I love books and I love movies, but only very rarely has a book been translated to the silver screen as well as Hogfather has.
To put it simply, it's magic.
For once the essence of a book, the soul of it, remains intact, the movie lives the book, lives the story, lives the characters.
To my utter amazement the whole look of the movie is very very similar to my personal idea what discworld and it's characters look like, I'd say that it's 95% of what I have imagined while reading discworld books. And I do have quite a good imagination :-)
The casting is superb, altho I personally would have put mr. Pratchett himself in the part of the archchancellor. But the crowning jewel of casting is Michelle Dockery as Susan Sto-Helit, she is stunning to say the least, she captures the essence of what makes Susan Susan and projects it with such intensity that I was, for once, left awestruck.
This movie achieved what I have not experienced in years, the feeling of being there, the one moment of pure magic that penetrates your soul and leaves you for just a second hanging between the reality and imagination.
Bravo !
To put it simply, it's magic.
For once the essence of a book, the soul of it, remains intact, the movie lives the book, lives the story, lives the characters.
To my utter amazement the whole look of the movie is very very similar to my personal idea what discworld and it's characters look like, I'd say that it's 95% of what I have imagined while reading discworld books. And I do have quite a good imagination :-)
The casting is superb, altho I personally would have put mr. Pratchett himself in the part of the archchancellor. But the crowning jewel of casting is Michelle Dockery as Susan Sto-Helit, she is stunning to say the least, she captures the essence of what makes Susan Susan and projects it with such intensity that I was, for once, left awestruck.
This movie achieved what I have not experienced in years, the feeling of being there, the one moment of pure magic that penetrates your soul and leaves you for just a second hanging between the reality and imagination.
Bravo !