Moved from Main - the Dark is rising series and movie

[dumbledore11214]

> marion11111:
> I have looked and can't find the place where I read that one of 
the changes they're going to 
> make is to remove the King Arthur focus.  Ummm.  Isn't that the 
whole point?  



Alla:

Oh how erm wonderful NOT, so  my joke still may turn out to be true. 
Bran Pendragon will become hmmmmm Indiana Jones?

Oy and oy and oy. I remember when I read those books few years ago 
for the first time, how much I fell in love with the language with 
the story, with the music of it, with the **story** and characters.

Oh dear.

 
> I had to look on the website to figure out who the people on the 
poster were.  The babe is 
> the plain frumpy servant girl who has a crush on Will's older 
brother.  And why is Will such 
> a smart**s in the trailer?  "Can I fly?  You know, whoosh."  He 
seems completely unlikable.
> 
> I'm trying to be open-minded since this is the same studio that 
did Narnia and I thought 
> that was a pretty decent adaptation, but this one really does look 
awful.


Alla:

No, Dark is rising with the Arthurian focus, no thanks, no being 
open minded for me. Although they had me on Will being american and 
thirteen and his parents bullying him. 

 
> marion11111:
> Even expecting this to be horrible, I went out and bought the 
movie poster and have it 
> displayed in the shcool library and the books are flying off the 
shelves!!  Mission: 
> accomplished.


Alla:

Heeeee, good for you.

 
> marion11111:
> I think this one looks OK.  The bears look great and I like the 
casting of Nicole Kidman.  I 
> haven't seen any daemons in any trailer and wonder how they'll do 
that.  I would think CGI 
> animals sitting around all the time would be visually distracting, 
but they're a pretty 
> important part of the story.
> 
> Also out in February - Spiderwick.  Again, the trailer looks 
pretty good.
>


Alla:

I will go to see if nothing else for James Bond eye candy, LOL.