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It could have never been truer than this. The movie advertised as
the -'The heads will roll' really sent the viewers' heads rolling
and I wonder how much time it took them after the movie to stop
the rolling. Sleepy Hollow, suppose to horrify you to sleepless
nights, falls disappointingly short of the class of horror movies
like Omen, The Exorcists, and to some extent the recent one Stigmata
that Hollywood has produced in recent times. Spare for few hair
raising decapitation scenes, this movie has nothing to hold you
at the seat. And that too if you see one such scene, you have seen
them all.
The entire movie revolves around a headless horseman hunting for
his skull only to fit it back on his body to give a Dracula kiss
to a sweet girl turned sorcerer who also happens to be the controller
of the ghost. The girl who has now become a witch to avenge for
all the tribulations she had to undergo due to some people of the
village, was also instrumental in the slaying of the reckless warrior
some 20 years back, who has now become her hitman…oops… the headless
horseman.
Complex 18th-century detective Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) is sent
to the village of sleepy hollow more as a challenge to his scientific
approach to investigation. And well, there was hardly any intricacy
in the case to warrant even a speck of investigational stint as
the desperate spree of the headless horseman to behead, was blowing
trumpets about the plot.
In Tim Burton movies you are seldom able to identify any strong
characterization. The characters appear to be more comical than
with any substance. (Remember Batman?) . And this adaptation of
Washington Irving's novel is no different. And if you are a skeptic,
all I have to say is better save the worth of a ticket for a sane
purpose.
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