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.)
Buffy. When I saw you stop the world from, you know, ending, I just assumed that was a big week for you. Turns out I suddenly find myself needing to know the plural of 'apocalypse.'
Riley ,'Potential'
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Steph L. - Mar 10, 2018 5:40:27 pm PST #1471 of 3463
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Atropa - Mar 10, 2018 6:49:11 pm PST #1472 of 3463
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
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.
Atropa - Mar 10, 2018 6:51:42 pm PST #1473 of 3463
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
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.
Jesse - Mar 11, 2018 3:44:32 am PDT #1474 of 3463
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh yeah, I should have said: I'm sure I read the book as a kid, but have no attachment to it.
Calli - Mar 11, 2018 4:16:04 am PDT #1475 of 3463
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
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.
Jesse - Mar 11, 2018 6:09:45 am PDT #1476 of 3463
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
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.
Jessica - Mar 11, 2018 2:48:24 pm PDT #1477 of 3463
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
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.
Amy - Mar 11, 2018 3:35:44 pm PDT #1478 of 3463
Because books.
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.
-t - Mar 11, 2018 3:36:40 pm PDT #1479 of 3463
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
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.
I love everything about this.
I need to go see Wrinkle so I can form my own opinion but I also need to do about a billion other things so I don't know when I'll fit that in. Did recently reread in preparation, and realized I had never read the rest of the series like for some reason I thought I had, so I read those too. So really should see the movie soon.
Kalshane - Mar 11, 2018 5:18:14 pm PDT #1480 of 3463
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I need to go see Wrinkle so I can form my own opinion but I also need to do about a billion other things so I don't know when I'll fit that in. Did recently reread in preparation, and realized I had never read the rest of the series like for some reason I thought I had, so I read those too. So really should see the movie soon.
I've been reading the series to my son, and I was in a similar boat. I thought I had read the whole series when I was younger, but apparently I never made it past A Wind in the Door.
Reading them now, (we're on Many Waters) I'm of the firm opinion A Wrinkle in Time was the best in the series.
I imagine I should go see the movie at some point, but I haven't even had time to see Black Panther yet.