[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > When you have read something around a dozen times and the > characters are so vivid in your imagination, I think most any > attempt to portray them on a live screen is going to seem > lacking. I know these characters too well...every little piece of > dialogue that illuminates some facet of their personality.
I think you're right, Victor. I've read the books only once and that was at least 15 years ago, so I don't remember all the details and could more easily take the movie on its own terms. I think it's a magnificent film, mostly because of the visuals and the music. In that context, Enya sounded great to me rather than her usual (to me) annoyingly fuzzy sound. It did surprise me that the movie was such an action feature rather than the magical, philosophical and character-driven story I remember (maybe only because that's what most appealed to me when I was reading; there must have been a lot of action in the books too). The movie seemed like a boy's adventure story, with the few female characters being completely unreal; the boys/men had all the important roles and the only genuine feelings expressed were between them, so with all that "boyness" going on, I felt a little left out. I don't recall getting that feeling from the books. The movie also seemed like the set-up for the movies to follow. Leaving the theater I imagined how good it will be to have the three movies all available on DVD and be able to see them together as one full story, so I'm already looking forward to the second installment and hoping it will fill in some of what was lacking in this first one. Debra Shea
