Being a big fan of the book I had great expectations. I could hardly be more disappointed, the movie fails on all levels: The casting: Just about all the characters are badly casted with the exception of Derek de Lint as King of Dagonaut. The best example of the poor casting is Daan Schuurmans as Ridder Bendoe. Don't get me wrong, the actors are mostly the best Holland has to offer but in some horrible way the all seem to be in the wrong places and don't shine like they should. The hair styles and mustaches are baffling.
The setting: Very dark and with a lot of the same landscape, whereas in the book there is a wonderful display of all sorts of landscapes with dark and dangerous forests, beautiful rolling landscapes and sunny skies.
The script: Although very true to the book it fails to capture the viewer like the book does. The dialogs are downright boring and they fail to tell the story.
In all, this movie as turned a beautiful story into a very disappointing movie and seems to miss all the clues as to why the book was so good.
The setting: Very dark and with a lot of the same landscape, whereas in the book there is a wonderful display of all sorts of landscapes with dark and dangerous forests, beautiful rolling landscapes and sunny skies.
The script: Although very true to the book it fails to capture the viewer like the book does. The dialogs are downright boring and they fail to tell the story.
In all, this movie as turned a beautiful story into a very disappointing movie and seems to miss all the clues as to why the book was so good.