martin-andersson22
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I read Terry Pratchett when I was young and thought they were fun books and fun story telling.
But now, many years later, watching this well made film adaptation. I realize I despise at least this book. Terry Pratchett has made deus ex machina into his core storytelling technique. Which is repulsive in and of itself. And disrespectful to his audience, he is just too lazy to fit together a coherent story, instead he just piles "wouldn't it be fun if" on top of one another in one giant pile of garbage.
Furthermore, Pratchett has chosen to write in the fantasy genre. But his books are just one long iteration of parody and scorn on the genre itself.
I really wanted to give this movie a -1000 rating. However, I thought the movie was rather well made and it was faithful to the book. So in that sense I should have given it an 8 or something. And maybe it is an 8 to some who are younger or to those that are not yet wise to the nature of Pratchett's writing or who don't mind his low story telling style. So I ended up giving it a 4. Which is more than it deserves. Or maybe less.
But now, many years later, watching this well made film adaptation. I realize I despise at least this book. Terry Pratchett has made deus ex machina into his core storytelling technique. Which is repulsive in and of itself. And disrespectful to his audience, he is just too lazy to fit together a coherent story, instead he just piles "wouldn't it be fun if" on top of one another in one giant pile of garbage.
Furthermore, Pratchett has chosen to write in the fantasy genre. But his books are just one long iteration of parody and scorn on the genre itself.
I really wanted to give this movie a -1000 rating. However, I thought the movie was rather well made and it was faithful to the book. So in that sense I should have given it an 8 or something. And maybe it is an 8 to some who are younger or to those that are not yet wise to the nature of Pratchett's writing or who don't mind his low story telling style. So I ended up giving it a 4. Which is more than it deserves. Or maybe less.
The script is a bit silly and not perfectly tied up. However, I saw a documentary about Aryan Brotherhood prison gang and that is where this movie borrows its tropes for, not really from other prion movies. Some of the gimmicks in the movie are apparently true. So, obviously not an authentic prison movie in todays environment, the Aryan Brotherhood was crushed by FBI and prison authorities. This movie tries to pick the story up after that, in a sort of, what if that prison gang could have survived even after the prison system zeroed in on them and isolated them in cages.
The movie is also surprisingly free of Political Correctness except for the baseline that they have to maintain. I guess that is what I enjoyed the most, most Hollywood movies these days are so ruined by politics and agenda it feels like they should be paying me for watching their stuff instead of the other way around, I mean, if they are so desperate to get their message across. I did not get that from this movie.
The movie is also surprisingly free of Political Correctness except for the baseline that they have to maintain. I guess that is what I enjoyed the most, most Hollywood movies these days are so ruined by politics and agenda it feels like they should be paying me for watching their stuff instead of the other way around, I mean, if they are so desperate to get their message across. I did not get that from this movie.