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I've seen some people bash this movie. I didn't see it in the theaters because of its short production run. However, I did see it on DVD. I liked it. Perhaps the reason a lot of people don't like it is the only way they ever experience the joys of reading is by watching a movie. Its like offering someone a bowl of ice cream to eat and they say they'd rather have tofu because its nearly the same. Yes there were a few sections of the movie where the filming suddenly changes. That is poor post production, but doesn't distract from the story too much. I have not read the books, but they are on order and I can't wait to dive back into this story again.
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Another pathetic attempt to get kids interested in reading. Although beautifully photographed, it's simply impossible to get past the central premise.
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This was a pretty good movie. The whole idea about that you could read characters out of the book was a great idea...Something no one has ever created a movie about before.
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First of all, it should be stated that Inkheart is NOT a horror movie- it's a fantasy/adventure film. The description can be misleading.
It's probably more of a childrens story, but it's a pretty good one nonetheless, and adults like myself shouldn't have a problem watching a film like this.
What makes the film so entertaining is that it's about a father who has this amazing ability to bring to life the fictional characters from any book he reads. We find out later his daughter has the same talent.
The storyline focuses on the father and daughter going on a quest to find the wife/mother who supposedly got stuck inside a book. You see, every time a fictional creature comes out of a book, a person from the real world has to go inside the book, in exchange.
You are later introduced to other amazing characters that have special talents, such as one man being able to light things on fire whenever he wants, and the book writer himself (who kind of looks like Robin Williams as Mrs. Doubtfire, haha).
Most of the fantasy storytelling takes place inside a castle in the mountains, and throughout the movie strange events occur as a result of the father (played by Brendan Fraser) making those things happen.
That huge creature with orange eyes that makes an appearance at the very end is going to haunt my dreams!! That darn thing is SCARY!!
Overall, the acting is really good overall, the adventurous aspect of the storyline is nailed pretty smoothly (but let's be honest here, this film is no Harry Potter) and everything is in fine order. Worth watching with the kids.
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***1/2
In "Inkheart," based on the best-selling novel by Cornelia Funke, Brendan Fraser plays what is known in literary circles as a "silver-tongue" - a person with the rare ability to make characters he is reading about come miraculously to life. Literally. Unfortunately, this is one talent Mo might well wish he didn`t possess, for the consequences both to himself and to his family have been disastrous to say the very least. For one night, while reading a fantasy novel called "Inkheart" to his little girl, not only does Mo inadvertently unleash all the disreputable villains and creatures who reside within its pages onto an unsuspecting world, but his own wife becomes trapped inside the story (the rule, apparently, is that for every person who comes out of a book, another must go in to take his place). Nine years later, Mo and his now twelve-year-old daughter, Meggie (Eliza Bennett), roam the world's antique bookshops looking for a copy of the work in the hopes that he will be able to read his wife back out of it. The trouble really begins when the characters Mo unleashed earlier finally catch up with him and Meggie, kidnap them - along with Meggie's mouthy Aunt Elinor (Helen Mirren) - then cart them off to an isolated castle so Mo can read more characters out of the book for them.
As written by David Lindsay-Abaire and directed by Iain Softley, "Inkheart" isn't as captivating as the recent and somewhat similar "The Fall," but the movie has enough energy and imagination to allow even the most cynical among us to suspend our disbelief for the duration and join in the fun. In its attempts to blend realism with fantasy, the screenplay doesn't always make perfect sense, but most audience members will be willing to overlook an inconsistency or two for the sake of the experience.
And quite an experience it turns out to be, with glorious vistas and exotic images effectively complementing the oddball characters and fairy tale settings. The large and genial cast does a fine job with their roles, with veteran character actors such as Mirren, Paul Bettany and Jim Broadbent (as the author of the original fiction) lending more than a touch of class to the proceedings.
And although the last third of the movie slithers to pieces in a welter of action movie clichés and Middle Earth cheesiness, the first two-thirds, at least, provide decent fun for both the young and the not-so-young who accompany them in their viewing.
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