Hogfather Streaming
Vendredi, février 5th, 2010 |
Hogfather Streaming.
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After powerful hunting I found this DVD in the US… I wasn’t distinct what to request from a live action Discworld movie, I honest couldn’t imagine that the humor could translate properly. In the slay, it did and it didn’t.
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A short Summary:
In the fantasy world of Discworld, their winter festival is called Hogswatch, which is ruled over by the Hogfather… a tubby jolly man with tusks who doles out gifts to nice exiguous children. An Assassin is hired to “recall care of” the Hogfather, and he goes about it by invading the lair of the Toothfairy. To try to preserve the world in order, Death puts on the Hogfather Costume and tries to sub in for the evening… meanwhile, Death’s grandaughter, Susan is off to figure out what happened to the Hogfather.
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If you have read the book, then you know that you probably laughed so hard you cried. Though the movie is amusing, it is not nearly so as the book. They remain fairly faithful to the book, cutting only where indispensable. But if you have not read the book… then you will peek this film in puzzlement. There is a big deal of assumption by the filmmakers that the viewer is already aware of Discworld and how it works. The opening shot of Enormous A’tuin with the four elephants is shown but never explained. The Unseen university is baffling if you don’t already know about the wizards, and the Death of Rats makes no sense at all.
But if you HAVE read the book, you will be able to follow quite happily seeing the characters from your head pop into life.
The acting, though theatrical, is fabulous. The costuming is sparkling and the sets are exclusive and shapely. Susan is a remarkable yet likeable character. Death, though his mouth never moves, is one of the most human creatures in the film. Albert is a cry… you can’t attend but care for him.
Final summary: If you have read and enjoyed the book, this film is a must-see. If you have not read the book, then you might devour the movie… but you won’t “come by” most of it because of the level of discworld knowledge you are assumed to already have.
Kiddie Rating - I will probably let my kids inspect this (ages 6 and 10) there are a few murders but very shrimp blood, and they are not overly graphic. I didn’t accumulate any profanity on my first spy through, there is of course no nudity. I would be more concerned of their lack of interest because I’m not determined if they are musty enough to comprehend the humor of Death delivering presents dressed as a jolly elephantine man.
While awaiting the release of the Hogfather movie on DVD, I was amazed to speed across the movie on the ION cable TV network on 12/23/07. I too seek information from that for those not familiar with the Discworld, it may be a slight mystifying, but for those of us that are, the shrimp details were astounding. I particularly liked the rendition of HEX, complete with the “Anthill Inside” sticker and the puny hourglass which popped out when it was processing. Getting a spy at trusty actors in costume playing Constable Visit and Nobby Nobbs, however briefly, was a treat–in fact, all the costuming and casting was very reminiscent of the plot the Discworld is pictured in the Paul Kidby illustrations. The rendition of Susan and Bilious the Oh God inside the child’s painting on their procedure to the Tooth Fairy’s domain was valid and very mighty as I had imagined it. Finally, Terry Pratchett himself makes a cameo appearance as the proprietor of the toy store where Death purchases the wooden horse to give to the young Albert. This movie really gives me hope for the “Light Fantastic/Color of Magic” movie which I understand is in the works–it shows that the Discworld CAN be translated to the live mask. My only negative criticism is that every time Mr. Teatime spoke with that unusual state of his, I was reminded of the Church Lady on Saturday Night Live–it may be that the actor unprejudiced didn’t understand how this would sound to an American ear. However, all in all it was a really colossal difficulty and no Discworld fan should pass it by.
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