The Seeker - The Dark is Rising (2007)

Why do they take good books and make them bad movies?

The "Dark is Rising" books are excellent and well written...Why the movie people always seem to say "well, we'll just take the names and the setting and see if we can't punch them up a bit" when faced with great source material is beyond me! The movie isn't really even going to appeal to people who haven't read the books, as it seems very derivative at times. People who have read the series and are fans may develop violent feelings towards the screen play writers; I know we did! Just avoid this movie and perhaps "they" will consider it a bomb and not make another.... July 12, 2008

Takes some getting used to, but... has its merits

Man, this one was a shocker. I have read, and reread, and re-reread, Susan Cooper's books many times since about, oh, 1977? I got my own copies... then I think I got my son his own copies. I've read a few other things too, over the years.

Seriously, the movie is very different from the book. The feel of the movie, the mood of it, the story... it is all very different from the book. At first I was horrified, ugh (see most of the other reviews for the general idea).

But then... well... it seemed to me that the story had almost been adapted to a movie for thirty years later. Will Stanton is from the generation before Harry Potter. In the books, we can really feel the world and the matter of Wales, of ancient Britain, of the layers of history. While I do feel that the movie moves too quickly, and it is often just too wierd and intense -- in a way, that is truer to today's young people. Perhaps it speaks to them better. I don't know. But I would rather think that this adaptation had some merit, somehow, and that is what I've come up with.

Read all the books and watch the movie, just be prepared for something "completely different." Good luck. July 9, 2008

Compact and delicious

What I really liked about this movie is that they didn't take forever to tell the story. Rarely do you find a good fantasy film that is less than 2 hours in length. The fast pace of the film probably did glaze over intricate plot points that could've been explored. The story of a young boy drawn into a world that he had no idea existed, only to find out that it is up to him to save both the world that he knows and the new world that he has been introduced to. I've never read the book so I'm not able to compare the two, but in my opinion it is definitely worth watching. July 5, 2008

AAAHHHHHHHHHH!

I watched the previews for this and decided I didn't want another disapointment, Like Blood & Chocolate was. I loved the classic book series, it is one of the best, right up there with Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Prydain, and the Chronicles of Narnia, but all I can say from what I saw is, "AH, IT BURNS!" July 4, 2008

the seeker

i bought this movie for one reason and only one reason ( christopher eccleston) who play the doctor who first season... when i watched it i didn't except it to be fantastic . i couldn't help myself from watching it again and again not just because of christopher eccleston but because the movie was great . the charcters were perfect for they roll i couldn't image anyone eles playing anybody eleses part. i bought five copies and gave them to my nieces/nephews who in fact love the movie just as much as i do.. it weird but true .... the only problem i had with this movie is i wanted it to go on i wanted to see the results from th end of the movie ... plus christopher eccleston part was too small i wanted to see more of him in the movie..... it only my oppoion but this movie is a A+++

you don't see good movie that much anymore i'm glad i find this one. June 30, 2008

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