True, Alan Rickman rocks in just about everything I've seen him in. And he's good here, although I spent the first half of the first movie wondering why Trent Reznor looked so old.
However, there are a couple of things to keep in mind. First, the first book/movie is aimed at a young audience -- around 8. You get disneyisms and simple plots and obvious plot devices. It's also a very quick read -- you're not burning much time there. The second book, as I've said repeatedly, just sucked. My vote is for just taking the movie as good enough and moving on. They get better from there. If I had read the first two when they were all that was around, I never would have read three, four, or five. No, it's not Stranger in a Strange Land. It's not Tolkein. As things move on, I'd rank it up there with the better of the Narnia tales (Dawn Treader is my fave). I think it's still worth a read, but if you still decide against, I figure it's your loss. :-) --Ben S.Isaac Dealey wrote: > Well yes and no... I like some of the animation, and Allan Rickman is > awesome, but the rest of it is crap. :) > > Moreover... because I assume the books at least narrowly follow the > plot, I'm really not interested in taking the many hours required to > read through an entire series of novels when I know the first two are > likely to end with some insipid Disneyism. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165507 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
