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Tag Archives: book-to-film
Interlude: Mortal Engines (a review)
I watched this movie over the Christmas break last year. Since it’s now appearing in “worst movies of 2018” lists, I figured I should step up and offer my defence of what was really a very enjoyable movie. Okay, so … Continue reading
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Tagged book-to-film, BSTs, cgi, film reviews, mortal engines, movie reviews, movies, peter jackson, Weta workshop
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The BFG / IKJ (a review)
Day 73. 123,730 words. (Reviewer’s note: I am not adding images to this review, and probably won’t bother in future. Google image search has gimpversioned itself to death and basically made it a huge pain in the arse to find images … Continue reading
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Tagged book-to-film, books, movie reviews, movies, roald dahl, The BFG
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Alright, so let’s do this. One last time. This review contains spoilers, which I normally wouldn’t worry about since it’s spoiling a book you should have read. But since the movie detours somewhat from the book and most of the … Continue reading
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Tagged book vs. film, book-to-film, fanboy tears, jackson, the hobbit, tolkien
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
As much as I get irritated by negative people who come up with dubious and often downright stupid reasons for complaining about films, I’m going to do my best to avoid addressing that here. It’s too difficult to sound like … Continue reading
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Tagged book-to-film, films, prequels, the desolation of smaug, the hobbit
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