Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Earthsea

Check for best offer Earthsea. Le Guin's multiple award-winning classic tale comes this richly imagined epic mini-series In the magical world of EarthSea, the Amulet of Peace has ensured harmony between humans and dragons for centuries But when the Amulet is broken and a piece of it disappears, it's up to a neophyte wizard to restore balance and Earthsea stop a nefarious king from conquering EarthSea's islands. ... Learn more »

Earthsea Review: Earthsea. I can't review this miniseries as an independent example of fantasy film-making. I am a huge fan of the books and can only judge it by how well it does as a cinematic adaptation.It fails miserably.It's not just that the writers fail to get anything right beyond the names, and sometimes not even that:- "Ged" is the wizard's secret name, "Sparrowhawk" is his commonly used one- Ged and the other Archipelagans are aboriginal peoples (LeGuin says they are like the Inuit), not white- There are no girls at the school ... Read more »

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