Helena Weaver

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Lovely scenery and pretty good acting from the principal actors. I've read the book twice over the last few years and the film feels like a lite-weight version of it. I'm not sure this is a book that you can film successfully. When you're reading the book you're immersed in their struggle and there are no visuals to distract you. When you're watching the movie it's beautiful, and yes you see their struggles but it doesn't add up in the same way. I felt the film skimmed over the difficult bits like what it's like to be homeless and what it's like to be living on a few pounds desperately trying to survive on sweets. It gave the impression that their walk was, in the end a just a very long walk with a series of fun little encounters with people along the way. I also did not like the way it ended. The book is much more effective in how it stages the ending of the story.

The Salt Path

7 likes

Boring. I can’t believe I’m saying this about an episode of Sherlock - the final episode as, unsurprisingly, the stars have refused to make season 5, obviously realising that the scripts have become embarrassingly bad. I’ve just watched the whole 4 seasons from start to finish over the last week and it’s been sad to reexperience how the plots and production go steadily downhill from season 3 onwards. I even caught myself checking to see how much longer the last episode was going to last and wondering if I could be bothered to finish it. Sad. But at least the first two seasons were brilliant.

The Final Problem

18 likes

The Lost Daughter