Hansel & Gretel stereotype

It has been a long time since I last write something in this blog. I'm still enjoying movies. Although I seem to can not find time to write again, despite all the 'free-time' I have. 

So the last movie I watch is Hansel & Gretel (2012). Hansel is being played out by the all machoness Bourne and Avenger actor, Jeremy Renner. And Gretel played by the smoking hot Gemma Arterton. 

The lack of movie rating agency in Indonesia make this movie easily misunderstood as movie for children.  And one week into the release in Indonesian bioscopes, they were putting notice like this: "Hansel & Gretel bukan film anak-anak". This notice is also resounding in the twitter world, warning people to not bring their kids to watch this movie, despite the title. I guess the early movie watchers fully regretted their decision to bring their kids into the movie because of the violence pictured in it. 

Hansel & Gretel story was about two siblings, a brother and a sister, whose one day being left in the middle of very thick woods by their father, and struggle to find their way home but fallen trapped to a evil witch in a house decorated with sweets. Even at a very young age, the have enough wit to tackle the evil witch, and kill her by burning her inside the stove that was meant to cook them instead. This is the part where this movie got its unique character, because in captivity the evil witch force-feed Hansel with sweets like candies and cakes, he later developed diabetes, and must inject insulin every few hours, or else he will die. Later when they grown-up they become a evil witch hunter. Gretel turns out to be a steamy hot sensual witch hunter. And Hansel, well, turns out fine, despite the diabetes. 

The story line is familiar. They are constantly hunted by their childhood experience of being left alone in the woods, and the big witch boss in the movie is the same one that cause them to suffer that experience. 

The action is standard. The setting is medieval-style, you know like 'Jaman Kegelapan'-ness somewhere in Europe. 

On a personal note, this movie is becoming a stereotype for both Jeremy and Gemma. I mean, watching this movie made me feel like I already watch this movie, and this action before. It's like having a dejavu. Jeremy Renner act is his stereotype, and so does Gemma Arterton. Jeremy Renner with his Bourne-type action machoness, and Gemma Arterton with her sensuality on scene. I am afraid, if both of them not doing something different in their next movie, they will fall into oblivion, and just maybe become another A-list or B-list actor, but not a legend.