In contrast, Seventh Son has so little backstory, info dumping at the beginning eliminates the mystery of the enemy. The prologue in Fellowship film was necessary. Lord of the Rings has a giant backstory and two giant info dump chapters in Fellowship. While it was efficient exposition, I actually think including a prologue was a misstep. The film starts with some surprisingly efficient exposition in the form of a prologue of Jeff Bridge aka Master Gregory hammering shut the iron gates over a pit, apparently locking away Julianne Moore's witch character Mother Malkin. That may seem strange considering the film was stuck in development hell for years, but underdeveloped doesn't refer to the film's creation, but the story and the ideas within the stories. My cousin had the perfect summary for it: Underdeveloped.
It wasn't the horrible 80's fantasy films, but neither was it the good, but flawed fantasy films like Ladyhawke and Dragonslayer. When I was trying to evaluate the film at the end, I was drawn to compare it to the fantasy films of the 80's, but I was having troubles placing it.
Rather this is an exploration what did and did not work and most interestingly for me, what could have worked. Warning: Spoilers Abound- this is not a typical review in the sense that it should be used to see or not see the film.
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