The Hogfather
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Movie Reviews of The Hogfather
Movie Review: The Hogfather
Summary: 5 Stars
Very Terry Pratchett. Almost word for word from the book. If the viewer is unfamiliar with the book, and the characters, then they may have trouble following the story and understanding some of the normal visual jokes. For example, the viewer may not recognize "The Death of Rats".
The actors playing Susanne,Mr. Teatime and Albert were excellent in their portrayals. I found it very enjoyable.
Movie Review: Hogfather.. SWEET!
Summary: 5 Stars
Can't wait for Color of Magic, anything Pratchett.
This one was put together pretty darn well.
Movie Review: New Christmas Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the first completely original reworking of the Father Christmas story that appeals to adults, as well as children. It takes you to a world where everything is not sweetness and light for the holidays, with everyone from the Tooth fairy to The Grim Reaper involved in saving the day. There are comic moments along with scary moments, but it all sorts itself out in the end. If you love the out-of-the-ordinary in films, you'll LOVE this!!!
The entire film is very well done, the acting is above average, the special effects are very clever, and the mixing of fairy-tale beings with Father Christmas is inspired. You won't get the usual fare with this, and you won't be disappointed, either.
Movie Review: A great adaptation of the book
Summary: 5 Stars
The book was written by a brilliant word-smith who crafted each phrase with care and cleverness. The movie does not deviate from the dialog in the slightest and is all the stronger for the faithful trust in the source material. The movie is clever in music and photography to the great enjoyment of my gladdened eyes. Well worth purchasing even if the DVD lacks the standard extras found amongst the more common DVD releases.Movie Review: "The Ho, Ho, Ho Could Do with a Bit of Work."
Summary: 3 Stars
In Discworld, the winter holiday is Hogswatch, which bears a remarkable resemblance to our Christmas. This particular Hogswatch, something is amiss, however. The Auditors have approached the assassin's guild and taken out a contract on the Hogfather (you know, Santa.) How do you kill a potentially mythological creature? Well, the guild decides to send their craziest assassin, Teatime (Marc Warren) to do the job.
As Teatime goes about his mission, the body count begins to rise, which catches the attention of Death (a wonderful puppet voiced by Ian Richardson). Over the years, Death has grown fond of humans, so he sets out to fill in for the suddenly missing Hogfather.
And Death's antics catch the attention of Susan (Michelle Dockery), his granddaughter. When Susan learns what is happening, she sets out to find the Hogfather and save his life, a mission that takes her to the Tooth Fairy's castle. Will she be in time?
While I'm not normally a fantasy fan, I had heard of Terry Pratchett's popular Discworld series. This British TV miniseries is based on one of his stories. I'm pretty conflicted about it. On the one hand, there was plenty of fun in the story and setting. The acting was wonderful. And the movie looked incredible. It was very state of the art and has plenty of eye candy. I especially loved watching the "computer" write on parchment with quill and ink. While there are some discussions about belief that will fly over kids' heads, there's nothing here that should really frighten them.
However, it moved pretty slowly. It is three hours long and could easily be cut down to two if they wanted to make the effort. There is a whole sub-plot involving a wizarding college that could have been cut and the needed information worked in some other way. Really, very little happens there that we need to know, although there are a couple fun scenes set there.
I'm sure the books' many fans will love this movie. Fantasy fans in general will enjoy it as well. The rest of us can do worse then this miniseries, but a good editing job would have made things more enjoyable.