I wouldn't say it was ever a ground-breaking work, but it was classic sword and sorcery. Even if the sorcery in this case is Science! And that genre is badly out of style.
You've made me think about how much my knowledge of the books aided my appreciation of the movie. Probably a lot. The bits I didn't like were the bits where the greatest liberty had been taken, whilst the bits I appreciated the most were the bits that were surprisingly faithful to the books.
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Date: 2012-03-14 04:15 pm (UTC)You've made me think about how much my knowledge of the books aided my appreciation of the movie. Probably a lot. The bits I didn't like were the bits where the greatest liberty had been taken, whilst the bits I appreciated the most were the bits that were surprisingly faithful to the books.