marieltrokan An act of kindness, is an act of harmless distribution. The worth of redundant kindness is therefore the worth of the pointlessness of harmless distribution. Harmless distribution, is the harmfulness of possession. The worth of pointlessness is redundancy of worth - the need to abandon a source of inspiration. In effect, it's the need to abandon a source of inspiration that's the danger of possession that's the message.Something, which has the capacity to inspire is the capacity to inflict harm. Inspiration in and of itself is the action of danger. To be inspired is to be drawn toward something. In order for this to happen, however, it's the tragic reality that the reality which is responsible for the gravitation is unable to gravitate itself - the inspiration hasn't the ability to imitate the powers of the inspired.Inspiration is power. But, power is having to experience limitation so that an imitation of power can be true. A power is an experience - experience is having to be subject to limitation, because then an imitation of the experience has the power to be real.Experience and limitation are in fact the same: limitation is having to be real, because then an imitation of limitation can be real. In order to let reality possess the privilege of not knowing its deficiencies, the actual presence of weakness is having to be real.An actual presence, in reality, is having to be the purest definition of weakness so that overall reality can have the freedom of being protected from its weaknesses. A weakness is an injury: for the sake of overall reality being kept safe from weakness, there's a literal spot in reality which is the purest definition of the most powerful weakness.What is the most powerful weakness? An injury is just an injury. However, a best injury is a worst safety. In order to let overall reality know what it means, to experience safety that's reasonable and sufficient, it's necessary for a single spot in reality to know what it means to experience the worst kind of safety.Safety is meant to induce peace. Peace is meant to induce satisfaction - the film Sleepy Hollow is about the perversity of being subject to the worst kind of peace so that reality has the ability to be the happiest kind of fear Peace subjects itself to fear, so that peace can give fear the opportunity to know the true meaning of peace

calvinnme Director Tim Burton's elaborate take on Washington Irving's tale of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman doesn't have much in common with Irving but excels as a Gothic exercise in atmosphere and dark humor.This rich visual feast demands a viewer's attention with its stunning photography and art direction, with countless memorably framed shots of 18th Century New York, with its foggy woods and small town cobblestone streets. Lurking about, too, of course, is the legendary Headless Horseman who seems to be collecting an increasingly large number of heads of his hapless victims.This brings about the arrival of Crane, transformed by Burton from Disney's spindly school teacher of animation fame into an analytical would be Sherlock Holmes type detective. Only this detective is decidedly squeamish about blood (not to mention spiders) and, on at least one bloody occasion, will pass out. The role is an ideal showcase for Johnny Depp, whose Crane is both darkly handsome and a bit prissy. Depp is truly endearing in his part, an engagingly idiosyncratic individual who will eventually turn reluctant hero.None of the rest of the cast, while capable, make much of an impression next to Depp. A few old timers occupy that cast, however, including Christopher Lee, Michael Gough and Martin Landau. However, Christopher Walken also appears, chillingly, in a significant role.It's a shame, of course, that Burton's skills with narrative story telling are not nearly as effective as his flair for visual dramatics (as unquestionably impressive as the latter are here) and, as far as the story itself is concerned, the film is confused and falls a bit flat. Nor are the horror elements of the story all that horrifying, though this is a film in which the decapitations by the Horseman will keep the heads a rolling. Burton largely treats these moments of bloodshed and "terror" as darkly humorous more than anything else.More than any of the special effects involving the Headless Horseman, what stays with me are Depp's performance and, particularly, the Gothic elegance of this production. That alone makes Sleepy Hollow well with the investment of a viewer's time.

Hitchcoc Come on. If it weren't for the names of the characters, including the Headless Horseman, we wouldn't have clue that this had anything to do with the original. A remake has to have something to do with the original plot, even if it's butchered. For God's sake, Ichabod Crane is a police detective!? He comes to investigate murders using forensic techniques. Katrina Van Tassel is a potential suspect. Remember that Ichabod, in the original movie, was the victim. So let's let that go. If this is just a period piece it's a decent movie. It is well constructed and has some really interesting plot development. The detective must wade through the provincial prejudices against him and try to solve the murders. I suppose most of the people who went to this film had never read the original, but it bothers me that the title and characters have any connection to that story.

Fella_shibby I first saw this in New Excelsior theatre in south Mumbai in early 2000. Those times no trailers. Didn't read anything bah it. Jus went n boy what a treat i got. Saw it again with my dad in the same theatre. Sleepy Hollow is a visual treat. Very entertaining film. Tim burton did a terrific job. Very creepy atmosphere n awesome visuals but not that scary. The decapitations were brutal without spilling blood. The twist was good. Ample action towards the end, especially the chariot chase scenez. The acting was very good by Depp. The star cast is wonderful. Walken's only dialogue in the movie is shhhh. Sufficient for haters. Christopher lee in a small role. I wonder where Casper van dien n Christina Ricci disappeared after this film. When Depp first arrives in Sleepy hollow, the village looked like a painting on canvas. This movie is a Gothic work of art. Awesome cinematography. The film's cinematographer, Emmanuel Lubezki, and production designer, Rick Heinrich n Peter Young deserves full credit. Bought a DVD few months back. Will revisit.