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Watch: The Raven 2012 123movies, Full Movie Online – This movie is set in the mid 1800s and involves poet Edgar Allan Poe. A serial killer is on the loose and murdering people using Poe’s descriptions from his published stories and poems. Poe teams up with Detective Fields, a Baltimore policeman to try and catch the killer by using his knowledge of the descriptions. Even though the stories are fictional, they start to become reality and the killer is a step ahead of them. Then it takes on a personal note as Poe’s lover becomes a target. Will they stop the killer in time?.
Plot: A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe’s life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer’s stories.
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Ratings:

	6.4/10 Votes: 85,668
	22% | RottenTomatoes
	44/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 1152 Popularity: 26.647 | TMDB

Reviews:

Elementary my dear Edgar.

The Raven is directed by James McTeigue and written by Ben Livingston and Hannah Shakespeare. It stars John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve and Brendan Gleeson. Music is by Lucas Vidal and cinematography by Danny Ruhlmann.

“On October 7, 1849, Edgar Allan Poe was found, near death, on a park bench in Baltimore, Maryland. The last days of his life remain a mystery”

It’s a real smart idea that the makers have here, putting their own theory forward on what happened in the lead up to Poe’s death. Essentially a period whodunit procedural as Poe (Cusack) and Inspector Emmett Fields (Evans) race against time to find the person who is killing in the style of Poe’s literary works. Poe’s love interest, Emily Hamilton (Eve), is in grave danger, so as to add extra peril and suspense into the clock ticking drama.

It’s a safe piece of entertainment, one that acquaints the uninitiated with Poe’s work and his life struggles away from the writing bureau. The detective angle is fun and the murders grizzly and appropriately Gothic in execution. Unfortunately it rarely convinces as a period piece. The dialogue is often out of sync with the era, Eve is miscast, the score is inappropriate and it always feels like actors playing at period rompery.

It’s a shame that it is bogged down by such irritants because Teague’s direction is stylish, while the art design deserves a round of applause. Cusack is fun to watch, but more at ease playing Sherlock in the second half of the piece than a tortured soul in the first, and Evans is confident in the straight backed gentleman detective stakes. There’s a good time to be had here on a surface whodunit follow the clues experience, and Poe fans will delight at catching the many references to his life and spiky works, but it unfortunately misses the mark in too many key areas. 6/10

I just happened to find this movie in the program listings yesterday. Movies based on Edgar Allan Poe can be a bit hit or miss but I like quite a few of his works so I decided to give this one a try. I have to say that it is surprisingly good. The Victorian era setting together with the rather dark plot and atmosphere makes for a very enjoyable old times thriller. The movie is based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe but not in the usual way that one would think when one says based on. Instead the story in this movie is a new story spun around Edgar Allan Poe as a person where his work is used by the evil mastermind in that the various stories are re-enacted in real life…with deadly results.

I, for obvious reasons, have no idea how Edgar Allan Poe was as a person and I did not really have any pre-conceived opinions before watching this movie either. I can imagine that he, as a poet and writer of rather grisly stories, might have been a wee bit excentric though so to me John Cusack’s performance as the rather excentric, somewhat alcoholic and sometimes almost insane but still brilliant Edgar Allan Poe was a very good one. Not that the rest of the actors are below par by any means.

The story, if you take it apart and remove the parts taken from Poe’s original works, is not really something to jump up and down over. However, put it together with the bits and pieces from Poe, add the characterization of Poe by Cusack, the dark Victorian ambiance and generally well implemented cinematics and you have a movie that is, as I wrote above, surprisingly good.

Tell Tale Movie
On October 3, 1849 Edgar Allan Poe was found wandering the streets of Baltimore, delirious, calling out the name Reynolds. There have been lots of theories as to what Poe died of, from tuberculosis, rabies or to a drunken bender. “The Raven” puts forth a more romantic theory and a detective story for the man who invented the modern detective novel.

