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movie review - Tales of Earthsea

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2017.12.07

This is a (very rough) adaptation of Ursula K Leguin's novels that spanned decades of the world of Earthsea (as well as taking decades to write). Unfortunately, the story appears to stitch together a number of concepts from those novels in a loose form that doesn't really add up. I have to admit, I didn't realize that I was watching the story that I was actually seeing until the thing ended, and when it dawned on me I wasn't delighted with the result.

Not recommended.

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