This is a very brave attempt at filming the first 2 books set on Discworld. Brave, but flawed. The Colour of Magic, in particular, is very episodic, more so than later entries. One entire section is omitted; the Temple of Bel-Shamharoth and the related sub-plot on the true meaning of 8 to Discworld. There is the sense that the whole fantasy genre is being sent up in a massive way & a slightly disjointed feel to the narrative, forgivable in the books, but a little unsettling on screen.
David Jason is over-eager to please as Rincewind. There is the occasional other mis-step (the Librarian), but nothing on the scale of the horrendous, mostly casting, errors made in Hogfather.
It's not my favourite adaptation of Pratchett's work. That's Going Postal.
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This is a very brave attempt at filming the first 2 books set on Discworld. Brave, but flawed. The Colour of Magic, in particular, is very episodic, more so than later entries. One entire section is omitted; the Temple of Bel-Shamharoth and the related sub-plot on the true meaning of 8 to Discworld. There is the sense that the whole fantasy genre is being sent up in a massive way & a slightly disjointed feel to the narrative, forgivable in the books, but a little unsettling on screen.
David Jason is over-eager to please as Rincewind. There is the occasional other mis-step (the Librarian), but nothing on the scale of the horrendous, mostly casting, errors made in Hogfather.
It's not my favourite adaptation of Pratchett's work. That's Going Postal.