Very disappointing...

So much average

Don't listen to the negative reviews

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

... out of frustration at the missed opportunity. The biggest complaint has to be laid at the feet of Jeff Bridges, with his ridiculous pseudo English twit accent. I don't know where that came from, but perhaps he thought anybody called Master Geoffrey must have been an English twit, but even then he only manages a caricature. And this has become an annoying habit of a once good actor with a reputable legacy, as shown in RIPD and True Grit - you can't play The Big Labowski in every role! He isn't helped by his character's bipolar disorder either. The film opens weirdly, with apprentice Kit Harrison calling him to answer the ringing bell summons. But instead of saying "I'll just finish my drink and then we'll be off", he pointblank refuses, prompting a local bully to demand he do his duty. That leads to a fight, the sole purpose of which is to demonstrate our hero's ability to defend himself with no more than a tankard. The bully vanquished, he then pours his unspilled drink over him, then leaves the tavern, chastizing his apprentice for not warning him the bells were calling out. It could have been senility, or his repeatedly confirmed alcohol dependence, or depression at being the only survivor of a noble order of 1,000 knights, but we learn, as Bridges takes us on the rollercoaster ride of his character's emotions, that he was once in love with the evil villain, but married someone else and then betrayed her again after she murdered his wife in a fit of jealousy. This is clearly a couple to keep one's distance from, were it not for the fact that she plans to conquer the world and rid it of humans. He has an equally fanatical devotion to ridding it of witches, so something's gotta give! Therein lies the interesting promise of the film (beyond the talented cast). At heart it should be an Arthurian quest to rid the world of evil, but that noble quest has been subverted into a 'racial' battle. But then a love story arises to rebalance everything, since Barnes and Vikander both have witch mothers who married humans out of love (tho' he doesn't know that at the beginning, despite the clues). Julianne Moore plays a convincing villain (which may well have won her the Kingsman 2 role she played so well). We're not quite sure whether her turning to the dark side was prompted by her betrayal by Bridges or he turned against her after she showed she was turning, but by the time we meet her she's fully committed and relishing it, to a degree that even her sister (Vikander's mother) finds disturbing. She brings lots of allies to her cause, which provides some very effective SFX, as they can all change between human and animal. Indeed one wonders how the humans can possible survive and mystified at the end as to how they actually won. It comes as a shock to see Moore, having murdered her beloved sister - because she stopped her murdering Vikander (who opted for her new love's cause) - meekly turn away and hide in a corner, despite the blood moon being at its height and supposed to make her supreme. It surely can't be the loss of the amulet, since she was pretty awesome even before she got it back. Maybe it was sadness that Bridges preferred to die than rule the dark side next to her. He confesses "I love you once", she appeals to his mercy, but none is forthcoming and so she threatens to haunt him - so the feud can go on and we can get sequels. The lovers also decide to go their separate ways but will surely meet again, another hint at a sequel. Indeed the abundance of sequel hints also becomes annoying. Arny only needed to say "I'll be back", but this one has no right to feel that confident - especially if Bridges insists on hanging onto that stupid accent!

Didn't know a great deal about this film but I do like fantasy films and Julianne Moore and Jeff Bridges were in it.That still didn't stop it from being a sh*t film.The script wasn't great, the romance between the Seventh Son and the witch had NO chemistry and felt very forced, he told her that he loved her after seeing each other three bloody times!I've seen better dragons…. everywhere but the effects for the whole movie were worse than Sharknado!The whole movie was resolved really fast and predictably in the final moments.I have no idea if the book is as boring as the film but I wouldn't recommend this film to anyone.Well… maybe if I don't like them!

I think another reviewer put it nicely when he wrote, that this is neither a disaster nor a classic. It can be entertaining though, if you let yourself into the fantasy world. You've got really good actors in this and they're having fun. Jeff Bridges seems to channel a bit of Tom Hardy, though it's hard to tell sometimes the way he talks (in this case it's slightly different and almost to earnest for the tone of the movie itself, which is way lighter).But you also have the recently Oscar winning Vikander and Ms. Moore, both wonderful in their own rights. The special effects are decent too, though I didn't watch the 3D version, so I can't say how those worked out for the movie. It's a family affair mostly, even if it gets a bit dark from time to time.

This film has had allot of negative reviews but I gave it a shot and yes its pretty bad. The premise of the film sees a witch hunter get a new apprentice in order to stop an army of withes. Jeff bridges character was quite fun in this film but he had a lack of depth to his character and at Times it was a bit hard to understand him. Julianne moore was also pretty good in this film as the villain witch even though her character also lacked depth. Ben barnes plays the apprentice in this film and he is just so dull and we are never given a reason to even start liking this character. Also even though Alicia vikander is a good actress there is just no chemistry between the two and it really hurts the film. The story is really basic and lacks any depth to it or its characters. The script is poor as well with no drama or humour added to make the film fun. The style has some pretty fun action scenes but also has an over reliance on cgi that come across poorly. Overall this is a poor film that doesn't hit the levels it should.