The 2008 film adaptation of Pratchett’s first two Discworld titles is okay. The casting is excellent: I loved Sean Astin (Twoflower) and Tim Curry (Trymon). The script followed the books reasonably well; like any adaptation however, the movie can’t capture every favorite scene from the book. *I wanted to see Twoflower showing the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse how to play Bridge. Sigh.
Worth a viewing but the books are much funnier.
Call us obsessed, but Erin, Melissa and I could not wait to see Twilight! Despite dire warnings that teenagers screamed during various parts of the movie, we braved Twilight’s first weekend. Fortunately for us, there was no screaming—although there was a lot of giggling. Mrs. Snow Queen has written an excellent review of the movie on her blog so I’ll only cover what she did not—Jasper. Maybe it was the close-ups, maybe it was the makeup, maybe it was my preconceptions, but it seemed like the actor portraying Jasper tried to do all of his acting with his eyes—some facial expressions, maybe a clenched fist might have helped convey his struggle a bit more effectively. He’s even got the eye-thing going in the poster below. Maybe I should see the movie again, just in case there were nuances I missed??? Any thoughts?
photo courtesy of filmonic.com
I loved the first Mummy movie (it’s one of my favorites). The second was okay but I thought they tried to do too much—it was enough that the Mummy was being resurrected to go after the Scorpion King—I thought Evie’s reincarnation and O’Connell’s ‘destiny’ overcomplicated the story. I’m hoping the third takes after the first!
Way back when, I was an X-Files fan . . . so I’m excited that another movie is coming out July 25! According to the official website, it’s a stand-alone story but that’s all they’re telling us . . .
The truth is out there!
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