About 10 minutes into Earthsea I was throwing shoes at the television. The cinematography was gorgeous, the acting was ok, but the dialogue did truly suck. How can someone take such wonderful source material from a writer like Ursula LeGuin and arrive at such banal dialogue?
I haven't watched part 2 yet. It was in line on my TIVO behind several hours of From the Earth to the Moon. As for good mini-series, to me the best from a commercial network will always be the first one "Rich Man, Poor Man". But PBS truly had the best with I, Claudius. On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:12:40 -0700, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, I really appreciated the fact that the dialogue was mostly > Tolkien's, word for work. I really don't remember the EarthSea book > being much like this. (Just finished watching part 2). I'll shut up > now in case someone wants to see part two unhampered by my opinion of > it. Question though... I thought this was a 3-part series? > > On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 22:33:19 -0500, Jim Davis > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well... just finished watching the first one. It sucked. Bad sucked. > > REALLY bad sucked. > > > > There wasn't a single, not one single, important event in this travesty that > > occurred ANYTHING like the books. > > > > What irks me most of all are the small things. In the book his true name is > > "Ged" and his usename is "Sparrowhawk" (true names, after all, are not given > > in the common speech but in the old tongue) - in the movie they reversed > > this. > > > > Why? I can think of now other reason that some sixth rate hack pounding > > away on his latte-soaked powerbook thought it "sounded better". But really > > - why when you've already raped the story must you spit in its eye? > > > > But - at the very least, I got the extended edition of "Lord of the Rings: > > Return of the King" today, so at least I can watch something that respected > > its source. > > > > Jim Davis > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - New Atlanta http://www.newatlanta.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:139934 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
