so I watched the new Hocus Pocus. Ill admit the first one is a guilty pleasure/Halloween tradition. I watched it with trepidation, disney are well into the woke smog and sequels have a habit of ruining the original.
Spoiler for those who dont want to know
1/The first film - never made witches out to be good. From the first few minutes we know the witches are evil. They eat children's souls and the protagonists need to get rid of them for humanity.
The second film - totally flips this. Suddenly the witches have a backstory that shows them as abused, misunderstood kids forced into social norms of the time (Winifred is being pushed into marrying a man as a 16 year old). They are the victims. A witch gives them a book which helps them escape these social pressures. They suddenly have power.
When they end up back int he present they are viewed as semi hero's. No longer are they a scary story to tell children on Halloween but some sort of heros to emulate. Kids want pictures with them. people dress up as them not as evil witches but because they want to be them.
2/ first film - The protagonists are a white boy whose sister is killed by the sisters in the 16th century and a white boy and his sister, plus a girlfriend in the modern age. Non are witches, have powers or even cool. In fact, the modern boy is bullied. They are the good guys that have to fight satanic witches.
The second film - the main protagonists are three girls, one black, one in the middle and a white girl and the white girls idiotic boyfriend (like beyond idiotic) there are no bullies, the boy doesn't even know he was being rude. The lead girl is later discovered to be a natural witch when she turns 16. Her birthday being Halloween. suddenly being a witch is good, its something amazing. Everyone thinks she is amazing. All three girls enjoy doing witchcraft since children and this is pointed out throughout the movie. The main story seems to be witchcraft is amazing and totally fun. The sisters live for each other and the three friends from the present find witchcraft is a bonding experience and people just dont understand how bonding it is.
3/First movie - Throughout the movie its about kids being kids, messing about who end up igniting a candle that brings witches back. Families go trick or treating, adults go to a party or house parties. Everything is just family fun. The only evil is the Sanderson sisters who the kids go out to destroy. Wholesome but spooky. And yes there are some 'adult ' jokes only the adult would understand but are pretty innocent and would go over the head of kids. So fun for all the family. For example, Winifred asks a coach driver ''we desire children,' meaning to catch and eat but the bus driver says ''ell it might take me a couple of tries but ill give it a go'' pretty innocent but a bit of fun.
Second movie - oh we have the trans agenda straight away. A boy is dressed up as a Sanderson sister. They really make the point this is a boy but he is dressing as a girl. During a Sanderson sister lookalike contest we have a group of trannies dressed up as the women, doing classic drag queen woman face. They are the main focus of this scene.
The main thing about this second movie is the sisters are no longer evil. They are now fun, something to copy. Which the young girls do by the end. People want to be the witches when in the last movie they were something to worry about. Its all about kids look how cool it is to do witch craft. Its also worth noting all the white men are stupid. Like full on idiots even the white mayor who is so childlike its almost insulting. There are two white men and both are idiots. This really stood out.
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Its worth mentioning during the premier I found Bettys clothes fascinating.
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