Jonathan ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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I just saw A Wrinkle in Time with my mother, and we loved it! Man, it looked amazing.
Also, I was sitting next to a little kid who had every reaction you could hope for, including covering her eyes and saying "noooooo" every time Meg and Calvin got face-to-face, in case they were going to kiss. Hee.
In terms of *feelings* it invoked, the one this reminded me most of is Under the Skin.
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I love the book of A Wrinkle in Time so much that it threw me how much the movie diverged from the book. Still, if I take the movie strictly on its own merits, I really liked it. So gorgeous. (Also, damn, Chris Pine is a fox.)
that it threw me how much the movie diverged from the book.
I loved the book, but because I recently re-read it, I realize I can't go see the movie. 1. The "be a warrior" line from the trailer made me grump about nothing like that in the book, and 2. something I learned from spoilers: OMG WHAT NO AUNT BEAST?!
I know, I know, get over myself, take the movie as a completely separate thing. But that 2nd point is the big one for me.
It's much like how I know many people who loved the movie Stardust, but the points where it diverged from the novel just exasperated me. Plus, I know that the production would never be able to find any place that looked like Charles Vess' art for Faerie, but the locations they did use looked too much like the English countryside to me.
Oh yeah, I should have said: I'm sure I read the book as a kid, but have no attachment to it.
I saw Wrinkle in Time on Friday. It was good, and I enjoyed it, but it didn't blow me away the way Black Panther or Shape of Water did. I think I would have loved it if I'd seen it when I was young.
This was a good one: there was a new quote added to Mrs. Who, which I won't spoil, but my mother leaned over to say, "I got that reference!" and I womanfully did not say, "OK, Steve Rogers," because she would NOT have gotten that reference.
Heh!
I loved the addition of modern quotes for Ms Who. Including one that made me laugh out loud and one that made me whoop.
Sara saw Wrinkle in Time with a friend and was really disappointed.
And I finally watched Arrival, after seeing Jessica mention it, and wow. It was surprisingly moving and really kind of profound, I thought.