Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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A Wrinkle in Time was definitely the crown jewel, and I don't think that's just my tendency to like the first book/episode/movie I see of serial entertainment talking. I thought A Wind in the Door was a good read as well, but definitely found the returns to be diminishing by A Swiftly Tilting Planet.
Are the less science-fictiony related YA novels like A Ring of Endless Light any good?
I did not care for A Swiftly Tilting Planet at all, which was very disappointing to me as it's a great title and has an inviting cover.
Part of why I haven't gotten into An Acceptable Time is that there's clearly a bunch of Polly backstory I haven't read but getting into all that seems like Too Much. And I can't stand Zachary.
And I can't stand Zachary.
He is the ACTUAL WORST.
I love Swiftly Tilting Planet. I don't know where my copy is though.
All I remember is that I read A Swiftly Tilting Planet first, because I didn't know any better, and OH BOY was I confused.
Maybe I should reread, but I also don't want to be annoyed about book vs. movie so...maybe later?
He is the ACTUAL WORST.
I remember reading a synopsis where Polly decides she and Zachary shouldn't see each other after he tried to lure her into being a human sacrifice for a tribe of early Native Americans and thinking "Let's not be too hasty, Polly, are you SURE that's a dealbreaker?"
Yeah, no, that actually happens. He is garbage.
Maybe I should reread, but I also don't want to be annoyed about book vs. movie so...maybe later?
Based on my totally nonscientific observations of Film Twitter, I think you will have a better chance of enjoying the movie on its own terms if you're not super-familiar with the book. (You may also be baffled by some of the dialogue, which is lifted out of the book but just out of context enough to be awkward and random.)
I think you will have a better chance of enjoying the movie on its own terms if you're not super-familiar with the book.
Yes. Honestly, I wish I hadn't re-read it so recently. Because every place the film diverged from the book (which was A LOT of places, because the book was published over 50 years ago, so it needed to be modernized) was really jarring to me. If I had more distance from the source material, I wouldn't have been so struck by "Hey, wait, that's not how [thing] happens!" or "I don't remember there being a fucking BEACH on Camazotz, what the hell, movie."
I liked the movie. I just wish I had been able to let it stand on its own more. Even so, there's a lot about it that's fantastic. Storm Reid is fantastic as Meg. And Chris Pine is WAY too hot as Aggressively Bearded Science Daddy.
I think this movie may be one of those where I need to watch it 2-3 times before it can be its own thing without my nerdbrain jumping in every ten seconds to say "HEY WAIT!"