Will's not supposed to be American, not supposed to have an iPod, and not supposed to have a love interest (honestly, the boy's got far more important things to occupy his time with). This movie is a disgrace to the book, take some time to read the original story. You won't be disappointed.
I guess there's not a lot of reason for people who would like a good adaptation to complain; I mean, what more do we dull-witted movie goers like better than pretty girls, explosions, and violence? Who cares how good the novel was? Please just fill our shallow minds with more cliched, derivative plots and characters....
Take a quintessential British novel, tart it up to make it more "American accessible," rip out its soul, and you get this pablum -- a movie manufactured to appeal to the shallow and immature.
The novel is The Dark is Rising, a YA fantasy. It's the second book in the series, but the one people usually start with. It incorporates a number of Welsh/British myths; you don't have to know about them before reading. A lot of kids started their love for all things British from reading this series.
i'm not agreeing or disagreeing because i haven't read the book (though i look forward to it) so i'm ill-equiped to compare. i'd just like to state that, yes, sometimes the movie versions bomb but other times the content of a book, both vibrant and exciting in writing, does not transfer nearly as well onto the screen. whether it lacks dialogue enough to fill the time, or it's written where you can just read what they're thinking (which you can't in a movie), it then needs to be changed.
Will's not supposed to be American, not supposed to have an iPod, and not supposed to have a love interest (honestly, the boy's got far more important things to occupy his time with). This movie is a disgrace to the book, take some time to read the original story. You won't be disappointed.
SubaruWolf 1 year ago
I guess there's not a lot of reason for people who would like a good adaptation to complain; I mean, what more do we dull-witted movie goers like better than pretty girls, explosions, and violence? Who cares how good the novel was? Please just fill our shallow minds with more cliched, derivative plots and characters....
pbarnes26 4 years ago
when the fate, falls on on little boy who cant even handle his girl, we need something more here...
johnjohn0701 4 years ago
You are The Stinker!
occultdestroyer 4 years ago
Take a quintessential British novel, tart it up to make it more "American accessible," rip out its soul, and you get this pablum -- a movie manufactured to appeal to the shallow and immature.
pbarnes26 4 years ago
harsh but you could be right
Is the original book by the same name I might have to investigate
Discobiscut 4 years ago
The novel is The Dark is Rising, a YA fantasy. It's the second book in the series, but the one people usually start with. It incorporates a number of Welsh/British myths; you don't have to know about them before reading. A lot of kids started their love for all things British from reading this series.
pbarnes26 4 years ago
true, yes.
Harsh, not at all, why do you think JK Rowling wanted an all british cast.
templewater 4 years ago
i'm not agreeing or disagreeing because i haven't read the book (though i look forward to it) so i'm ill-equiped to compare. i'd just like to state that, yes, sometimes the movie versions bomb but other times the content of a book, both vibrant and exciting in writing, does not transfer nearly as well onto the screen. whether it lacks dialogue enough to fill the time, or it's written where you can just read what they're thinking (which you can't in a movie), it then needs to be changed.
mstromboli0920 3 years ago