“The Raven” as a movie demonstrates that you can make a movie that bridges the biographical facts of Poe’s life and its own artistic vision and still make an interesting movie. The movie is driven by the premise, a serial killer starts a series of killings in Baltimore that emulate some of the more gruesome murders in Poe’s stories. When the first murder is done inside a locked room, police detective Fields (Luke Evans) recognizes it as the setting of an Edgar Allan Poe story. Fields brings in Poe (John Cusack) at first as suspect, but when another murder occurs Poe quickly becomes the first criminal profiler and consultant. Poe helps Fields both in what kind of mind the killer may have and of course in the details from his stories. The killer kidnaps Poe’s girlfriend Emily (Alice Eve) with the killer promising clues as to Emily’s whereabouts with each new murder he commits.

The filmmakers, director James McTeigue and writers Ben Livingstone and Hannah Shakespeare don’t try to recast Poe’s character as a superhero or give the movie Poe attributes that the real Poe didn’t or couldn’t possess. As mentioned before, the filmmakers stick fairly accurately to the known elements of Poe’s last few days, although there are some artistic liberties taken, and they still present an entertaining movie with a few twists and turns as to who the murderer is.

Cusack is spot on as Poe from his look, thin with a black mustache and goatee, to (more importantly) Poe’s character. Poe was a writer who had the ultimate confidence in his own abilities as a writer and was dismissive of his contemporaries, especially if they were more successful. Cusack is supported by a cast that hits every note right.

If you think a movie about Edgar Allan Poe won’t have enough action for you, this is a movie for you. If you’re more literary minded and think this movie will have too many inaccuracies or violate Poe’s character or will throw in too much action, you won’t be disappointed.

Fell Short
I always enjoy atmospheric, Gothic horror movies, so that’s probably why The Raven is given a 6. Otherwise, I would have rated it lower.

In case you haven’t read the synopsis, The Raven deals with Edgar Allen Poe in his last days when he is brought in by the police to find a murderer who’s methods mirror Poe’s own stories.

I liked the atmosphere and the settings. Baltimore, being such an old city, certainly has that certain creepy charm needed for a good horror story…which is always probably why Poe was drawn there. Anyway, aside from this, the movie fell short. The plot almost works but in most “mastermind murderer” films, the whole plot falls apart if the authorities aren’t quick enough or are too quick. The long series of clues left by the killer all could have unfolded the entire movie. I know, we’re supposed to suspend disbelief, but the more complex the conspiracy, the more likely it won’t work.

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I thought the ending was also poorly done, and if they had worked it better, it might have made the whole movie better. I think rather than have Reynolds escape to France, Poe should have done him in after he consumed the poison.

Anyway, The Raven probably could have/should have been a better movie. Poe certainly deserves a better treatment, being one of the original masters of the horror genre.

I didn’t find Cusack lacking in his portrayal of Poe. The dialogue was decent, and the action kept the pace well enough, though sometimes, it seemed there was action just for the sake of having some action.

I’d watch The Raven if you like Poe or the time period, or Gothic horror…but I wouldn’t say this will be one of your favorites.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 50 min (110 min)
Budget 26000000
Revenue 29657751
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Director James McTeigue
Writer Hannah Shakespeare, Ben Livingston
Actors John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans
Country United States, Spain, Hungary
Awards 5 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby, SDDS, Datasat
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Arricam LT, Zeiss Master Prime, Ultra Prime, Angenieux Optimo and Lensbaby Lenses, Arricam ST, Zeiss Master Prime and Angenieux Optimo Lenses, Arriflex 435, Zeiss Master Prime and Angenieux Optimo Lenses
Laboratory Colorfront, Budapest, Hungary (dailies and telecine), Magyar Filmlaboratórium, Budapest, Hungary (processing)
Film Length 3,018 m (Portugal)
Negative Format 35 mm (Fuji Eterna 250T 8553, Eterna 500T 8573)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Super 35 (3-perf) (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic) (Fuji Eterna-CP 3514DI), D-Cinema