pretty close to the book. It'd be a great intro to people unfamiliar with Terry Pratchett's Discworld books. This is actually 2 books in two parts of the movie. Each part being 2+ hours long. And the casting of Jeremy Irons as the Patrician of Ankmorpork was perfect. Christopher ...( read more)
Brian Cox, Christopher Lee, David Bradley
The Discworld - a magical realm quite unlike, yet hauntingly familiar to, ours - has got it's first tourist. Rincewind (David Jason), an inept ex-student wizard is given the task of guiding Twoflower ...( read more
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August 22, 2009
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September 24, 2008
Fans of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series will find much to love in this amazing adaptation of the first novel. 'Hogfather' was great and this is similarly fantastic and true to the mythos. David Jason and Sean Astin are great fun and the book is brought to life faithfully with ...( read more)
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November 2, 2009
This was then second Discworld live action film (Hogfather was first). I like this one even more. It is the story of Rincewind the banished wizard showing a rich tourist around the county. If he does a good job, he will get his position back at the university, so he gets into all...( read more)
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June 7, 2009
Still trying to get into Discworld, will have to watch it at somepoint, but i think this is the poor SKY TV version!
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March 20, 2009
much weaker than the hogfather ... disappointing
i would like to see this with an other cast and better written screenplay - what works for a book must not work for a movie
also i think that a narrator, using some of the jockes in the book, would greatly improve this film
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March 17, 2009
Entertaining, and definately a good reason for me to pick up the books, somethng I have been meaning to do for a very long time.
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