Title: sad to see a wonderful series end up on screen this way
Product review: I sincerely hope Susan Cooper got a good deal on the rights to TDiR, as they've now sledge-hammered the spirit of one of my favorite series of books in the name of updating, relocating and modernizing...and ended up with a flop anyway.I can't really see how this would attract any of the audiences they were probably hoping would see it - the readers of the books will no doubt be disappointed and those who haven't read the books will have better-executed movies to choose from (see: Harry Potter, Spiderwick Chronicles, even The Golden Compass).To remove the story entirely from its lush UK settings and Arthurian plot devices is to deny child viewers a lot of credit that they honestly are due.Oh well.
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