Title: NOTHING like the books so don't hold your breath!
Product review: Aside from some of the character names ...there is nothing to link this movie to the Susan Cooper series. At least with Harry Potter the storyline was somewhat followed - even if some things were left out.Having read "The Dark Is Rising" series, this movie was a sore disappointment to me. The books were fantastic, action-packed - hold on to your seats wonderful! The movie is a tiny shadow of the books. You find yourself being frustrated with Will and his teen whine and self-pity instead of hoping he finds the signs. Really important characters to the story were tossed to the wayside and some were left as a side-look instead of the real character. Sad disappointment of a movie. BUT, if you've never read the books - and you are a really young kid (or kid at heart) - you might enjoy this sad adaptation.
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