Review of The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007) by Linda B — 08 Jul 2008

As much as I enjoyed the cinematography and special effects on this movie I felt like there was something wrong. The story was good enough and the acting was fine but it was lacking. If it had of gone for a little bit longer but also had far more detail to it then I think I would have been happy but as it is the story felt like it could have been told in 20 minutes. My impression of it was that the cinematography and special effects was just being used to mask the fact that there really wasn?t much effort put into and that it was being stretched out. Basically it turned into visual candy for the senses rather then being anything remotely in depth.

Funnily enough I still found it really engrossing for what it was lacking and it was enough to make me want to read the book it was based on to see not only what they missed out on but also because I liked the story line.

Going by a child?s reaction though I don?t think this is really a winner for the young ones, granted it?s only one child?s reaction but seeing as he started to fidget half way through the movie and then left not long after I don?t think it?s possible to hide the fact of what was wrong with this movie from children by using big effects.

A shame really because it had a lot of potential.