Shawn Ashmore, Kristin Kreuk, Isabella Rossellini
A reckless youth is destined to become the greatest sorcerer that the mystical land of Earthsea has ever known. When the young wizard Ged discovers that he possesses infinite magical powers, he seeks ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 8, 2005
Stats: 361 reviews
Enchanting plot and re-watchable, definately. Interesting animation but unfortunately the dubbing and voice actors let it down considerably. I mean really, is that how they speak? But good none the less.
I want to kill how ever allowed this movie to exist. So wrong, not how the story goes at all, I HATE YOU KRISTEN KREUK, STOP RUINING FANTASY!
Ugh. Not even close to the the original story by Ursula K. Le Guin. If you are a fan of the book, avoid this film - it makes almost all of the characters white and corny. For those who have not read the books, it is an OK view, but not outstanding in any way.
I actually thought it was pretty good when I saw this a couple years ago. It made me want to read the books, but form what I've heard the REAL ending of the trilogy sounds like it would just annoy me, so I'm not so sure. Though they're said to be "classics"...
This is an adaptation of one of my favorite fantasy series', and while it's not terrible -- it does get the main gist of things -- it's really not a good adaptation, either. First of all, it tries to sum up the whole trilogy all at once, instead of telling one story at a time, a...( read more)
An epic scale movie with twists and turns. and a plot almost as beautiful and complex as LOTR.
Not at all what I expected...If it wasn't for Kristin Kreuk, I probably wouldn't have watched it"
Entertaining adaptation. Almost Harry Potter-ish with the school of magic and a nearly unkillable enemy.
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(2004 Director Robert Lieberman) Simply superb fantasy!..I had to wait paitiently over one week befrore I got to watch this (because of finishing finals this semester) May I recommend that you watch it with the Direcotrial comments on?) Did justice (in my opinion) to the Ursula K. LeGuin book Wizard of Earthsea triolgy it is based upon. Danny Glover was wonderful; young Shawn Ashmore (Merry-LOTR) is even more adorable with a scar on this face! Little Lana (Kristin Kreuk-Smallville) makes a lovely priestess...3 lovely woemn star in this including DREAMY....Personally? I thought Sebastian Roche was hot as the Evil King of the G's. And kudos to the lovely talented Isabella Rosselini. The Director's input I listened to through the whole movie. It consisted of some movie-making tip..and also several apologies for having made this movie on a budget about 1/20th of that of Lord of the Rings! I thought this movie did NOT suffer from its bare but adequate $15 million budget.
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