Granted, there was a lot of attention to physical detail on the sets, but the script was not what held true to the spirit of the tale. Mr. Dahl is a personal favorite of mine and while his tales all have some darkness to them( as the grimm tales).
This script for my taste, seemed to really try to be more "this century" and adapted many things to cause more intrigue that needed. I am not sure why all movies today must be written with this type of spin. The lessons are there anyway and if we must always have them handled in the same way puts a cookie cutter stamp on the whole thing. While some was original and was very nice, the whole sentiment was just not as dazzling for me. Just my opinion.
This script for my taste, seemed to really try to be more "this century" and adapted many things to cause more intrigue that needed. I am not sure why all movies today must be written with this type of spin. The lessons are there anyway and if we must always have them handled in the same way puts a cookie cutter stamp on the whole thing. While some was original and was very nice, the whole sentiment was just not as dazzling for me. Just my opinion.
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