A Wrinkle in Time
May. 11th, 2004 06:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tarotgalFirst off, ABC's doing an encore presentation of HP1 on Saturday, for all who missed it. :-) I just watched 'A Wrinkle in Time' and they kept having commercials for that.
'A Wrinkle in Time' was very interesting. Some of the special effects were painful and long, which made them more painful, even. But it kept a lot of the parts from the book that I liked (like the beetle demonstration) and added a whole lot more that I think they added in order to make it appeal to people. From what I remember, the big final fight was nothing as complicated in the book. And I don't remember a lot about Calvin's family-related angst, but it could have been in there. I don't think I would have liked the movie half as much if I hadn't read the book first. The movie was weird and strange and confusing and way too rushed even if it was 3 hours. It was sort of the style of the book to throw things at the reader and have them figure it out... but that doesn't work as well in movie form. I don't know... I really liked the movie, even if parts were painful. They kept the spirit of the book... and Mrs. Who was wonderful! She was always my favorite :-) I don't know... it's sort of a cross between 1984, Star Trek and something really weird and random and fantastical like the Wizard of Oz.
I'd definitely recommend reading the book instead, though. Well... all except for Chris Potter *giggles* I'm sorry, I just have SUCH a hard time seeing QAF people in other roles. I mean, I've seen them completely naked! It's hard not to picture them like that. LOL But oohhhh I was REALLY looking forward to the Arctic Waste planet with the Wookies, er, beasts who look just like Wookies. Sweet yummy Chris with his broken leg (and two broken ribs he was trying to hide) in a cold, snowy land all worried about his kids... yeah... that was VERY fulfilling! So that's worth seeing the movie for. Otherwise, yeah, book's much better. More science, more logic, more tenderness.
I dunno... I sort of thought the big buildup was leading to something that was solved too quickly in the book- they added a lot in the movie. But at the same time, it's such a simple solution I don't know that it needs a huge climactic scene. So... hmmm... I don't know. Read the book. Yeah. And watch the movie for cute, cold, hurt Dr.David *G*
'A Wrinkle in Time' was very interesting. Some of the special effects were painful and long, which made them more painful, even. But it kept a lot of the parts from the book that I liked (like the beetle demonstration) and added a whole lot more that I think they added in order to make it appeal to people. From what I remember, the big final fight was nothing as complicated in the book. And I don't remember a lot about Calvin's family-related angst, but it could have been in there. I don't think I would have liked the movie half as much if I hadn't read the book first. The movie was weird and strange and confusing and way too rushed even if it was 3 hours. It was sort of the style of the book to throw things at the reader and have them figure it out... but that doesn't work as well in movie form. I don't know... I really liked the movie, even if parts were painful. They kept the spirit of the book... and Mrs. Who was wonderful! She was always my favorite :-) I don't know... it's sort of a cross between 1984, Star Trek and something really weird and random and fantastical like the Wizard of Oz.
I'd definitely recommend reading the book instead, though. Well... all except for Chris Potter *giggles* I'm sorry, I just have SUCH a hard time seeing QAF people in other roles. I mean, I've seen them completely naked! It's hard not to picture them like that. LOL But oohhhh I was REALLY looking forward to the Arctic Waste planet with the Wookies, er, beasts who look just like Wookies. Sweet yummy Chris with his broken leg (and two broken ribs he was trying to hide) in a cold, snowy land all worried about his kids... yeah... that was VERY fulfilling! So that's worth seeing the movie for. Otherwise, yeah, book's much better. More science, more logic, more tenderness.
I dunno... I sort of thought the big buildup was leading to something that was solved too quickly in the book- they added a lot in the movie. But at the same time, it's such a simple solution I don't know that it needs a huge climactic scene. So... hmmm... I don't know. Read the book. Yeah. And watch the movie for cute, cold, hurt Dr.David *G*
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Date: 2004-05-11 12:25 pm (UTC)