The Book Was Better: A Wrinkle in Time (2004) Review

[@genevievegreso2127]

As the editor, I would like to personally apologize for what happened to the credits. After two failed attempts to edit around a copyright claim, I had to rush to edit, export, and transfer a new credits sequence before my morning shift began and didn't have time to check if anything had gone wrong. It works fine in the project file, but I still should have previewed the export before sending it in. For those curious, here is the full list of clips used in order: The Other Side of the Door - Kevin Macleod A Wrinkle in Time (2018) Where the Red Fern Grows (1974) To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Madeleine L’engle interview Rick and Morty A Wrinkle in Time (2004) The Ring (2002) My Hero Academia OST - You Say Run (Yuki Hayashi) Hellsing Ultimate Abridged (Team Fourstar) The Entertainer (Scott Joplin) The Great Gatsby (2013) Abbot and Costello - Who’s on First Justice League Unlimited Handel’s Messiah - Hallelujah Chorus A&E’s Intervention Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) Dune (1984) The Truman Show (1998) Brazil OST - The Office (Michael Kamen) Airplane (1980) Marvel’s The Avengers (2012) Dragon Ball Z: World’s Strongest (1990) How to build the Morbius Brain CW Pumpkin Dance Ready Steady Go - L’Arc~en~Ciel Man Waking Up - Stock Footage Divertissement - Kevin Macleod Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) The Incredibles (2004) Huey Lewis and the News - Power of Love Futurama Super Metroid Perfect Strangers - Standing Tall The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004) Mystery Science Theater 3000: Attack of the Eye Creatures Time in a Bottle - Instrumental (Jim Croce)

[@nathansmith4529]

Excellent work as always.

[@autobotproductions1244]

personally the only way I can think of to make Calvin memorable is turning him into a six year old who hangs out with a talking tiger, but that's just me.

[@TheMysterieRPGguy]

Man this channel really is criminally underrated having 15K subs isn't bad by any means but it's a far cry from what you deserve to have.

[@d4peters86]

Well he’s got well over 160,000 now so that’s a plus

[@TheMysterieRPGguy]

@@d4peters86 Indeed it is a plus. It's pretty nice to have seen him grow as much as he has over the last 2 years.

[@Smallestpenis]

Now that he’s got 170k, still underrated

[@H8box]

@@d4peters86 Over 200,000 now, and still underrated!

[@WhitneyDahlin]

10:08 your facial expressions and commentary had me dying laughing. Especially the part where you say "it's almost like theyre trying to hide a hideous abomination." I literally laughed until I cried I haven't done that in years.

[@kirby2190]

It's a shame that these books don't have good adaptations. I remember reading the whole series as well as several others by her. They were great, and I'll definitely read again.

[@KuraNeko0]

That face at 19:20 totally tells you he isn't going to be walking on eggshells while saying those puns.

[@genevievegreso2127]

Stop, you're cracking me up!

[@BugsyFoga]

"Sweet dreams are made of these"

[@jojothebard6687]

Nathaniel Foga Especially here (10:09).

[@wcapewell3089]

"Who am I to disagree"

[@Falxifer95]

Jackal Reviews travel the world and the seven seas.

[@H20No]

Justin Sabatini some of them want to be abused

[@kitrhapsody]

Poor Madeleine L’Engle, most of the movies based on her books suck. A Ring of Endless Light movie is as bad as this one

[@TorridPrime217]

YES! YEEEEEESSSS!!! SOMEONE FINALLY SAYS IT!!! SOMEONE FINALLY POINTS OUT HOW OBNOXIOUS THAT KID'S NAME IS!!!! _I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES NOW_!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bdpickett]

TorridPrime217 Tell me about it. They can't call him Charles, or Chuck or CW or literally anything else?

[@QuikVidGuy]

@@bdpickett CW would run into some trademark issues

[@Dinguskhan5003]

What do you mean Charles Wallace Why not Charles Wallace Why did you do that Charles Wallace God that name got so annoying after 5 minutes

[@artemisfowldragon]

It’s the same reason I can’t watch The Peanuts

[@Crazyalchemist23]

10:08 That thing is so ugly, I legitimately almost cried XD

[@michaeloconnor5904]

19:18 And at that moment, the Krimson got a wonderful idea. Krimson got a wonderful, awful idea.

