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Post by PEAcan pie on Mar 10, 2018 3:36:06 GMT
My daughter and I were really looking forward to this movie and we were underwhelmed.
The movie seemed "choppy" to me. It is worth seeing, just not nearly as amazing as I envisioned. It had some really neat aspects, just not produced well.
Oprah did not fit the part and her acting was not up to par. LOVED Reece and Mindy Kaling, they were the best part of the movie.
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Post by librarylady on Mar 10, 2018 4:16:36 GMT
I love the book.
I have no plans to see the movie as the previews appear to have left the story and gone in some direction that will spoil the book for me.
Our local paper's review headline said the movie didn't deliver as promised. I read only the headline, so have no more to add.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Mar 10, 2018 4:19:18 GMT
this helps me out; thanks. I loved this book as a kid, and I don't want those memories ruined.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Mar 10, 2018 4:19:38 GMT
I've heard nothing but less than stellar reviews for it. We hadn't planned on seeing it anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2018 4:21:22 GMT
I didn't read it as a child, but tried to read it a few years ago, and didn't like it at all.
But the movie looks good. I will probably wait to rent it.
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Post by PEAcan pie on Mar 10, 2018 4:37:14 GMT
I would rent and not go to the theater. It had some beautiful scenery and a few cool effects but it sure did not draw me into the movie.
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Post by Kath on Mar 10, 2018 4:43:59 GMT
Just got home from watching this. Worst movie I’ve seen in years. So bad that halfway through the movie, the guy behind my son announces loudly to his wife, “This movie is terrible. Why did you bring us to watch this?”
Laughed all the way home with my teens about how we’re going to have nightmares tonight about flying lettuce.
Bad acting, bad plot. I think it would be a good movie if you were drunk or high maybe. Or maybe the people who made it were high.
Just all around awful. Wouldn’t even pay to rent.
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Post by corinne11 on Mar 10, 2018 6:24:38 GMT
I just found this meme today and was thinking of using it in a book display to encourage our students to READ the book first! I have an older cover and a new one and have already mentioned to a few students in my reading groups as a book to try. I loved the book as a child- re- read it a few weeks ago, still enjoyed it. I was hoping the movie would be good.  Corinne  |
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Post by Merge on Mar 10, 2018 11:50:59 GMT
That makes me so sad. I was hoping the movie would be awesome, like the book.
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Post by eversograceful1 on Mar 10, 2018 13:20:17 GMT
I found the book to be choppy too. I also found it a bit scary. We might rent the movie someday but we won’t go see it in the theater.
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Post by pudgygroundhog on Mar 10, 2018 14:51:51 GMT
My daughter (10) and I saw it. We both had just reread the book. She had complaints, but still loved it (I think her bar is pretty low, lol). I was mostly bored. I think it should have darker and less shiny.
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Post by disneypal on Mar 10, 2018 15:51:24 GMT
I never read the book but when I have seen the previews, it just didn't seem like something I was especially interested in and I have read some reviews (which were not very favorable, although I don't always go by reviews). I may get around to seeing it but it isn't a "must see" for me. Thanks for the reviews everyone.
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Post by scrapngranny on Mar 10, 2018 16:51:45 GMT
Hearing these reviews makes me sad. I’m supposed to see the movie on Tuesday with a group of friends. I will probably still go, but now I’m not looking forward to it as much as I was.
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Mar 10, 2018 18:16:16 GMT
OH boo. My daughter and I were going to see it today maybe we should go to Black panther instead.
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Post by Really Red on Mar 10, 2018 18:30:55 GMT
Hah. I'm still mad about Desperaux the movie! The whole entire point of the book was that he was NOT brave, so what he did was incredible. Stupid movies ruining books!
I have heard from several friends who say the movie is very confusing and they all wanted to walk out of it. Ugh.
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Post by gina on Mar 10, 2018 18:49:08 GMT
What a total bummer! I have been reading this with my 9 year old in anticipation of the movie. Only good news is we read very slowly (when I read out loud, I yawn every other word. lol It's annoying and weird! I read SO much faster in my head!) so maybe by time we actually finish it will be available to rent. lol |
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Post by melissa on Mar 10, 2018 19:08:31 GMT
I am still going to see it as we have MoviePass and it doesn't cost me anything more than my time at this point. I loved the book as a child and it sounds like no one loves this movie, not people who loved the book nor people who don't know it at all.
Frozen was based on the story of the "Snow Queen" by Hans Christian Andersen. The movie had minimal resemblance to the actual story in the end and minimal may be quite kind, so I was not expecting it to match up with the book particularly well. Just bummed that others who don't know the story also gave it a thumbs down. Just going to lower my expectations and enjoy the costumes and scenery!
