Posts Tagged ‘movie review’

Inkheart book not so out of print

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

Check out Time Magazine’s review of Inkheart, I find it funny that they did not question the realism of a man who could bring books to life by reading them but rather questioned his inability to use the internet to find his out of print book.

For nine long years, Mo has been dragging the poor girl on a tour of European bookshops looking for the out-of-print Inkheart, hoping to read his wife back out. Presumably the story is set in a time before the Internet, when abebooks.com might have helped him out

If you happen to be questing for your copy of Inkheart not only are first editions easily available, but there’s also a film tie-in version readily in print.

Although Time Magazine IS correct, when you look for an out of print book, AbeBooks.com really should be your first stop.

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Inkheart the Movie is Better Than the Book

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

According to a film review in the Tapei Times, the film adaptation of Inkheart is better than the book.

Staff reporter Ian Bartholomew writes:

“… there is lots of good acting, a splendid plot and a string of mildly funny literary jokes (referencing The Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan and Sinbad the Sailor) mean that there is plenty to be getting on with.

So without giving away any more of the story, Inkheart can be recommended wholeheartedly as ideal Lunar New Year viewing for the whole family. One or two sequences might be upsetting for very young children, but on the whole the mood is playful rather than frightening, and its loosely allegorical treatment of a reader’s relationship with the books gives it some depth as well.”

I’ve never read Inkheart so if I see the movie, I won’t be able to judge which is better. If you have read the book and do see the movie, I’d be interested in hearing your thoughts.

Inkheart opens in theatres on Friday, January 23.

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