[@andrewollmann304]

The reason Charles Wallace has “two” names is because L’Engle named him after her father, Charles, and her father-in-law, Wallace.

[@crypto457]

Planet Camazotz...Camazotz for those who don’t know is an Aztec bat god that represents death, night and sacrifice. Depending how you see it Camazotz was basically a vampire god, which is not that surprising since the common vampire bat is native to South America.

[@RedwoodTheElf]

The...Thing Mrs. Who turns into is taken directly from one of the cover illustrations from a past publishing of the book.

[@damn_son9683]

"Did they just land on a planet called EGGSHELL?" ...Heh. You could say they're walking on eggshells. *ba dum tss*

[@genevievegreso2127]

The Editor's Notes on A Wrinkle in Time: 4:58 I love it when an Editor original joke goes over this well. 7:24 Fun fact: That scene was considerably shortened for this review. No dialogue was cut, only lengthy pauses. I took great care to ensure the music lined up properly, and the result is a seamless cut which actually flows better and has more natural pacing than the original version. I can only assume they were stalling for time to hit that feature length mark (which is odd given that this was rumored to have already been cut down from a three hour runtime). 12:20 I had a bit of fun conforming the Dune clip to match the Wrinkle in Time footage. Darkening it to match the lighting, cropping it to match the aspect ratio, doing a slight mask over the man's face so you could actually see him, all that good stuff. 13:49 Nobody has commented on my Brazil reference, and I'm actually quite disappointed by that. 15:58 I had this DVD as a child, and I vividly remember a deleted scene somewhere on the disc showing what Kyle describes here. There was also another in which Mrs. Who quotes Albus Dumbledore... yeah. Unfortunately, no amount of digging could unearth these clips, so they made no appearance in this review. 18:34 Kyle just said to insert a "one of those dancing memes" so I had to get clever. I figured Fullmetal Alchemist's *SECOND* best OP would be a fun track to set this dance to. 20:06 The Jewish mother voice will never get old. I did have to slow down the beginning of the clip considerably to fit the whole line in, but I regret nothing... also, Kyle, please send me longer takes of things. 20:29 I wanted so badly to insert a clip from Dungeons & Dragons when two of our heroes went into Jeremy Irons' castle, leaving their other two companions outside. "Why do we not go in there with them?" demanded the dwarf, but the elf stilled him with her calming eyes. "This task," she said, rolling a two in persuasion, "they must complete alone." The dwarf's rage vanished at once, and he nodded appreciatively, having rolled a nat one on insight. 22:56 Kyle wanted an American Pie clip here, but I'd already photoshopped the anime pineapple and there wasn't room for both so... I'm the editor. Na-na-na-na-na, I suppose. 22:54 From here until the Book rating, what you are hearing is the only piece of the film's soundtrack to exist in any clean format... and I got it from the credits. Nobody cared to archive this shit apparently. 25:47 I kind of ran out of ideas for songs to play at this point, so I picked an instrumental version of Time in a Bottle... be honest, this is the first time you've heard it since X Men, isn't it?

[@notoriouswhitemoth]

"Alike and equal are not the same thing." ... Irony.

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

notoriouswhitemoth ???

[@houndofthebaskervilles]

7:17 “Just don’t let Loki near it.” Lol 😂

[@kimberlywiederhold627]

I hate to disagree with the author but I enjoyed the 2003 movie. It stayed pretty true to the book and I enjoyed the relationship between Meg and Charles Wallace. Having read the time series I knew that Calvin and Meg eventually marry so that relationship made sense to me. I just finished rereading the book.

[@Frannie2199]

It’s so funny that I’m a recent viewer of yours, but didn’t realize you had this video until I went searching for an actual review of this movie. You can count on Krimson

[@Falxifer95]

People say that the 2018 remake is bad, show them this version and see their heads explode.

[@genevievegreso2127]

Fun fact! This movie actually holds a higher rating on IMDb... Let that sink in.

[@Falxifer95]

Ashton Greso it blows my mind, I saw the 2018 version and it was very boring for the first 30 minutes and the rest was distractingly weird. This version for me is BAD, way worse that the 2018 version.

[@QuikVidGuy]

I still don't know what people found bad about it...

