Genre: British & Irish Humor & Satire, Greek & Roman Myth & Legend, Norse & Viking Myth & Legend Review: If you never read his novels and watched this movie, I recommend you do so now.Pages of Book: 416 pages (This may be different) The only minor problem with the movie (which couldn't be prevented I guess) is that it's hard to follow for someone not knowing Pratchett's work before. The characters looked almost as if Paul Kidby drew them into life and the acting was good. The producers did the best they could and they did a really great job. Sure, I missed a few funny character conversations (Like the 'Give-the-Dean-a-bag-of-money-gnome' or the Cheerful Fairy), it also lacked certain elements of the book, including the YMPA, Igor's Bar or the Death of Rats (who is much more important in the book) but you cannot include everything from a 300 page novel into a say 100 page movie script. Having said this, I must admit, this adaption with real actors is probably as good as it can be. He uses much narrating and footnotes which is very hard (if not impossible) to transform into a movie.

Sure, he is a great writer and I had much fun reading all his novels at least 3-5 times but his writing style lacks a certain TV-compatibility. How else can they become?Īdapting Terry Pratchett's work for TV is a difficult task. Susan: But people have got to believe that, or what's the point?ĭeath: You need to believe in things that aren't true. some rightness in the universe by which it may be judged. you try to act as if there is some ideal order in the world. That sort of thing.ĭeath: You think so? Then take the universe and grind it down to the finest powder and sieve it through the finest sieve and THEN show me one atom of justice, one molecule of mercy. As practice, you have to start out learning to believe the little lies.ĭeath: Yes. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.ĭeath: Yes.

You're saying that humans need fantasies to make life bearable.ĭeath: No. Death: What would have happened if you hadn't saved him?ĭeath: A mere ball of flaming gas would have illuminated the world.

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