Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters

Looks like Van Helsing, but with Hawkeye:

edited 4th Sep '12 9:45:48 PM by cfive

Good grief, why do they keep making those EXTREME! fairy tale movies?

That said, a frakking witch with a machine gun. Gold.

My palm just went clean through my skull.

Funnily enough, Peter Stormare was in The Brothers Grimm too.

Waiting for a movie where Big Bad Werewolf has to go after the three evil bestial pigs who killed his brother. I think it should be out around 2014...

Damn it Tommy Wirkola, hurry up and make Dead Snow 2.

I can't decide whether I think that trailer was stupid or awesome.

Also, Fables did the witchhunter Hansel thing better ( Gretel not so much. Because Hansel killed her. For witchcraft.)

edited 5th Sep '12 12:02:43 PM by LizardBite

I'm having trouble with the same decision. For now, I'll settle for stupid-awesome.

Awesome, now someone give me Saint Exupery: Nazi Zombie Slayer.

I already like this version of the kids better than Fable's.

I am totally seeing this. So much fun with fairy tales these days. I love it

So, will this be given a Trope page soon, or only after the movie is released?

A gory red-band trailer is out now.

Yeah we could start a page anytime.

For anyone who wants to do it. Here's what the page could be Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.

Yeah I saw that red band trailer. Looks like far more fun tahn I thought. Count me in for it.

My first thought was, "Oh god no", followed by a facepalm, then proceeded by "Here there be ye old incest subtext".

edited 6th Nov '12 1:24:29 AM by eternalNoob

I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, i feel they are stabbing a classic tale action scenes. On the other hand, and i have to be honest here, the premise sounds FRICKING AWESOME! a brother-sister team hunting witches and other monsters? yes, sign me up.

After watching the trailer, my first reaction was Poe's Law : The Movie.

Watching it, I thought it was a parody of the degdyark Grimmification of fairytales by Hollywood that's been all the craze since Alice In Wonderland. But there was a bugging thought that this was all straight

edited 24th Jan '13 8:38:29 PM by PippingFool

Opening day and no reviews. Bode well, this does not.

I've read nothing but 5/10 reviews at this point. I have to admit, that was a little higher than I feared.

One thing I've learned regarding Hollywood trailers and Poe's Law: If there isn't an intentional (key word there) gag by the first 15 seconds (give or take), then you can assume it's gonna be played straight as an arrow. Hollywood's not exactly confident in viewers recognizing subtle satire.

Indeed. I was waiting for more eviscerations.

Someone ordered eviscerations? It's doing pretty well financially, though.

edited 25th Jan '13 3:02:47 PM by LE0Night

I saw it and in my humble opinion it doesn't really work all that well. The whole thing just never seems to fit together as it should.

I'm planning to see it, Howard Taylor said it was a fun time, which is a pretty solid recommendation.

well I for one am genuinely looking forward to this movie.

edited 27th Jan '13 6:23:37 AM by joeyjojo

The story about the ginger bread house right? Why did they have to base the movie on that? Brother and sister hunt witches because they were almost killed by one, fine enough. The story is inspired by a fairy tale, no problem there. Actually making it a direct continuation from that fairy tale? It just seems so limiting when you have a premise that could go so many places.

Hansel and Gretel kind of deserved it, for a start. Living through their ordeal would probably have them aspire to be more careful and teach other kids not to follow their mistakes. If there was anyone they would want revenge toward it would be their step mom for putting them in the situation. But the causes of all their woes were solved by the end of the story, mom mysteriously dies and they are no longer impoverished anyway.

Now if they were on their regular routine and were jumped, drugged or otherwise ran into something they could not have avoided then I could see them wanting revenge on witches. Maybe if the witch was the cause of their poverty or had lured them to her but none of that was the case in the source material and any such justifications will feel tacked on.