A Little Detail I Really Love in Hocus Pocus

For all topics regarding speculative fiction of every stripe. Otherwise known as the Geek Cave.
Post Reply
User avatar
Winter
Captain
Posts: 2329
Joined: Wed Jun 07, 2017 6:01 pm

A Little Detail I Really Love in Hocus Pocus

Post by Winter »

I just want to talk about something fun for a change and seeing that it's now October I wanted to talk about one of my all time favorite Halloween movies, Hocus Pocus. I LOVE this movie and a big chunk of why I love it so much is due to it being made of nothing but ham and cheese but it's Delicious. It knows what it is and doesn't try to be anything else. It's silly, over the top, dump and it's SO Much Fun. :D

But while this film is dumb it's not really stupid and there are a ton of little details in it that I really enjoy. The best example, IMO, is the way Thackery Binx talks between the time we see him at the start of the film and when we meet up with him when the Sanderson are brought back to life. At the start of the film Binx talks like someone from 1693 America would but when the sisters are brought back he now talks likes someone from 1993 would... Which makes sense as Binx is immortal and as society has moved on our manner of speaking has changed and anyone who has been around all that time would likely change with how the rest of the world.

Sure, he still has an "ascent" but he still sounds like someone who would speak like the other then contemporary characters would. I really get annoyed when a character who is immortal doesn't grown with the times, as if they're trapped in some sort time capsule.

But yeah, that's a nice little detail that I always enjoyed about the movie. :)
Thebestoftherest
Captain
Posts: 3758
Joined: Thu Feb 28, 2019 2:22 pm

Re: A Little Detail I Really Love in Hocus Pocus

Post by Thebestoftherest »

And the fact it is easier to write for had nothing to do with it.
Post Reply