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When
Mo Folchart reads a story, the characters leap off the page. Literally.
And that's a problem. Mo must somehow use his special powers to send the
interlopers back to their world, and save ours. If ever a task was
easier read than done, this is it. Mo and his daughter Meggie, aided by
friends real and fictional, plunge into a thrilling quest that pits them
against diabolical villains, fantastic beasts and dangers at every turn.
Brendan Fraser (The Mummy films,
I
remember seeing the coming attractions for this movie when it was out in
the theaters. Back then I thought the concept for the movie would
be a cool idea, however, seeing that it was more of a movie geared
towards kids, I decided that it was probably not one that I was going to
go out of my way to go and see in the movie theater. Months later,
I have been given the opportunity to review the Blu-Ray release of this
movie, and was unexpectedly pleased with what I had seen.
The
star of this movie was definitely the the screenplay itself.
Although I have seen or read other such stories with charachters having
similar abilities, I enjoyed how David Lindsay-Abaire put it all
together for this movie, which was based on the novel by Cornelia Funke.
The acting was not bad either, with some very good performances by
Brendan Frasier as Mo Folchart as the main character who possesses the
silver tongu ability, Eliza Benner (who plays his daughter Meggie) and
the supporting characters, especially Dustfinger (Paul Bettany) and aunt
Elinor (Oscar winner Helen Mirren). The production and sound/art
direction of this movie also rate highly. Although others may agree, I
am glad that they did not over-use the special effects, which could have
been severely overdone in many of the scenes. The special effects
were nicely blended into the movie, as opposed to some other movies that
have no substance, and need the bells and whistles to detract the viewer
from the lack of any story. I originally did not expect any of
this from the movie, and as mentioned above, I was pleasantly surprised.
One
of my criticisms, which is of the original story itself is the lack of
character development. The potential was huge for a number of the
characters, and except for a change of heart by Dustfinger, we did not
see other characters being provided with a chance to develop fully.
Cornelia Funke (which sounds like a nom de plume) had already published
two sequels to the book (Inkspell and Inkdeath), in which the characters
are very likely to be developed to their fuller potential. From
doing a quick search on the Internet, I did find a few fan sites and
blogs that allege that these two books have already been made into
screenplays.