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Post by DocD83 on May 11, 2004 12:16:37 GMT -5
Did anyone else see the TV movie last night based on A Wrinkle in Time? I loved the book in elementary school but hated the movie. Then again, it was a TV movie, so I shouldn't have been surprised.
Should I admit to having watched that of my own free will? Eh, whatever.
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Post by PoolMan on May 11, 2004 12:38:50 GMT -5
I saw about five seconds of it, as it happened to be on at Madler's house. I was terrified but what seemed to be Bea Arthur, and ran away.
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Post by Magill on May 11, 2004 12:39:58 GMT -5
I saw about an hour of it at the gym (I first noticed it was on when Mrs. Whatsit was explaining a tesseract and finished my workout about the time they were visiting with the Happy Medium).
The CGI was especially bad (when Mrs. Whatsit transforms into the centaur/pegasus thing I didn't know whether to laugh or be creeped out). Since the sound was off (closed captions were on) I couldn't judge the acting too much. Meg was too pretty. The kid from the US version of The Ring actually seemed like a good casting decision. Alfre Woodard seems like she could do an interesting Whatsit. Mrs. Which seemed to mean--she seemed much more kindly in the book.
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Post by DocD83 on May 11, 2004 12:46:38 GMT -5
Does the same production company do all these TV movies? Because the special effects all look about the same between this, NBC's Noah movie and the clip I saw of the Merlin one.
They should have hired Peter Jackson to make the movie.
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Post by puggyd on May 11, 2004 12:46:58 GMT -5
I had class and work, but I taped it and plan to brave watching it at some point. I really barely remember the book; I just remember thinking it was the best thing I had to read for 6th grade English.
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Post by LadyGrey on May 11, 2004 22:31:54 GMT -5
I have adored the book since I was about ten, so please pardon the (tasteful) rant I'm about to embark on. Spoilers ahead, be forewarned!
While the acting was generally good all around--I never expect much from TV movies--, I have IS-sues with the casting. Meg is supposed to have _glasses_. Calvin has _red_ hair. Charles Wallace is a blue-eyed blond. And the Happy Medium, all questions of political correctness or whatever aside, is a _woman_. For heaven's sake, these are important details!
Mrs. Who, whom I love, was reduced to a walk-on necessary only for her glasses. Mrs. Which was practically a real witch, and antagonistic towards the children. Mrs. Whatsit was well-done (all hail Alfre Woodard), but the CGI thing she turned into was just _wrong_. Have they never seen a centaur? They plopped a human head and neck directly onto a horse's shoulders, and it looked horrible.
I understand that the long conversation between Calvin and Mr. Murry (in the book, it takes up most of the chapter "Absolute Zero", and takes place on Ixchel while Meg is recovering from the tesser) would not film well and would slow down the progress of the movie. Still, I wish they could have included some of it. It really showed the beginnings of friendship between Calvin and Mr. Murry, and also gave the character of Mr. Murry some depth.
And finally, I find it funny in a not-funny way that Gandhi, King, Madame Curie, Copernicus, and Einsten can be cited as warriors against the darkness, but not the person L'Engle named first and foremost--Jesus. Gotta love network TV.
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Post by puggyd on May 29, 2004 11:29:56 GMT -5
Finally got around to watching it. I enjoyed it, for what it was. I really don't remember the book well at all. The whole thing was a bit more political than I remembered. More sinsiter, too. If I'd paid to see it in theaters I'd be upset, but not a bad way to kill a few hours considering it was free on TV.
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