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kickahaQueued it all up so I could watch it in a row. Halfway through, and...
Pros: Love the mish-mash of noir and steampunk, and the variations on the characters. Feels like an Elseworlds story. Glitch is great. (Duh, it's Alan Cummings...) FLYING BOOB MONKEYS!
Cons: The acting. Ow. Zooey Deschanel in particular - she has two modes: bored, and mock horror, and her movements are more mechanical than Jack Haley's. It's a little *too* far afield from the source - to the point that, other than the title and a few names, there's really no reason to tie it to the Baum books.
I was hoping for a nice dark adaptation, closer in spirit to the books than most works have been, but... it was not to be. (And what *is* it with every film involving family ending in redemption? I'm only halfway through, and I can see where this is going...)
Pros: Love the mish-mash of noir and steampunk, and the variations on the characters. Feels like an Elseworlds story. Glitch is great. (Duh, it's Alan Cummings...) FLYING BOOB MONKEYS!
Cons: The acting. Ow. Zooey Deschanel in particular - she has two modes: bored, and mock horror, and her movements are more mechanical than Jack Haley's. It's a little *too* far afield from the source - to the point that, other than the title and a few names, there's really no reason to tie it to the Baum books.
I was hoping for a nice dark adaptation, closer in spirit to the books than most works have been, but... it was not to be. (And what *is* it with every film involving family ending in redemption? I'm only halfway through, and I can see where this is going...)
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Date: 2007-12-05 10:16 pm (UTC)Stupid noble sense of heroics.
But, since I'm only halfway through (ending tonight), I'll hold off final judgment until it's done. (Psst - no spoilers. ;) Oh who am I kidding... they're telegraphing so much, the damned show should be sponsored by Western Union.)