Magical Theory (Monday, 01/16/2006, 5th Period)

[romanywitch]

"Hey, guys. Today, we're going to be watching The Craft, and on Wednesday, we'll discuss your impressions of the movie. Sound like a plan?"

ETA: The door to the classroom is closed to minimize disturbances from the hallway.


OOC: I was offline all day. OMG. Please ignore the misspelling of 'conjure' in the imdb entry. Or snark it.

2nd ETA: Please post at least one line in the 'discussion' post roleplaying watching the movie and commenting on it if you want. That will count as your discussion credit for today's class. I should have mentioned this in the inital post, but didn't, and I'm sorry. I've tried to ping everyone who signed in before I made this edit.

Comments

Re: Discussion: Watching 'The Craft'

[kikidelivers.livejournal.com]

Kiki puts her head to one side. "I'm not sure I really like this representation of witches. It seems like they always go for the stereotype in the movies: using negative energy to get what you want. And while sure, doing that is going to produce some major backlashes on the caster...I just don't agree with how often witchcraft is portrayed as something evil."


[Mun has never seen the movie, just used the imdb link...hope this lines up with the actual plot!]

Re: Discussion: Watching 'The Craft'

[romanywitch]

OOC: You've used the imdb link exactly as I intended it! And your comment was great!

Re: Discussion: Watching 'The Craft'

[kikidelivers.livejournal.com]

[*whew* thanks!]

Re: Discussion: Watching 'The Craft'

[soldtoarmenians]

Xander distracts himself from OMG PLAID SKIRT for a second to consider Kiki's comment. "I think you're...probably right?" he says. "Not that anything in this movie is trying to be realistic, including that girl's cleavage. But I've seen enough people using magic to hurt other people to think it's totally off-base."

Re: Discussion: Watching 'The Craft'

[kikidelivers.livejournal.com]

Kiki nods. "But so many movies treat it like that. It's like in the 'Wizard of Oz' - Are you a good witch, or a bad witch? When really the answer is, 'Witches are human.'"

Re: Discussion: Watching 'The Craft'

[soldtoarmenians]

Xander grinned. "Yeah, no argument there. Good point. Or well, not all witches are human, probably. But they're people, anyway."

Re: Discussion: Watching 'The Craft'

[kikidelivers.livejournal.com]

"OK, also good point - not all witches are human, I agree," Kiki replies, "but just like with ordinary people, you can't just pigeon-hole them as good or bad."