[@n0etic_f0x]

this one is uglier and arguably has even worse acting but this one captures the weird cleverness of the book the other one did not even try. This one I can get drunk and know what book it should be the other is like watching a Dr. Who remake where everyone took a shitload of LSD.

[@sorrybarley7509]

I found both to be pretty mediocre. I didn’t hate them, but I have no desire to watch either of them ever again.

[@welme23]

Great review and all, but mega props for using music from FMA :D.

[@c.lstrife]

L'engle: they made a horrible film of my book. Rick Riordan: First time?

[@swimmyswim417]

When I was in high school, the summer before my senior year, my friends from drama club and I all went down to Ashland, Oregon for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. One of the plays we were able to watch was a stage adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time. A Wrinkle in Time is one of my favorite books of all time (I even took some of my senior pictures with my copy). I got the whole quintology for my 10th birthday, and I’ve loved it ever since. The stage show was amazing. It was gorgeous, it was moving, and it paid beautiful tribute to the book. The role of the narrator was played by a rotating cast of characters reading from the book itself, and the climax brought them all out onstage as a Greek choir. It was the first play that made me cry from joy. They put so much heart and soul into the production, from the dialogue to the narration and practical effects. It was a love letter to Madeleine L’engle and everybody who grew up with her books. Because I had such a moving experience with the stage show, I had astronomic hopes for the (fairly) recent Disney movie. Ehh..... I hope the OSF brings back their Wrinkle in Time adaptation. There’s a charm to the story that somehow gets lost in a big-budget Hollywood movie.

[@evamarias8896]

The flash: *I don’t feel so good*

[@boopagm8275]

We were read lord of the flies in highschool, and our teacher in 2nd grade read us the first four series of unfortunate events books

[@carwyn3691]

A 2019 version of this story would need a Mr. Whomst'd've, who represents shitposting

[@genevievegreso2127]

I'm amazed that they left him out of the 2018 version.

[@HurricaneDDragon]

18:35 Someone please remind me what anime that song is from.

[@bul13ts]

That's the second OP from the 2003 Fullmetal Alchemist series, Ready Steady Go by L'arc~En~Ciel. It's pretty good, but I prefer the first OP, Melissa by Porno Graffiti.

[@HurricaneDDragon]

Poirot's Mustache OH, THANK YOU!

[@joshmonge3644]

Some suggestions: Tuck Everlasting, Holes, Hoot, Bridge to Terabithia, Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory/Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The Outsiders, Goosebumps, IT, and Carrie

[@lunabearsong2043]

Yes to ALL of this!

[@Joenah5]

Wait... You Say Run DOESN'T go with anything?! That's horrible.

[@jge8144]

You're right, Calvin not going for Charles Wallace merely for it not "being is duty" isn't enough of reason. Spoilers for the book In the book, since Calvin, along with CW and Meg, was given a "gift": communication. He tried to use it when CW surrendered to Red Eyes and it was working until CW broke away. Calvin was told he couldn't go and rescue CW b/c the kid was too strong in the It. Plus, Calvin's athletic body type wouldn't had worked, not sure how they showed this in the movie, but once CW gave in to It, he became incredibly strong, hitting Meg when she tried to tackle him for the 2nd time. Therefore, Cal's body structure would've been for naught. As far as the 2018 remake, I will say I like it. But I have a few issues, one them being how they portrayed the male characters, with the exception of the Happy Medium.

[@jge8144]

Say what you will about the other Disney remake of this, I'll take Mrs. Whatsit's "cabbage ride" transfirmation over whatever the heck 10:08 was!

[@jamescallanan2443]

9:40 "Superman, I don't feel so good" Also, I'm disappointed in the lack of Mariah Dillard jokes Oh, I mean Stokes, Mariah Stokes.

[@QueenCloveroftheice]

I forgot to mention that the Happy Medium in this movie reminds me of the "stir, whip" guy in the Star Wars Christmas Special.

[@katyterberg3006]

I forgot about this film. I'm glad I forgot about this film.

[@jge8144]

Same with me with 2014 Left Behind movie.

[@billymccrary2246]

Where's episode 58?

[@bdpickett]

Also, Calvin's character and performance in the new film are so bland and forgettable, I came out of the theatre thinking his name was Caleb. He had so little purpose or impact and was so badly acted, I couldn't be assed to remember his name.

