I can remember my initial reaction as I sat there in the theatre watching the film for the first time because I had been looking forward to the movie with great anticipation.

My first thought as I sat there watching the first few minutes of the film was- wow, everything is so CLEAN. It didn't seem like a real place to me- and for the fantasy to work, the world needed to be real. It was too DISNEY. That was a fatal flaw for me. It needed to have a darker tone.

yeah that was brilliant casting - and the one thing that made the film wortyh watching.

i was disappointed with Pryce. He was menacing - but in a very 1 domentional way - unlike his character in the book.

I agree that it is a boys book ..
the magic of being a boy and the horror of leaving that behind to become a man is definately something most guys would relate to far more than a girl.

It is the one book i reread at least once a year and to me the most powerful book he's ever written. (and like most people here i collect his books and have read almost all of them.

i find his latter books to be his weakest .. meandering and personal. he seems to be writing to himself these days - not that that is wrong - it's just a lot tougher for me to find something to relate to.

I think Dandilion Wine is my second favorite.

I don't know... I always identified more with boy characters than girl characters while growing up. Dandelion Wine, for example, I really identified with.

I'm curious about the movie and now I want to check it out... Wonder if I'll enjoy it more than the book.

i doubt it .. you may want to revisit the book.

the movie really missed the mark on most of the points - with the exception of casting jason robards.


if you want to see an interesting movie with a somewhat similar theme - check out The Seven Faces of Dr Lao, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057812/
a film that captured my imagination as a kid.

Tony Randall's greatest film! Love that as well. Have you read the book?

didnt even know there was a book ..

i assumed it was loosly based on the Bradbury book.
a hell of a lot of similarities.

I'm gonna have to find that one.......it would make a nice double feature with Something Wicked...

Something Wicked This Way Comes :cool: :cool:

My 8th grade Lit. class read this book and watched this movie for one whole month.
(with reports, question and answer segment, poster board renditions-the works:) )

Ties with kissing David in the Shop class closet as my Most Fun 8th Grade Memory:)

let me know if you cant - i have the laserdisc..

cool.....

Let me see if my son has it at his video store