Hogfather

[bunn]

I meant to post about this before but ran out of time. Not really going to post about it now, except to rave briefly about it being absolutely brilliant and extremely funny. Anyone else see it?

If not it's on Sky again Christmas and Boxing Day I believe: highly recommended.

Comments

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

We saw it. Bits of it confused me, and I found it rather over-long. However, I watched the first part while about 80% asleep, and the second half while writing cards and wrapping presents, so I probably missed quite a lot of important bits. I haven't read the book. (I read 4 or 5 Discworld books in Oxford, liked them well enough, but felt no desire to read any others.)

I liked the bits with Death best.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

It's not the book of his that I enjoyed most.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I agree it's not his best book, but I thought that the TV production was actually better than the book: the plot and writing had been tightened up a bit.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

It is a fairly complex plot, so yes, probably not ideal to watch when half-asleep!

I've read the book but philmophlegm hasn't, and is in a similar position to you of having read some of the earlier Pratchetts but not this one: he loved it.

[chainmailmaiden]

I want Sky!

They are offering the basic package at £15 a month with free broadband at the moment though, so I think we are probably going to sign up - that is unless our area is one of the many that their broadband doesn't cover...

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Go for it!

[lanciatore.livejournal.com]

We don't have Sky at home or at tovaglia's parents. Apparently, if we did have it I would just watch Test cricket all the time. :-0

I did really like the book. The actor who plays Teatime is also in BBC's Dracula which goes out on the 28th I think.

**possible spoiler**










Did they use CGI to create the huge pile of teeth or just a lot of polystyrene?

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

And was in Doctor Who of course...

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Re: cgi teeth, I'm not sure but I think the individual teeth were plastic and the heap was a sort of cast thing.

[chris-maslen.livejournal.com]

Borrowed it from a workmate, watched it, burnt a copy for ourselves! Loved it, obviously Paul Kidby (the artist who does the covers these days) has been allowed to know which actors they cast. His pictures, of the faculty especially, looked almost identical to the actors in The Hogfather.