Posts by Daniel Watson5

The movie is absolutely stunning, and James McAvoy is just flawless in it... I’ve heard rumors that there was a scene where he was naked and they actually zoomed in on his... well, his anatomy... which is a shame they edited out. I honestly think a much larger audience would have turned up to see it if they hadn't. Forest Whitaker is nothing short of phenomenal playing Idi Amin; apparently, he even learned Swahili and mastered the various ways to use "uh" in conversation. He really leaned into the role of Idi and basically became him (you can truly see the resemblance, both in how he carries himself and how he looks), so I really feel like he deserves an Oscar!

Melissa Price6 said:hmm, I read the book, watched the trailer, and honestly thought watching the movie might actually be worth the effort.
though maybe it’ll end up being a total disaster, kind of like Dungeons & Dragons 🙄

and he was only 15 years old when he wrote the first book.
it seems like you can't even write a book anymore without it stretching out to six hundred pages.☕

I get the impression that the only reason people claim the book is good is because some 15-year-old kid wrote it... I mean, I acknowledge that, but it still doesn't do anything for me...

Just because a book is 600 pages or longer doesn't automatically make it good; I really don't see how that has anything to do with the quality itself.

driftingtinker822 said:I read the book and I have to say it isn't bad at all, especially considering it was written by a seventeen-year-old kid (honestly, some people that age can barely string a coherent sentence together). It borrows a little from Lord of the Rings and a bit from Harry Potter, but overall, the plot is pretty engaging.
I’d actually love to go see the movie, too.

Actually, wonderful scale was written by an eighteen-year-old girl, and the book is genuinely quite good. So, I suppose we should probably give the guy another decade or so to mature before he can write a true masterpiece like the old masters such as Tolkien... though I will admit, he definitely has some solid ideas and managed to pull off a full book.
Now, someone mentioned that the book is okay because it's intended for children, but I find myself wondering if that was truly his target audience... because, if I'm being honest, I don't really get that impression.

I just finished reading the book, and honestly, it didn't leave much of an impression on me. You can tell the author has plenty of ideas, but he just hasn't quite figured out how to pull them off properly. The dialogue feels pretty lackluster, and there were even some moments that felt downright silly... though I suppose he's still quite young. At the end of the day, it doesn't even come close to what you'd get from Martin, Herbert, or even Potter... But hey, give it a read yourself; I'm curious to hear what you think, since I don't know anyone else who has picked this up yet.
I’ll definitely be checking out the movie. I'm really curious to see how it turns out, especially since John Malkovich and Robert Carlyle are in the cast.
And yeah... you'll notice right away that they didn't put much effort into the translation. There are so many mistakes that are impossible to ignore... and they even messed up the names, like changing Neal to Nil or Jeod-Džoud... it's just terrible!😵