Kell
24th March 2008, 10:25
Did anyone else watch the first part of Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic last night (the 2nd part is on tonight)?
I did, but found myself every bit as disappointed as I was with Hogfather. Huge chunks left out, total lack of pace and miscasting galore. Was initially really chuffed to see Jeremy Irons as the Patrician, but then heard the "howwid" speach impediment he'd given the character and nearly threw up in disgust! David Jason was fine as Rincewind, but just too old for the part (plus, if they go on to make the rest of the books this way, what happens when Rincewind meets Albert, eh???). And Sean Astin as Twoflower - well, he's doing what he can with the material, but he's all wrong for the part - the character is supposed to be Auriental (yes, I know that would be Oriental on the round world, but we're talking Discoworld here).
I'll still watch tonight to see how badly they massacre The Light Fantastic (yes, they've tried to do the two books together under the title of The Colour of Magic, rather than deciding to do them both justice).
The first two books are not my favourites in the series - not by a long shot (in fact, along with Eric, they rank among the ones I didn't enjoy much at all - they were garbled and unorganised in comparison to the later Discworld novels), but I cannot believe anyone who seriously wanted to adapt Pratchett for the screen would make such a hachett-job of it! Think of the fans, for Small Gods' sake! :motz:
I did, but found myself every bit as disappointed as I was with Hogfather. Huge chunks left out, total lack of pace and miscasting galore. Was initially really chuffed to see Jeremy Irons as the Patrician, but then heard the "howwid" speach impediment he'd given the character and nearly threw up in disgust! David Jason was fine as Rincewind, but just too old for the part (plus, if they go on to make the rest of the books this way, what happens when Rincewind meets Albert, eh???). And Sean Astin as Twoflower - well, he's doing what he can with the material, but he's all wrong for the part - the character is supposed to be Auriental (yes, I know that would be Oriental on the round world, but we're talking Discoworld here).
I'll still watch tonight to see how badly they massacre The Light Fantastic (yes, they've tried to do the two books together under the title of The Colour of Magic, rather than deciding to do them both justice).
The first two books are not my favourites in the series - not by a long shot (in fact, along with Eric, they rank among the ones I didn't enjoy much at all - they were garbled and unorganised in comparison to the later Discworld novels), but I cannot believe anyone who seriously wanted to adapt Pratchett for the screen would make such a hachett-job of it! Think of the fans, for Small Gods' sake! :motz: