It has been years since I read the book and I was wondering how much of this was Hollywood, but I did reread it several times at that period.
yeah, I remember the village witch being much more powerful, but no other female role in the entire first book. Was there even any mention of the nameless ones before The Tombs of Atuan? What's this about Ged being black? I can't tell if you think he is is the movie or if you think he is in the book :) AFAIR the book makes no mention of race at all. In the movie, he isn't black, he has soot on his face as the movie opens.The wizard he is apprentice to (pretty sure LeGuin didn't use the term Magus) is black, but I find this acceptable license. Didn't he come from far away? And the actor is good, conveys power well. I don't remember the rivalry with the other student. I think there has been a good bit of self-concious borrowing from Harry Potter, but it's an edgier production and the cinematography is gorgeous. I plan to watch again tomorrow. Dana On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:37:54 -0500, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay - so I'm too tired to watch it now, but I'm recording it. > > However I watch the first five minutes and saw quite literally DOZENS of > things that I HATED: > > +) The nameless ones are "taking over the world"? > > +) Kossel getting laid? > > +) That girl yelling "Ged" over and over with no mention of the use name? > > +) That girl being there in first place (did they really need to add so many > female roles)? > > +) Ged's not black. > > +) He didn't have visions. > > +) His age is completely screwed up (he would have been at Roke by then). > > I may be setting my jaw but are they going to do ANYTHING right in this? > I'll watch it tomorrow, but that first five minutes didn't bode well for it. > > This was the PERFECT mini-series story! A short book told in a > conversational way! "A Wizard of Earthsea", as it is, with no Hollywood > "polish" could have easily been told in four hours EXACTLY AS IT IS. > > Why must they hurt me so? > > Jim Davis > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:139734 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
