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Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 9:07 am

What do you think of Hollywoods viewing of witchcraft and the occult?

What are the good movies ( as in truth of the craft) and the bad movies ( makes them pagans look worse)?

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:20 am

Well, I'm not sure if it makes pagans look good or bad...but my favorite pagan themed movie has got to be the 1973 The Wicker Man. I love it. I rewatched it recently, and all I could think was "How could anyone root for Sgt. Howie? He's being a complete jerk! I'd root for Lord Summerisle even if I WASN'T a Witch!" Well...I guess the human sacrifice makes us look bad...but still, Howie was a jerk!!! *lol*

But that's my favorite movie, I think in general now. I love the music. I keep singing it all the time lately. It gets stuck in there. *lol*

As for bad....well, The Craft is kinda a double edged sword - it portrayed us as vengeful little dabblers whose powers can just disappear, but it also brought many seekers to the Craft and made it a little more accessible and a little more acceptable.

The Witchcraft movies (horror movies) were awful for Witches - of course it portrayed us as "evil" and as worshippers of "Satan" and all that crap.

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Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:51 am

omg in the way of bad but hilarious is the movie "the witches" it's awsome. it portrays witches as being the evil child killing crazies w/ horrible skin & no toes & purple eyes...but yea. childhood fave.

the practical magick is my utmost fave!!! it's borderline fantasy but it has a realistic side to it. but hey that's holly wood. they have to add pizzaz.

also like the craft...i agree it's border line...but it gives some of the "laws" & consequences... good...but yet again..it's hollywood.

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:28 am

I wasn't very fond of The Craft, even it has been a few years since I've seen it. I did find Practical Magic nice though. It had a lot of unrealistic parts, but there were enough true points to keep it from being horrible.

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Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 9:42 pm

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I wasn't very fond of The Craft, even it has been a few years since I've seen it. I did find Practical Magic nice though. It had a lot of unrealistic parts, but there were enough true points to keep it from being horrible.

Plus it had Stevie Nicks singing!!! She's been a favorite of mine since I was 5 years old...riding around with my cousin who was babysitting me and singing along with Gypsy.

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:09 am

the craft did show how to not use magic for self gain like how sara learned and fought back trying to do good magic.but thats my opinion.

as for witch movies..
my favorite movie is Practical Magic.
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 1:10 pm

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Well, I'm not sure if it makes pagans look good or bad...but my favorite pagan themed movie has got to be the 1973 The Wicker Man. I love it. I rewatched it recently, and all I could think was "How could anyone root for Sgt. Howie? He's being a complete jerk! I'd root for Lord Summerisle even if I WASN'T a Witch!" Well...I guess the human sacrifice makes us look bad...but still, Howie was a jerk!!! *lol*

But that's my favorite movie, I think in general now. I love the music. I keep singing it all the time lately. It gets stuck in there. *lol*

As for bad....well, The Craft is kinda a double edged sword - it portrayed us as vengeful little dabblers whose powers can just disappear, but it also brought many seekers to the Craft and made it a little more accessible and a little more acceptable.

The Witchcraft movies (horror movies) were awful for Witches - of course it portrayed us as "evil" and as worshippers of "Satan" and all that crap.

i was gonna say the wickerman lol,

its not based on witchcraft per say as its actilly based on a fair few actual true symbols of celtic paganism.
for example the Salmon of wisdom and the woman jumping over the fires for the Beltaine celebrations.
(only examples that was on my mind at the mo)

theres no proof of the Druids using a wickerman for sacrifce infact there is no proof of a wickerman being used in the celtic tradition at all.
it was more than likley roman propergander.

theres a coven near where we do a fair bit of ritual
thay cast a circle useing a song from the wickerman "facepalm".

there the more fluffy bunny pagans as we call them lol

Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:37 pm

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Well, I'm not sure if it makes pagans look good or bad...but my favorite pagan themed movie has got to be the 1973 The Wicker Man. I love it. I rewatched it recently, and all I could think was "How could anyone root for Sgt. Howie? He's being a complete jerk! I'd root for Lord Summerisle even if I WASN'T a Witch!" Well...I guess the human sacrifice makes us look bad...but still, Howie was a jerk!!! *lol*

But that's my favorite movie, I think in general now. I love the music. I keep singing it all the time lately. It gets stuck in there. *lol*

As for bad....well, The Craft is kinda a double edged sword - it portrayed us as vengeful little dabblers whose powers can just disappear, but it also brought many seekers to the Craft and made it a little more accessible and a little more acceptable.

The Witchcraft movies (horror movies) were awful for Witches - of course it portrayed us as "evil" and as worshippers of "Satan" and all that crap.

i was gonna say the wickerman lol,

its not based on witchcraft per say as its actilly based on a fair few actual true symbols of celtic paganism.
for example the Salmon of wisdom and the woman jumping over the fires for the Beltaine celebrations.
(only examples that was on my mind at the mo)

theres no proof of the Druids using a wickerman for sacrifce infact there is no proof of a wickerman being used in the celtic tradition at all.
it was more than likley roman propergander.

theres a coven near where we do a fair bit of ritual
thay cast a circle useing a song from the wickerman "facepalm".

there the more fluffy bunny pagans as we call them lol

After my wedding, I'm going to get the DVD and soundtrack. I love it. ^_^

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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:01 pm

Hollywood is just about what looks good enough to sell. To me the Covenant is interesting but its a bad movie. The wickerman was already mentioned. Equinox makes witchcraft look really bad.

Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:03 am

The Covenant was an interesting movie, but it was completely unrealistic. I can't think of any part of it was that showed anything more related to actual Paganism than the way the Harry Potter books and movies do it... It just seemed like they were using "magic" to do lots of fun things like drive cars off cliffs without dying.

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