[@DieHardAlien]

He was so bland and forgettable that his performance didn't even register as being bad to me at all in any way shape or form.

[@jacindaellison3363]

Yeah, Calvin, just the character, is one of the reasons the new AWIT was just good. U can easily write him out, and the plot wouldn't change.

[@hj6507]

That Jim Croce at the end 👌👌 beauty. Nice video. Been fucking loving going through and watching these man. Thanks!

[@solnada1]

10:07 I bloody lost it laughing, the hell is that?! XD

[@sp4zt4zt1c2]

I read this in school of my own accord. I loved it. Best book I read in 4th grade.

[@Henry-oj1oo]

this may sound like a dumb question but what are those books behind you that say light, fear and plague and so on?

[@KrimsonRogue]

That's the Gone series. Very good books, though I do need to finish reviewing them all.

[@LilacElf8582]

Okay, regarding the 'Pegasus' monstrosity in this movie.... I think someone's 4-year-old wanted a character to look like their drawing and the design team said "Yeah, sure. Why not?"

[@mvozzo1399]

Your Alcatraz reference made my day! One of my favorite childhood books.

[@Bushwhacker-so4yk]

BRIDGE FOUR

[@Foustdoodles98]

+KrimsonRogue Loved the review, can't wait for the review of Ready Player One, once it comes out on dvd!

[@JoeChillton]

I await the one for last year's flop soon. Best of luck, sir, great review.

[@alexanderklepp]

8:41 I’ve heard that scream before but I’m not sure where it’s from.

[@williamlydon2554]

Will you ever do a WWZ review? It would be tough to explain given how different they are from each other, but i'd be amazing to see.

[@KrimsonRogue]

We do have that one as an option. We just need to schedule it. We'll get around to it sometime.

[@oddeyes9413]

Oh, I love Ready Steady Go! By the way, can you do a book was better on Where the Red Fern Grows?

[@KrimsonRogue]

It's been forever since I've seen that movie. Yeah, I'll add it to the list.

[@leafruns7672]

I'm pretty sure "It" was space Hitler. Or Hitler crossed with "the Nothing". That was how I saw it as a kid anyway.

[@Archeopteryxman421]

It's interesting seeing this film in comparison to the recent one, and comparing how they did the same scene. As in, seeing the same scene done in a 2000's era CGI way

[@carissacarlson1418]

10:17 Well, I know what I'm gonna see in my nightmares tonight

[@sherlocksmuuug6692]

Dear. Mother. Of. God. I don’t think we needed a lovecraftian abomination in this children’s movie. Also 22:56 Wut.

[@michaeloconnor5904]

19:18 in my nightmares.

[@YuzuruA]

at 17:45, why the fibonacci?

[@thefoxesmind]

I remember reading the 'The Dark Is Rising" sequence in middle school and liking it a lot. I haven't read it recently though, so I don't know if my opinion has changed on it since then. What are your thoughts on the series?

[@KrimsonRogue]

I haven't read the series, but I reviewed the first book/movie in a TBWB episode a few months ago.

[@jitterbuggs]

holy shit I remember this movie, I watched it during gifted class in fourth class because we had been reading it and we were supposed to compare them, can't believe I found it again through an old krimson video lol

[@PidgeyHowler]

Holy crap, watching the teacher spell... what was it neurons... and then threatening to take off points for wrong spelling brings back childhood memories. I suffer really bad short term memory - its why I can't remember what he spelled even though I literally JUST heard it - and hearing people spell words out loud and then trying to remember the letters I heard and form them into a word is really difficult for me. I'm prone to forgetting a letter or two due to my terrible short-term memory. I used to get teachers being pissy over the fact that I can't remember things they just told me and accusing me of not listening. No, I was listening - I just can't remember things short term. Ask me in an hour or two and I'll remember.

[@skyesfury8511]

The book was amazing. 25 years later, I still remember how that book made me think and consider concepts that I hadn't even thought about at all before. The movie was a propaganda piece, stuff to overflowing with identity politics and agenda. It was trash. I wish it could be UNmade so we might one day have an actual movie made instead of the dumpster fire the movie is.

[@ponytailproductions2503]

10:15 why is it moving like two people in a horse costume?

