Hogfather
|
List Price: Our Price: $3.53 You Save: $4.36 (55%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used: from $3.27 (click here) Category: DVD See more DVD releases |
|---|
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
Movie Reviews of Hogfather
Movie Review: Pratchett's Hogfather live action is a lively tale
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of my favorite entries in the Pratchett Discworld series of books, so when I heard it had been made in a live-action format for TV, I was very nervous. I needn't have been, since it was adapted with loving care and cast with even greater care. It's the story of Susan Sto Helit, governess to a wealthy family with two youngsters who would make Mary Poppins swear. It's holiday time in the Discworld, where magic is an everyday occurrence and anthropomorphic personifications are real--Death, for example, is a walking, talking 7-foot skeleton with long black cloak, scythe, and a pale horse (Binky is his name). He happens to be Susan's grandfather, and while he takes the place of the Hogfather (their equivalent to Santa Claus), it's up to Susan to find the Hogfather and rescue him from whatever predicament he has encountered. Much of the cast was unfamiliar to me, but I cannot think of Death now without hearing Christopher Lee's voice. And Terry Pratchett makes a cameo as the Toymaker.Movie Review: Christmas has a whole new meaning . . . thank you Fletcher Pratt
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the first Fletcher Pratt Disc World story to make it to the cinema in the live, non-animated, format. I saw this some Christmas' ago and fell instantly in love with it. The characters and story are rich and enjoyable. For the first time since "Bill and Ted's Totally Bogus Journey," Death has a major role in the story and it's not the bad guy's side of the tale.
For Fletcher Pratt literary fans, this is a real treat and for non fans this is still a major treat. To enter into Disc World and learn another culture that has similarities and differences is always entertaining.
Follow Susan, Death's Grandaughter as she tries to unravel the mystery of her Grandfather's interference with "Hogswatch," a holiday similar to our Christmas. The people she encounters and the adventures she has are fun and fantastical.
Movie Review: Good job
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm a longtime Terry Pratchett fan, and like most book fans, I approached the film version with trepidation.
Would the movie be faithful to the book? (Yes.) Would the characters look the way I imagined them? (Mostly, yes.) Would they get the voices right? (Within the confines of reality, yes.) I enjoyed the film very much and would recommend it unhesitatingly.
This movie is very good. It is not intended for children, but you could watch it with your older kids without concern about excessive violence. There were some nightmares at our house after watching it, though, so I wouldn't show it to the little guys. (My husband, in case you're wondering...)
The special effects were convincing without being intrusive, and the movie was both visually rich and well acted.
Read the book, too!
Movie Review: Exactly like the book, including the sets. It's how you pictured it in your mind.
Summary: 5 Stars
Think Lord of the Rings faithful. The special effects are quite good for a made for TV film. It's everything a Discworld fan could hope for. The casting was well done, with the notable exception of Mustrum Ridcully, who as you know is a robust outdoorsman in the books, but for some reason is cast in the film as the oldest and fattest wizard, more jolly than gruff. Teatime's character was somewhat effeminate, not as menacing as the book's Teatime. But Susan was perfect, as beautiful as she was serious and deadly. Death and Albert steal the show. The sets were excellent. The great turtle and the elephants carrying the Discworld were very cool. It's really a great first try at a film adaptation of a Discworld book. Now, let's see Granny and Nanny and Magrat in Lords and Ladies!Movie Review: Even better than you would have guessed
Summary: 5 Stars
I will start by saying I am a HUGE T. Pratchett fan. I am a science teacher who has to keep trying to describe his body of work to friends. They always get this glazed look when I start to describe a "Discworld" on the back of 4 Elephants, on the back of a Turtle.... Well, if you are a fan you probably know my pain. The team who made this movie are also, obviously, fans. The attention to detail, the unapologetic celebration of T.P.'s wit, and some of the visuals are awsome. I probably should have given this product 4 stars because I understand how the non fan may not get details (like HEX) that I did, but I give it the 5th star because is ever my friends are at home when I am trying to explain discworld, now I have the ultimate visual.