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Post by RosieKat on Mar 10, 2018 19:23:51 GMT
this helps me out; thanks. I loved this book as a kid, and I don't want those memories ruined. Exactly this. It was (and is) one of my all-time favorites. I just can't bear to see it messed up. Part of what clued me in is the nonstop commercials on the Disney channel, where they're talking with so-and-so, who plays the part of Veronica (I think that's the name). Um. Veronica isn't even a part of the book. The other thing that made me leery was reading an interview with the director who had never read the book (at least, not beforehand, I don't know about now) and openly admitted she was going in with a political agenda. Just...weird. It may well be a good movie, but it's definitely not sounding like the movie made from the book *I* love. |
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Post by cathyb on Mar 10, 2018 21:27:24 GMT
This is so interesting to read. DS's 6th grade class just read the book and a mom set up a movie date for the entire class to go on the 18th.
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Post by 950nancy on Mar 10, 2018 21:41:52 GMT
Hah. I'm still mad about Desperaux the movie! The whole entire point of the book was that he was NOT brave, so what he did was incredible. Stupid movies ruining books! I have heard from several friends who say the movie is very confusing and they all wanted to walk out of it. Ugh. I think children's books are almost impossible to create into even better movies. While some are better than others, the only one I can say was much better than the book was The Whipping Boy... and that was from the 80's. |
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Post by 950nancy on Mar 10, 2018 21:43:13 GMT
I saw one of the witches interviewed (Reese) and she said the story was reimagined. It wasn't supposed to follow the book other than the basic idea.
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Post by librarylady on Mar 11, 2018 0:14:43 GMT
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Post by scrappyesq on Mar 11, 2018 0:18:40 GMT
My daughter and I were really looking forward to this movie and we were underwhelmed. The movie seemed "choppy" to me. It is worth seeing, just not nearly as amazing as I envisioned. It had some really neat aspects, just not produced well. Oprah did not fit the part and her acting was not up to par. LOVED Reece and Mindy Kaling, they were the best part of the movie. I totally agree with you. I liked the young lady who played Meg but I was underwhelmed. |
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Mar 11, 2018 0:55:19 GMT
I hate that they 'reimagined' it! I had no idea, in any of the stuff I've heard about it I didn't hear about that. Even more reason for me not to see it; I wanted to see the movie of the book. Why reimagine something that's a classic? Or at least, call it something different!
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Post by melanell on Mar 11, 2018 1:00:41 GMT
What a total bummer! I have been reading this with my 9 year old in anticipation of the movie.  Only good news is we read very slowly (when I read out loud, I yawn every other word. lol It's annoying and weird! I read SO much faster in my head!) so maybe by time we actually finish it will be available to rent. lol I fall asleep sometimes when I try to read aloud for an extended time. I have no idea why. My younger son only lets me read a short while most of the time, so it's rarely an issue for him, but my older one used to always get irritated with me when I started to fall asleep. Or as he put it, when I would "sleep while (you) read". |
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Post by craftmepink on Mar 11, 2018 1:00:48 GMT
Watched it and it felt flat, like something was missing. I was about to sleep during a part of the movie. And I don't mind slower paced movies but it just was ehhh. I'd save my money and wait for it to come out on dvd.
However if you still plan to go to the movies this weekend, I'd recommend Peter Rabbit, that movie was very entertaining and funny! Red Sparrow with Jennifer Lawrence was really good too.
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Post by Skellinton on Mar 11, 2018 1:04:44 GMT
I knew I wouldn’t care for it after seeing Mrs. Which, Whatist and Who. In the book they are centaur looking creatures in their actual form, right? And Mrs. Which (Oprah) is just Light I think, I hate that they didn’t even bother to follow her distinct speaking pattern. I think the director just wanted to make a pretty movie and didn’t give a hoot about the book it was based on or the people who loved it.
Such a bummer, this could have been so good!
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Post by melanell on Mar 11, 2018 1:05:32 GMT
I was so looking forward to it, but I want a movie version of the book, not a re-imagined movie based on the characters and a few events from the book. I watch the made for TV version back in the early 200s, and it was just that--a ma de for TV movie, so I was hoping for this to be a better version of that, but that's not how it sounds so far.  |
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Mar 11, 2018 1:29:03 GMT
In the book they are centaur looking creatures in their actual form, right? thank you! It's been a LONG time since I read it, but that sounds familiar... I seem to remember them being described rather like homeless people when the kids first meet them, too. |
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Post by Skellinton on Mar 11, 2018 2:20:52 GMT
In the book they are centaur looking creatures in their actual form, right? thank you! It's been a LONG time since I read it, but that sounds familiar... I seem to remember them being described rather like homeless people when the kids first meet them, too. Yes, I think Whatsit was their neighbor and that she was described as a little vagabondy. I need to reread the whole series and the off shoots again. I know in the book they change forms, but I don’t think it was ever as they are shown in the movie. |
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