[@ShadowWolfRising]

Camazotz? As in the Mayan(?) God of the Underworld who is a giant Bat?

[@andrewollmann304]

ShadowWolfRising Indeed. Ixchel is the Mayan goddess of childbirth (quite fitting sinse Meg gets a new sense of self there) and the first planet they visit is Uriel (Hebrew: “God is my Light.” He is the angel of light in Jewish and Christian angelology.)

[@ShadowWolfRising]

Shit, how did i miss Uriel? Some Christian I am. :/

[@andrewollmann304]

ShadowWolfRising I wouldn’t be too hard on yourself. Angelology is kind of neglected in the Christian tradition (although we have some great sources), and the Western tradition has made them into winged babies. In fact, in the sequel to “Wrinkle,” “A Wind in the Door,” L’Engle has Meg meet a Cherubim that is far more biblical. It has hundreds of wings and hundreds of eyes on one single body.

[@jge8144]

10:05 at least in the book, Mrs. Whatsit was doubtful about showing her appearance and telling the kids to not be afraid, or something like that! 😂

[@zfantastical6756]

I read the graphic novel and watch the first adaption movie when I was around eleven years old and kinda like it but I went to the movies with my boyfriend to see the 2018 version and liked that version much better than the original one.

[@WobblesandBean]

Still waiting for that remake episode...

[@MB-lz5eb]

Instead of Casablanc It" why didn't they just do the Stephen King movie?

[@Kresimir_]

Krimson, can you do a book was better for Ready player one?

[@ADSuri]

Might be difficult since neither was good.

[@ilopominecrafter]

A.D Suri when i saw the trailers and heard what it was about, i refused to watch it since it just seemed like “references the movie”. Every trailer didn’t have any real story to me except tryin to distract you with “LOOK! Overwatch! LOOK! Back to the futuuuure! Ok here is a second of sto- REFERENCE TO GODZILLA!”

[@WolfEntertainment]

@@ADSuri Well he did do the Twilight series & 50 Shades of Grey, so quality might not be an issue with him in either book or adaptation.

[@noahthompson2912]

@@ilopominecrafter it's more than just references . it's a genuine good movie .

[@baz5042]

Is it worse then the 2018 version?

[@KrimsonRogue]

Significantly.

[@lastswordfighter]

The costumes in the 2018 version look ridiculous. I didn't think angel when I saw them. I thought they were extras for a Lady Gaga music video. Oprah's costume I swear at one point looks like tin foil and a grill rack.

[@lastswordfighter]

Also I think one of them looks they're wearing a fine linen table clothe and the one with red hair I swear has got this Glinda from Wicked thing going. It's really weird.

[@ericjette2435]

@@KrimsonRogue I've got to disagree with you here. I agree that this adaptation was pretty lifeless, but as an adaptation it was fairly faithful to the novel and didn't leave out anything significant. I was hoping the 2018 version would be a better adaptation, avoiding all the mistakes of the earlier version. But the writer and director of the 2018 version didn't really seem to understand the story or why people liked it--beloved scenes and characters were misrepresented or left out entirely, main characters were entirely different from their book counterparts, their background and motivations were missing, and many characters were miscast. I honestly think I could do a better adaptation of the book with a local theater group and some papier mache props.

[@yashiki-the-scholar]

Nope 2018 is worse, director wanted to make it her woke platform and thought she only needed Peter Jackson visual flair to be a good film but forgot that it had to have a story, and made a fuss when critics pointed that out.

[@Fattybobatty1224]

Man, this video hit me with massive flashbacks. My elementary school class was almost universally did not like the ending, so our final project for the book was to write our own endings.

[@jesswilliams1436]

Oh shoot. I womder if It is supposed to be a variant of AM from I Have No Mouth but I Must Scream? Whether intentional or not i could totally see some parallels

[@dragmasanimation]

This video was uploaded on my 13th birthday.

[@KingProbherbs]

10:05 I was gonna go back and rewatch this movie but after seeing that I'm never going anywhere near it

[@MB-lz5eb]

I kinda remember the IT stuff (am I the only one who pictured Charles Wallace as wearing yellow feety pajamas during it)?. IIRC, there was a book with a bunch of different aliens in it (background lore & images for various species), one alien was the grey tentacle-y humanoids from Camazotz.

