Inside a magical realm known as Discworld, a naive tourist is on holiday until a terrible fire breaks out, forcing him to flee along with an incompetent wizard. As the clueless pair set out on a magical journey across the disc, neither realizes that they are merely pawns in an elaborate board game being played by the Gods. After encountering a pair of barbarians, they take a trip to an inverted mountain housing dragons that only exist in imagination, survive a fall off the edge of the disc and attempt to beat the wizard’s former classmate to a collection of spells that could save Discworld from total destruction.
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March 5, 2010
#1
Wow. I don’t know what to say, seeing all the reviews here stating what an enjoyable movie this is. Quite frankly, it’s terrible. One of the worst movies I’ve seen in a long time, it brings back memories of old 80′s movies about stupid stuff like swamp gators. My wife and I sat through this very long movie last night, …waiting the whole time for it to get started, with some sort of plot or theme, something! This movie starts nowhere, stays nowhere and ends nowhere. I would much prefer a cheap budget, low quality sci-fi channel movie that is badly done over this monstrously long movie that goes nowhere. It’s a shame really. It could have been great. The actors aren’t bad, the filming isn’t bad. It’s all the content, …or lack of it, that’s bad. We left the movie asking ourselves “now, what was that about? Huh?”. I cannot recommend this movie to anyone. Could have been a great family movie. What a shame.
March 5, 2010
#2
If you’re unfamiliar with Pratchett’s work, this adaptation is unlikely to hook you. Instead of the sharp satire of the novels, it’s just fantasy rehashed with some CGI and terrible, terrible acting. Sean Astin pretty much ruined this all on his own; there wasn’t a single scene he was in that didn’t leave me cringing. Worse, Jeremy Irons butchtered the clever and icy Patrician, giving him a lisp, of all things. I was embarrassed just watching this. Some of the storytelling was cute, but you’d be better off with the actual books. Hogfather was a thousand times better, and I didn’t even like the original book all that much. Really, if you much be introduced to Pratchett through television, go with Hogfather, which was much truer to the book and to Terry’s intelligent style.
March 5, 2010
#3
The Color of Magic is entertaining but not too funny. There are some interesting characters and ideas, but the movie lacks depth and does not always make sense. The book with the same characters related to the movie, The Light Fantastic, is better. But the book is very much written in the same style as the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy books by the late Douglas Adams, which are better than the Light Fantastic.
March 5, 2010
#4
I bought this movie used for $3.00. Unfortunately, it is not worth 3 cents. This is absolutely one of the worst movies I have ever seen and believe me I tried and tried. As a long-time Terry Pratchett fan I am horrified! Jeremy Irons, Tim Curry and Sean Astin. All actors I love. All doing complete crap in this movie. It was embarassing to watch. Don’t bother with this total loser, you will regret it.
March 5, 2010
#5
I saw this with my kids (ages 10 and 7) and they loved it. However, be aware that this film (and Hogfather) have no close-captions. The English being spoken in Britain is drifting further and further away from American English … or perhaps we are drifting further away from them … and so captions would be good so you don’t have to rewind to make sure you caught all the jokes. Also, watching with my father (who is nearly deaf, and hates his hearing aid) would be impossible, and that’s a shame.