The Little Prince
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Movie Reviews of The Little Prince
Movie Review: The Book is Cool- But a Movie?
Summary: 2 Stars
Ok, first some background info on my Le Petit Prince experience. I read Le Petit Prince in french class this year, in French of course. I also read the English version of the book soon afterwards. Furthermore I have read much analysis of the philosophy presented in the book. Then in French class my teacher brought in this movie. Before we watched it she warned us that it was really weird. I did not really know what to expect, I mean the book was pretty weird, how could the movie be weird if the book was considered normal. After these thoughts came throug my head she told us that the people don't talk, but they sing. Whoa...Basically most everyone knows the plot I will just touch on it. The movie starts out with some weird singing about the hat that the narrator drew as a child and then goes into an overlong song about the narrator's need for air. So far this was rather weird I along with the rest of my class looked as if we were watching a fat man dance naked in the middle of the street. You know that look? Half sneer and half laugh. Well the movie continued to get weirder and I came to the conclusion that existentialist stories should never be turned into movies. However later it reached the pinnacle of its weirdness with the snake dance that lasted for much, much too long. Well at least we know where Michael Jackson got his gig.
The movie featured much of the same dialogue as did the book, sometimes the conversion was word for word. However the movie did skip over many of the imprtant scenes that really did explain Saint-Euxpery's philosophy. Furthermore the Little Prince's naivite was betrayed by his request to go to Earth. One of the important scenes that was skipped over was the scene with the king telling the Little Prince about judging yourself and the scene with the vain man was equally important.
Furthermore the Little Prince was obnoxiously cute, and although he was not a bad actor, in fact he was a really good actor for a child his age, we could have easily gone without him opening his mouth to sing on a couple songs.
In conclusion the movie was much too weird for my tastes and did change some of the things that made the book a great book. However it did manage to convert the book into a movie, from a book that was probably not meant to be a movie.
Movie Review: Sorely Disappointed
Summary: 2 Stars
I carefully read the reviews before I bought this DVD. One review panned it severely, but dummy me went with the majority. Yes, the music, if you can possibly call it that, is atrocious. I could not even sit through the whole movie. It was painful to listen to. I can't account for the rest of the movie, but the first part did not follow the original book in which the boy does NOT run away. Acting was mediocre to say the least and the boy lacked the inherent charm of the book. So I will see if I can get a hold of the original French version
End result, I will not give this to my grandson.
I am sorry I wasted my time and money on this. . . I am donating it to Goodwill, maybe someone else can enjoy it.
I would not even add the tag of philosophy nor French literature, that would be an insult.
No I am not French :)
Movie Review: Horrible adaptation!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
I am possibly one of the biggest Antoine de Saint-Exupery fans around. Really, I am. I even travelled to France with the one intent of visiting the pantheon in Paris where the plaque commemorating him is. My house is filled with little homages to him and The Little Prince. The point I'm trying to make is I almost worship everything that is related to the story of The Little Prince.
Almost everything - but this movie was such absolute drivel! I persisted watching it to the end purely out of respect for Antoine de Saint-Exupery, but I was absolutely put off this film so many times. I can forgive trying to make the story a little more modern and child-friendly by the musical numbers, but they weren't even tasteful.
This movie took a perfectly good story and desecrated it. I want so badly to apologize to Antoine de Saint-Exupery on the filmmaker's behalf.
P.S. Why does the snake/"Satan" character sing about suicide so happily while imitating Michael Jackson's dance moves? Argh!
Movie Review: a nauseating film
Summary: 1 Stars
Many people have apparently enjoyed this, which amazes me. It is as sugary, cheesy, and fake-tasting as some punitive junk food. The child is a brat who makes one's toes and fingers itch; the adults are dead to any sort of shame. (The memory of the pseudo-Fox capering round the trees is one I would pay a lot to exorcise.) The worst thing about it is that it exposes something in the book that's better not exposed: its borderline cutesiness and mawkishness. The book keeps its balance, and the result is haunting and beautiful; if you love it, I urge you to beware of this exploitation, which lunges right over into a swamp of stale marshmallow, and spatters the original too. Try instead the new opera by Rachel Portman (also on DVD), which is delicate, reticent, and magical, and will remind you why you wanted to watch "The Little Prince" and not a romance between Danny Kaye and Tweety Bird.Movie Review: Creepy, is right...
Summary: 1 Stars
...this film is not for adults or children. Yeck! After seeing the opera version, I mistakenly thought the film version would also please. Yeee-uck! Just thinking of Bob Fosse's way too long dance routine in front of anyone let alone a child gives a healthy wave of nausea. And, what sick director or casting dude would ever think of putting Gene Wilder in the role of the fox to speak the most important lines of this -- one of world's most beloved -- book?! Rachel Portman's opera does the story justice -- it's true to the spirit of the story. Now, I must go melt this film-version DVD, lest it fall into the hands of someone else whose innocent love of St. Exupery's work has yet to be assaulted. Then, I must take a shower. Buy the opera DVD, but, more importantly, buy the book and read it, again.