[@sydneyslaughter7163]

I HAVE read this book! As a kid! I’ve been trying to figure out the name for years!! But I don’t remember that abrupt ending Krimson talked about

[@jessielefey]

I mean, I can see where he comes from on it, but I disagree. The climax starts p much when they meet the man with the red eyes, not when they meet It and certainly not when Meg goes back to save CW. It's sorta like his complaint about her being a bitch and whether the Mrs W's really want to send her. Yes, they do, that's why she's there. She's a bitch, a stubborn bitch, and that's her superpower. CW is the mind, Calvin is the heart, and Meg is the will. Everyone including Meg thinks CW is the protagonist, but he fails and becomes the victim. The mind is easily seduced by the ideal of Pure Order when separated from the heart and will, and it takes an act of stubborn defiance in the name of love (not just love or they would've sent Calvin, but not just anger; anger alone nearly dooms her) to save the mind from Itself. Like, it's not even subtle. So the climax is emotional, Meg ends the conflict when she accepts that her worst faults are important and necessary, that she has use, that nobody not the nice tall boy she might be fond of, not her dad, not her superhero brother can fix this, only she can. She finally takes agency in her own story. The fight is less against It and more against her reflex to ask anyone else to fix her problems for her, and goes and fixes it herself. Everything else is visual metaphor wrapup and there's no point dragging it out; the story isn't really about the war against fascist spiritual cancer so the fate of Camazotz or even the Mrs Ws is irrelevent. They set out to fix their broken family, and they did, so they went home. Story over. So it's all whether you find the emotional climax sufficiant or if you need a sword fight or something to get catharsis.

[@BreakMeBad5524]

That little kid is Emmit from Drillbit Taylor, and the older boy is Alan from Small Soliders. Interesting seeing them in the same movie.

[@Dreamlillie_95]

Are you gonna do the recent film? Heard they made it even worse and complicated

[@Rock-my2ko]

I wonder how depressing it is that this is more accurate to the book than the 2017 version

[@darkecofreak23]

18:36 Props for using Ready, Steady, Go.

[@amygarza6265]

What song played throughout the video?

[@blankadams3120]

The best part about 10:15? In the book, that thing is described by Meg as being extremely beautiful.

[@lorddampnut5275]

Who is on first, what's on second, I don't know is on third, Ms. Whatsit is What's cousin who plays softball.

[@ikarikid]

You missed a scene early on where Calvin meets Dr. Murry and Meg and learns about the Tesseract project. It certainly played when I first saw the movie. To be fair, though, that was a scene original to the movie.

[@Meimisaki2001]

I loved this book. The graphic novel is great to

[@l.francesca4780]

"If they're all named 'Mrs.' then who are they married to?" Each other. Badum tss.

[@moomyung9231]

It's been many a year since I heard the FMA theme. I did drop everything and get way too excited and nostalgic.

[@isobelduncan]

Krimson is back! Huzzuh!

[@blankadams3120]

So, with the stars exploding to become the Whiches, does Stardust take place in this multiverse?

[@cloudfanboy18]

I’ve never caught of your vids this early, I read this in school... but I couldn’t tell you the first thing about it not a good sign when you can’t remember anything but the title

[@DieHardAlien]

Ok, so people repeatedly calling the little brother by Charles Wallace a billion times before the adventure starts isn't a new thing right? On the plus side, the kid who plays Charles Wallace is WAY better than the one from the recent film. It's still not great, but at least he's not ear-bleeding annoying like the FULLER HOUSE-type performance the kid in the new flick gave.

[@andrewollmann304]

DieHardAlien As I said in another comment, it was actually important that Meg’s brother was named “Charles Wallace.” L’Engle’s father’s name was Charles Camp, and her father-in-law’s name was Wallace Franklin, Doesn’t make the name any less awkward to say.

[@jge8144]

U think CW looks like an idiot for how fast he fell for Red Eyes? Mannnnn, watch the 2018 version. It makes the 2003-4 CW look like a genius.😂😂

[@Elnadrius]

So, is Mrs Who on first?

[@genevievegreso2127]

Максим Ряховский I don't know.

