The Seeker - The Dark is Rising
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Movie Reviews of The Seeker - The Dark is Rising
Movie Review: Breezes By
Summary: 4 Stars
David L. Cunningham does a good job with this film. While I'd heard of the book, it's not one I ever read. So my perspective will be quite different from those whose opinions are based on a comparison to the book. As a film, the visual elements are excellent with the floods, the signs and the spreading darkness over the world. Alexander Ludwig does a nice job as Will Stanton, a modern boy completely unprepared for the age-old struggle thrust upon him. Christopher Eccleston who was in The Others (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) & Gone in 60 Seconds has a long range from the bookish real-world character to the mythical Rider, a stretch that wasn't altogether successful for me. Frances Conroy who won a Golden Globe for TV's "Six Feet Under" plays Miss Greythorne as a bookish matron. Ian McShane who was nominated for an Emmy for TV's "Deadwood" in 2005 is perhaps the hardest to figure out as Merriman Lyon. His character seemed like it ought to have been more important, but somehow never quite got what it needed to make the point. Wendy Crewson, who I loved as Evelyn Danvers in The Covenant, plays Mary Stanton with a nice but brief touch. Amelia Warner who was in "Aeon Flux" makes an impression as the witch Maggie Barnes. The film breezes by and looks handsome. It comes across as a rushed Harry Potter. Overall, it's entertaining. Enjoy! Movie Review: Why do they take good books and make them bad movies?
Summary: 1 Stars
The "Dark is Rising" books are excellent and well written...Why the movie people always seem to say "well, we'll just take the names and the setting and see if we can't punch them up a bit" when faced with great source material is beyond me! The movie isn't really even going to appeal to people who haven't read the books, as it seems very derivative at times. People who have read the series and are fans may develop violent feelings towards the screen play writers; I know we did! Just avoid this movie and perhaps "they" will consider it a bomb and not make another....Movie Review: Takes some getting used to, but... has its merits
Summary: 4 Stars
Man, this one was a shocker. I have read, and reread, and re-reread, Susan Cooper's books many times since about, oh, 1977? I got my own copies... then I think I got my son his own copies. I've read a few other things too, over the years.
Seriously, the movie is very different from the book. The feel of the movie, the mood of it, the story... it is all very different from the book. At first I was horrified, ugh (see most of the other reviews for the general idea).
But then... well... it seemed to me that the story had almost been adapted to a movie for thirty years later. Will Stanton is from the generation before Harry Potter. In the books, we can really feel the world and the matter of Wales, of ancient Britain, of the layers of history. While I do feel that the movie moves too quickly, and it is often just too wierd and intense -- in a way, that is truer to today's young people. Perhaps it speaks to them better. I don't know. But I would rather think that this adaptation had some merit, somehow, and that is what I've come up with.
Read all the books and watch the movie, just be prepared for something "completely different." Good luck.
Movie Review: Compact and delicious
Summary: 4 Stars
What I really liked about this movie is that they didn't take forever to tell the story. Rarely do you find a good fantasy film that is less than 2 hours in length. The fast pace of the film probably did glaze over intricate plot points that could've been explored. The story of a young boy drawn into a world that he had no idea existed, only to find out that it is up to him to save both the world that he knows and the new world that he has been introduced to. I've never read the book so I'm not able to compare the two, but in my opinion it is definitely worth watching.Movie Review: AAAHHHHHHHHHH!
Summary: 1 Stars
I watched the previews for this and decided I didn't want another disapointment, Like Blood & Chocolate was. I loved the classic book series, it is one of the best, right up there with Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Prydain, and the Chronicles of Narnia, but all I can say from what I saw is, "AH, IT BURNS!"