous. And Edward!

There were so many things I would like to see explored in fanfiction. Or in a sequel, possibly. The movie already tripled its $50 mil. budget worldwide - it's at $181 mil. right now - and it has a good chance to quadruple its budget before it runs its course.

I would give it 6/10 but it was totally worth seeing in the cinema!