It was a horrible idea to do an adaptation of a series of books few are familiar with and to try to cram 4 books into one movie while giving no background and not explaining anything so that viewers have absolutely NO IDEA what is going on.
The beginning sequence makes no sense and its connection to the rest of the movie is NEVER explained. The whole middle of the movie is strange and does not engage the viewer as none of the action or characters or their motives are ever explained. Why does the main character randomly go crazy? Why does he seem to have a weird doppleganger following him around? Who is the crazy sorceress screwing everything up and how is she related to the other characters? From what several of the characters say, they all seem to know each other but their relations are never explained. Who is Ged? Why is he the super-badass sorcerer? ~~and if he is so badass, why does the little boy have to handle everything in the end?
--spoiler alert-- Speaking of the end... -WHAT IS GOING ON??!?! why does the girl turn into a dragon??? and if she was a dragon all along, why didn't she DO something while everyone around her was getting their ass kicked?
The beginning sequence makes no sense and its connection to the rest of the movie is NEVER explained. The whole middle of the movie is strange and does not engage the viewer as none of the action or characters or their motives are ever explained. Why does the main character randomly go crazy? Why does he seem to have a weird doppleganger following him around? Who is the crazy sorceress screwing everything up and how is she related to the other characters? From what several of the characters say, they all seem to know each other but their relations are never explained. Who is Ged? Why is he the super-badass sorcerer? ~~and if he is so badass, why does the little boy have to handle everything in the end?
--spoiler alert-- Speaking of the end... -WHAT IS GOING ON??!?! why does the girl turn into a dragon??? and if she was a dragon all along, why didn't she DO something while everyone around her was getting their ass kicked?