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I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Unfortunately I started reading the series of book this movie is based on around 2005-2006, and was horrified to know they were turning it into a movie because it's one of my favourite books of all time. Well they completely ruined it, the only things being true to the books is that the characters of John Gregory, Thomas Ward and Mother Malkin exist, and that the theme of the story is dealing with her once she is freed. Basically everything else is different, down to the characters motivations, backgrounds, and sometimes even very existence (Kit Harrington's character is dead before the book even starts, and he dies to a completely different type of creature). Beyond that the movie is poorly written, badly directed, and lacks the depth of character and lore you find in the book (a 200 page novel for 9-12 year olds, it's not like it's The Stand or some big epic). They could have done so much better, but chose not to for who knows what reasons. TL;DR The movie is probably not worth your time unless you want a very bad LOTR spoof. Go read the book, it'll take you like 2 hours max.

With wizards, warlocks, witches, walled cities, demons, dragons, knights and ogres, and of course with a side of romance, "Seventh Son" has everything you need for a Medieval epic tale. In this movie Tom Ward (Ben Barnes) is the 7th son of a 7th son, a fate thought to hold great destiny. Tom becomes the apprentice of John Gregory (Jeff Bridges). Gregory is a "spook" which in this world is ironically a good guy who protects humankind from evil supernatural spirits and beings. Gregory's arch nemesis is the powerful witch Malkin (Julianne Moore), who is growing more powerful with the presence of a blood moon. Together Gregory and Tom go and a quest to stop Malkin's havoc. This movie is a film version of the novel "The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch," the first book of the "Wardstone Chronicles" by Joseph Delaney. When these types of novel series moved to the big screen, there are a large number of characters that are well developed in the book. It's hard to cram all this character development into two hours. "Seventh Son" had lots of interesting characters that were likely highly developed in the novel, but in the movie it feels like it moves too fast to get to know any of them…and the movie is not that fast paced. There are just that many characters. All in all it's till a fun movie to watch, with some good action sequences.

This is like a 5.5 out of 10 kind of throwaway magic and dragons type of movie; however if you wisely use the fast forward button on your remote while watching, you can transform this movie into a 6 or 7 or even 7.5 out of ten type of movie. Sure, the film will be about an 45 minutes to an hour long but just remember that you are watching this CGI fest for entertainment. Not like you have to write a term paper on this or anything like that (even though the plot is so simple, you'll still be able to write a term paper about it regardless of skipping movie of it) The movie is about a magic dude, played by The Dude and he grabs a practically random stranger for hardly a reason in the world and makes him his apprentice. And they set off to kill an evil queen witch. All joking aside, the action in this movie is pretty good and maybe the only reason to watch this movie. The CGI isn't half-bad. Just fast forward the parts showing the apprentice kid talking to anyone other than Jeff Bridges and you'll be as happy as a clam.

Right off the bat you know this will not be a great film when American-accented actors jar your ears in a period piece set in European medieval times. American Oscar winners Julianne Moore and Jeff Bridges both try to carry off an accent, so why didn't the other top-billed stars, Ben Barnes and Alicia Vikander? What makes this all the more bizarre is that Ben Barnes is British, as is Olivia Williams who also affected an American accent! Something I learned from the bonus material on the DVD. What weird thinking drove that decision? From there it continued downhill. I found myself shaking my head repeatedly. Other reviews pointed out the film's triteness, disjointedness, poor editing, terrible music scoring, and miscasting. Makes one appreciate the true artistry and skill it takes to make a good fantasy film such as Lord of the Rings. You can tell that the star-power actors had high hopes for this film. What a sad waste of money, time, and labor. Don't watch this film.