[@devonthefool]

The ending of the original Wrinkle in Time movie scarred me. My mom had just finished reading the book to my sisters and I when we were younger, and upon finding the movie, played it for us. I never realized just how fucking horrified that giant brain version of It was to me until I went and watched the new remake. I ended up curled up in the movie theater chair, clutching my best friend's hand and silently crying at the climax because I just had awful flashbacks to my first experience with that thing.

[@DefectoDepressoEspresso]

Lol, what school? I want to go there! My school just made us read "In the time of the butterflies" and "Flight"

[@davidvitti8240]

I'm a little surprised this isn't an April Fools Joke, but then again, I'm watching this a day late. Thanks Krimson!

[@Underthecape]

To be fair, in the book they also only call him Charles Wallace.

[@jenneacubero1036]

I remember being shown this in school in, I think, the forth or fifth grade. How the flip was I not scarred by the lady-Pegasus thing or Chewbacca's mutant cousins is beyond me!

[@reevesavage]

they're married to each other...duh!!!!

[@MercenaryX21]

And yet this TV movie was better than the recent 2018 film.

[@vincentanuneko4269]

Could you please review the neverending story by michael ende?

[@VulpusArmory]

hey I understood it at the time but I did not have as fine of adhd control since I stopped taking my meds about 6 months before I first read the book. I might enjoy it not that A)it has been nearly 20 years since I first read it, and B) I am getting new meds in a month.

[@VulpusArmory]

I also blame the SCP foundation and my own nightmares for not being horrified of cgi abominations

[@mihochicoine127]

Mrs. Who is obviously married to Dr. Who...

[@CeltycSparrow]

Have you seen Disney's NEW version of A Wrinkle in Time that came out last year? Is it any better than this version when compared to the book?

[@genevievegreso2127]

It has to be.

[@EWil313]

What is the name of that outro song?

[@FillmGeekOfDoom]

FINALLY got around to seeing the 2018 version after having to bail because the theater got evacuated due to popcorn machine catching fire. I can now say that was a blessing in disguise because THAT PIECE OF SHIT IS GOING ON MY WORST OF LIST! And no, this isn't the fault of Ava Dulvany or Jennifer Lee; the source material for this is garbage and this was a case of trying to be faithful (Despite some weird changes) to said source. The story cares more about abstract concepts and ideas more than actually having a proper conflict to resolve. Hell, the damn villain's an afterthought. Not only that, but the entire "Be a warrior" angle the marketing was trying to do towards girls is NON-EXISTENT in the movie. They obviously pulled that crap just to hide the fact that the movie has no identity because it cares more about ideas like "tesseracts" and all but bending reality like a f-ing pretzel to achieve space travel or some shit like that. The ending, which is ALSO exactly like the book's ending, was where the damn thing REALLY pissed me off. It's some Care Bears bullshit. No really. Meg defeats the villain and rescues her brother from his clutches by telling said brother "I love you" repeatedly and then they all bugger off back home and COMPLETELY IGNORE THAT THE VILLAIN IS STILL FUCKING OUT THERE. At least the TV movie version made it seem like he was defeated properly! Bottom line, Disney REALLY shouldn't have bothered with adapting this story because the source material's BARELY a story as is! And I'm glad they didn't plan on adapting the other books that follow this (which get even WEIRDER, btw, and not in a good way.), since the movie removes certain characters who become the main protagonists in a few of the later stories anyway. This was just an over-hyped mess that should never have happened. Also, GIANT KAIJU OPRAH. WTF?!?!?!?!? Pros: * The casting is diverse and admittedly everyone's trying to give a good performance. * The effects are gorgeous and are where most of the effort went aside from the acting. Cons: * The story's barely there due to constant focus on effects and concepts like the tesseracts (the "wrinkle in time" the movie's named after), and even then it's surprisingly generic as hell (Girl's genius dad goes missing, turns out he's been captured by giant evil brain that's corrupting the universe or some shit like that, daughter and her friend and adopted brother have to go rescue him). * Michael Pena's character and the giant evil brain thing he's working for (it's LITERALLY called "IT", but I refuse to call it that because it keep reminding me of a much better movie I could be watching instead!) are surprisingly both afterthoughts. And they're the villains, FFS! * The ending is so stupid and overly-saccharin I SWEAR I thought I was gonna get diabeetus because of it. And it was in the book to boot! Score: 4/10