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A Wrinkle In Time
Jun. 25th, 2018 06:00 amBeautiful film, well-cast.
I do see some flaws, mostly relying on visual spectacle and minimizing some aspects of the story. We could have used more of the drabness of Camazotz; that part felt rushed. And though the three Mrs. looked lovely, Oprah's sequinned eyebrows verged on self-parody.
However. I sat there with a handkerchief through most of the movie, actually crying because I felt so moved by this important favorite of my childhood being displayed onscreen.
I hadn't reread the book in decades; in fact, my copy got donated sometime back. And I failed to like the next two in the series, as Meg got sidelined and that bothered me. But this story resonates way back to my discovering the book in my elementary school library, being utterly riveted, taking it out several times until my aunt, who worked for Scholastic publishers at the time, came up with my very own copy.
I do see some flaws, mostly relying on visual spectacle and minimizing some aspects of the story. We could have used more of the drabness of Camazotz; that part felt rushed. And though the three Mrs. looked lovely, Oprah's sequinned eyebrows verged on self-parody.
However. I sat there with a handkerchief through most of the movie, actually crying because I felt so moved by this important favorite of my childhood being displayed onscreen.
I hadn't reread the book in decades; in fact, my copy got donated sometime back. And I failed to like the next two in the series, as Meg got sidelined and that bothered me. But this story resonates way back to my discovering the book in my elementary school library, being utterly riveted, taking it out several times until my aunt, who worked for Scholastic publishers at the time, came up with my very own copy.
