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If you don't want to read the whole thing, here's the condensed version: Go see this movie.
The feeling, costuming, set, etc. were excellent, perfectly magical. The changes, as Gaiman promised, were well done and necessary to the change in media. Charlie Cox was much better than I thought he'd be. I hadn't seen the actor before, and still photos make him look a little...I don't know. Dishrag-y and creepy at the same time. It turns out he just has a face that needs to be in motion and alive, and he plays the part of doofy-but-bold Tristran beautifully. I missed the Star's "Ow....fuck." line when she fell (Dad says he added it in in his head), but, hey, PG-13. The dead brothers were priceless - they got a huge amount of comic relief into a few non-verbal scenes. The Shakespeare character kind of stole the show, except that the show didn't seem to suffer by comparison. My only problem with him was how vividly I was reminded of, ahem, certain themes in The Sea is a Restless Whore, which tended to make me giggle even more than I ought.
At one point, Captain Shakespeare plays around dipping the sky-ship in the lake to spray everyone. I was squeeing "DADDY-SPLASHES! DADDY-SPLASHES!" in my head, and if I hadn't already liked the character, that would have sealed it. When we got out of the theater I told Dad. "Dad! Capitain Shakespear made daddy-splashes with his BOAT!"
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madalchemist, "Sometimes when I drive the boat I hit a wave wrong on accident, and..."
Mom and I both called bullshit. "You do it on purpose!" "It's when you hit a wave just RIGHT." The fact is that he lines the boat up just so against a wake or wave for maximum sploosh. It's a freakiin' science. He drenched Nathan once without getting a drop on the person right next to him, and this is only a 14' long boat. He'll even explain how, with pride, if you get 'im in the right mood. Daddy-splashes are cunningly planned with glee aforethought (as opposed to malice) and that is exactly what captain Shakespeare was doing.
Lastly, the nine inch tall hephelumps were only on screen for a second or two, but they made quite an impression. They're adorable! Wants one!
The only gripe I had, and it is minor, is that the time-frame for Tristran's adventure is shortened to a week. With the amount of character growth, the distance covered, and the learning that happens on the lightening ship, it felt like much more than week. I solved this problem by saying 'month' in my head whenever they said 'week' (which wasn't often), and suddenly it was all better.
That was the most fun I've had in a theater in a long time.
The feeling, costuming, set, etc. were excellent, perfectly magical. The changes, as Gaiman promised, were well done and necessary to the change in media. Charlie Cox was much better than I thought he'd be. I hadn't seen the actor before, and still photos make him look a little...I don't know. Dishrag-y and creepy at the same time. It turns out he just has a face that needs to be in motion and alive, and he plays the part of doofy-but-bold Tristran beautifully. I missed the Star's "Ow....fuck." line when she fell (Dad says he added it in in his head), but, hey, PG-13. The dead brothers were priceless - they got a huge amount of comic relief into a few non-verbal scenes. The Shakespeare character kind of stole the show, except that the show didn't seem to suffer by comparison. My only problem with him was how vividly I was reminded of, ahem, certain themes in The Sea is a Restless Whore, which tended to make me giggle even more than I ought.
At one point, Captain Shakespeare plays around dipping the sky-ship in the lake to spray everyone. I was squeeing "DADDY-SPLASHES! DADDY-SPLASHES!" in my head, and if I hadn't already liked the character, that would have sealed it. When we got out of the theater I told Dad. "Dad! Capitain Shakespear made daddy-splashes with his BOAT!"
Dad looked slightly sheepish and explained to
madalchemist, "Sometimes when I drive the boat I hit a wave wrong on accident, and..."Mom and I both called bullshit. "You do it on purpose!" "It's when you hit a wave just RIGHT." The fact is that he lines the boat up just so against a wake or wave for maximum sploosh. It's a freakiin' science. He drenched Nathan once without getting a drop on the person right next to him, and this is only a 14' long boat. He'll even explain how, with pride, if you get 'im in the right mood. Daddy-splashes are cunningly planned with glee aforethought (as opposed to malice) and that is exactly what captain Shakespeare was doing.
Lastly, the nine inch tall hephelumps were only on screen for a second or two, but they made quite an impression. They're adorable! Wants one!
The only gripe I had, and it is minor, is that the time-frame for Tristran's adventure is shortened to a week. With the amount of character growth, the distance covered, and the learning that happens on the lightening ship, it felt like much more than week. I solved this problem by saying 'month' in my head whenever they said 'week' (which wasn't often), and suddenly it was all better.
That was the most fun I've had in a theater in a long time.
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