![]() ![]() ![]() Apparently, several characters and places from the series have similar names as in the book, and the main character needs to deliver a letter to a king in the book. Maybe the book uses a less heavy hand, and elaborates better on some of these confusing points? Maybe the book could help me appreciate the screenwriting better? Within the first five minutes, I already knew what this was going to be, and was ready to just turn it off. You can call what will happen twenty minutes before it does. It plays like A Tough Guide to Fantasy Land put on the silver screen. The series is nothing but cliche after cliche. And it stays there resolutely until the final scene of the final episode. It opens with whispered prophecies of dark lords and the chosen one, then cuts to some angsty dark prince doing his best teenage Anakin impersonation. That also shows through.įrom episode one, the series is on fantasy autopilot. It shows through.īut some other people didn't put any effort in. A lot of people clearly put a lot of effort and thought and care into the series. The costumes and props and sets were great. I can't say the same about whoever it was playing the puppy-kicking prince, but the others made great performances. That out of the way, let me list some positives of the series. I looked up the book later on Wikipedia, after watching the first episode. I should preface all of this by stating that I have never read the book. I recently watched The Letter for the King on Netflix, and thought I'd offer a small thought on the series. ![]()
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