As Claire originally began her review, WTF?
So keep that in mind when you read her review of The Seeker.
Labels: Ill-gotten gains, Movies, Susan Cooper
posted by Roger Sutton at 3:50 PM
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
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6 Comments:
Just seeing the previews for The Seeker, I knew the movie was going to be as wretched as Claire Gross confirms in her review. The BBC needs to start production on their version right now. . . .
Brava Claire. Elegantly vicious, and brilliantly expressed. A far better review than the movie deserves.
I'm going to pretend that this movie never happened, and that a Hayao Miyazaki version is in the works instead. (A girl can wish!)
Oh, yeah, I could go for a Miyazaki film. It would be changed but still very fine. As for the books, I didn't read them until i was 50, and they thrilled me and chilled me and wrapped me in Cornish fogs, Welsh mists, and always a great sense of place. They resonate in my head more than a decade later. Thanks for the warning on the film.
Great review--reminds me of why I love the books so much. My heart breaks for Susan Cooper. I say we should organize a boycott of the film.
Oh, I think the boycott is already well under way ;-)
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