Movie and TV review: Charmed

 

I just got done with watching Charmed from start to finished. It was a good series about witches. It starts out with 3 sisters finding out they are witches. They are not just witches but the Charmed Ones, the most powerful witches. Working together they are the Power of 3 and they fight demons and vanquish them all for the greater good. After the 3rd season one of the sisters die and breaks the Power of 3. They find out that they have another sister that they did not know about and she comes into her powers and the Power of 3 is reunited. Being the Charmed Ones is not an easy job as they try to have a normal life and relations while kicking demon butt.

 

The series started off with a Wiccan touch but kind of lost it after a while. In the middle of the series they added Magic School, which let's face it was a rip off of Harry Potter. Needless to say the also added lots of members of the magic community with fairies, leprechauns and even a unicorn.

 I really like some humor in my dramas, it makes them enjoyable. The girls were always getting into trouble and some of the costumes were hilarious. The girls were once turned into comic book heroes in full costume. They became Valkeries and even Goddess and each girl has had their own transformations. One of the have been turned into a mermaid, a genie, a vampire, a windego, a mummy, and many more. They have traveled through time several time. Now like many shows it has its ups and downs and after a while it starts to get dark. The later seasons were darker then it started out but it did finish the series on a good note. Some series ruin the endings but I must say that they really did a good job. In all it was a good series to watch and I enjoyed it. The girls tried to find love that would last and they had loss but in the end they all found the man of their dreams and got the children they wanted.

I was kind of let down going from a strong Wiccan show to a make believe show but it did continued with the Wiccan theme so it was not that bad. I liked that they did not tarnish the Wiccan religion like other shows. The only thing that bothers me are the skimpy outfits so you need to parent the kids. Some of the story lines are on the dark side and there are lots of sexual content so you should watch it before you let the kids watch it. 

Over all I would say it is worth watching. It keeps the Wiccan touch that is positive and in the end good is victorious over evil. They only had to vanquish the source of all evil a couple of times but finally worked, maybe. Then their was the Triad and they only killed them a couple of times. Who knows what is to come in the comic books and the books. So in print they are still kicking demon butt and I know that they will in the end be victorious.


Coriander Bats 2014