The "thesis-antithesis-thesis" plot outline you describe is that of the classic fairy-tale. At least Hollywood has fallen out of love with its former dalliance with "absurdist" film. You can thank George Lucas and Stephen Spielberg for that. It's no bad thing in itself.
As for "not suffering a witch to live", I thought that Someone's grace had fulfilled and rendered needless all that stuff.
Still, it's all feigned anyway.
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