21 October 2007
Against my better judgement, went to see The Dark is Rising yesterday. I was pleasantly surprised early on to find that it is set in England as per the book, as I had read somewhere that is was set in the US but that was just about the last pleasant surprise to be had. I suppose if you have not read the books it was watchable, but if you have read the books, it is an absolute travesty.
They might as well have set the film in Japan for all the relevance it had to England. All reference to English paganism and the Arthur legends was completely erased. The Old Ones were the most ineffectual, pathetic individuals and one could only wonder how they had managed to live outside of time all this time due to their uselessness.
There was also some weird plot addition where Will, the main character, is the 6th sign, rather than the fire sign. He also ends up rescuing a long lost twin brother at the end. What?????? Utterly disappointing. They'd also taken out the rhyme about the finding of the signs, which was always an important part of the books to me.
Anyway, the way it's been done, doesn't look like they're going to do any of the other books - thank god.
There were only about twelve people in the cinema, mostly single saddoes like me, who had gone to see it on their own and who were all, no doubt, as disappointed as me when they came out.
They might as well have set the film in Japan for all the relevance it had to England. All reference to English paganism and the Arthur legends was completely erased. The Old Ones were the most ineffectual, pathetic individuals and one could only wonder how they had managed to live outside of time all this time due to their uselessness.
There was also some weird plot addition where Will, the main character, is the 6th sign, rather than the fire sign. He also ends up rescuing a long lost twin brother at the end. What?????? Utterly disappointing. They'd also taken out the rhyme about the finding of the signs, which was always an important part of the books to me.
Anyway, the way it's been done, doesn't look like they're going to do any of the other books - thank god.
There were only about twelve people in the cinema, mostly single saddoes like me, who had gone to see it on their own and who were all, no doubt, as disappointed as me when they came out.
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# posted by gilamonster : 09:05
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Yes, another reviewer here (not the one I quoted before) absolutely hated it. Gave it a rating of D. Said they should just have called it The Seeker, and dropped The Dark is Rising Bit because it had nothing to do with the book. Said to spend the money on the book and not the cinema ticket.
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