[ SECRET POST #2738 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2738 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Wizards vs. Aliens]


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03.
[Hayao Miyazaki]


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04.
[Dragon Age Inquisition]


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05.
[Sarah Michelle Gellar and Lena Horne]


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06.
[Girl Genius]


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07.
[Dark Souls]


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08.
[TRON: Legacy]


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09.
[Phantom of the Opera]


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10.
[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]








Notes:

Big thunderstorm here, hoping the power stays up. Early to be safe!

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I like his work generally, but I haaaate Howl's Moving Castle. Just can't stand it.

This would be because I am a book fan. He screwed it up so bad!

And now all the time people go ON and ON about how much they love Howl's Moving Castle, and invariably they are talking about the crappy adaptation and not the lovely lovely book, and most of them will never bother to read the book, and it was SO MUCH BETTER.

The plot actually made sense, Howl was not a giant crow or whatever-the-hell, the characters were actually developed, Michael (that's Markl to all you movie people) had his own story and was not a toddler, the story was not ended by a series of insane deus ex machinas, Wales happened, the villain was not just generally evil with no motivation, there was no stupid war crammed into the background of the story for no particular reason...

Seriously. Worst adaptation ever. The only thing it had going for it was the music.

[iggy]

I actually like the movie better than the book, which is sacrilege apparently. I found Sophie especially in the book to be flat and archetypal, whereas in the movie she has a lovely, complete character arc that I really enjoyed. Howl too.

Overall it was pretty by the book fantasy, with a few cool deviations (like the Wales plot). I did enjoy it, but I honestly don't see what makes it better than the film, which I found to be magical.

[(Anonymous)]

I agree. The movie was so much better, for those reasons. Both Howl and Sophie were too cliched for me in the book. They made me groan, despite the fantastic details.

[(Anonymous)]

I like them both, actually. I just treat them as variations on the theme of 'fairy tale mechanics are real here'. The book is almost a parody of fairy-tale tropes whereas the film plays those tropes straight instead. Less commentary on fairy tales in the film but a nice story all the same.

[(Anonymous)]

PLUS A MILLION

[arcadiaego]

I haven't read the book, but I didn't like the movie much. I didn't really understand what was going on a lot of the time though so maybe I'm just not very smart.

[(Anonymous)]

You realize the author actually adored the movie?

[(Anonymous)]

Yet I'm sure she would agree that she did a better job.