No, I’m not over exaggerating just to get clicks. The plot is full of holes so big you could drive a freight train through them. It contradicts itself, repeatedly. There are no character arcs for any of the characters. It tries to elevate message over story, but fails to deliver either a coherent message or a logical story. And, worst of all, it sloppily tries to redeem the child eating, soul sucking, mind raping, slave mongering, tyrannical, sociopathic, insane, Devil worshipping, power mad Sanderson sisters in the absolutely worst way possible. In short, Hocus Pocus 2 is everything wrong with modern storytelling. It ends up doing far more damage than good and ends up glorifying Evil and diminishing Righteousness. Here I explain all these reasons in detail and why you shouldn’t waste your time on this movie.
Tag: storytelling
How Mormonism Influenced The First Mistborn Trilogy
I recently finished Brandon Sanderson’s first Mistborn trilogy -The Final Empire through Heroes of Ages – and loved all three books. They’re incredible works of storytelling and some of the best fantasy out there. Sanderson is easily one of the best fantasy writers alive. He is also a devout Latter-day Saint. As I was reading his books again and again I kept coming across ways that Mormonism influenced his writing in crucial ways, but was shocked to find so little online exploring these influences. This article is my attempt to demonstrate some of the major ways that LDS scripture, history, theology, and culture deeply influence Sanderson’s writing and appear in these books.