Going Postal (2010) -
Moist Von Lipwig has always been one of my favourite Terry Pratchett characters and I would have loved to have seen this story continued in to a larger series that took him on the rest of his previously established journey from the books, where he later ran the bank and then the trains too (Although I haven't read that one yet). I think it was a missed opportunity that they didn't build upon this Terry Pratchett interpretation, which I would call a success. I believe they did try with the TV series 'The Watch' (2020-1), but the BBC didn't quite deliver the humour as well as Sky had and the set up was a bit political.
It was definitely the best of Sky's efforts to produce Discworld stories so far. It wasn't as daft as 'The Colour Of Magic' (2008) or as weird and creepy as 'The Hogfather' (2006) and I believe that it managed to deliver the humorous message of the original book whilst placing it in a world that I could almost recognise as current, despite its more old fashioned elements. It had great sets, costumes and of course actors too.
Richard Coyle was brilliant in the leading role. I've always had a soft spot for him, some might say that it's a weird crush, but I think he's quite sexy and funny. He had the right temperament to play Moist as I had read him.
David Suchet playing the duplicitous Reacher Gilt was absolutely fantastic, as was to be expected and Charles Dance was superb too in his role of The Patrician, Lord Vetinari, the part was almost written for him.
I could also appreciate Claire Foy. Her character Adora Belle Dearheart was well formed and she brought a feistiness to it in spades. Having only recently discovered her excellent interpretation of Queen Elizabeth II in 'The Crown' (2016-) I was impressed by the differences she brought to this character to separate it from 'Her Maj' and to make it her own.
The story was a little bit like 'A Christmas Carol' to start with, as Lipwig was shown the error of his ways and it did omit a lot of the politics of Golem rights that featured in the book, which was a part of it that I had liked, but the Golem's were great and the story overall was easy to follow at least.
Not quite as it was written, but a pleasure to watch nevertheless.
723.71/1000.
Moist Von Lipwig has always been one of my favourite Terry Pratchett characters and I would have loved to have seen this story continued in to a larger series that took him on the rest of his previously established journey from the books, where he later ran the bank and then the trains too (Although I haven't read that one yet). I think it was a missed opportunity that they didn't build upon this Terry Pratchett interpretation, which I would call a success. I believe they did try with the TV series 'The Watch' (2020-1), but the BBC didn't quite deliver the humour as well as Sky had and the set up was a bit political.
It was definitely the best of Sky's efforts to produce Discworld stories so far. It wasn't as daft as 'The Colour Of Magic' (2008) or as weird and creepy as 'The Hogfather' (2006) and I believe that it managed to deliver the humorous message of the original book whilst placing it in a world that I could almost recognise as current, despite its more old fashioned elements. It had great sets, costumes and of course actors too.
Richard Coyle was brilliant in the leading role. I've always had a soft spot for him, some might say that it's a weird crush, but I think he's quite sexy and funny. He had the right temperament to play Moist as I had read him.
David Suchet playing the duplicitous Reacher Gilt was absolutely fantastic, as was to be expected and Charles Dance was superb too in his role of The Patrician, Lord Vetinari, the part was almost written for him.
I could also appreciate Claire Foy. Her character Adora Belle Dearheart was well formed and she brought a feistiness to it in spades. Having only recently discovered her excellent interpretation of Queen Elizabeth II in 'The Crown' (2016-) I was impressed by the differences she brought to this character to separate it from 'Her Maj' and to make it her own.
The story was a little bit like 'A Christmas Carol' to start with, as Lipwig was shown the error of his ways and it did omit a lot of the politics of Golem rights that featured in the book, which was a part of it that I had liked, but the Golem's were great and the story overall was easy to follow at least.
Not quite as it was written, but a pleasure to watch nevertheless.
723.71/1000.