My son and I read the books and wanted to see the movie. It has great special effects and is interesting but it is NOTHING like the book. There is only so much that they can transfer to the screen from the very vivid and detailed original so I'm sorry to say I found it lacking. The characters relationships do not stay true to the book and the storyline is a very broad adaptation.
Shadow Castle
Oct 29, 2015
Children's fantasy
I read this when I was in grade school and still have the copy that is falling to pieces. I wanted to see what was added and let the kids read it. It is a fantasy about fairies and family and finding and keeping true love. It is a fun book with interesting characters. The story is a little girl playing in the woods finds a dog that leads her thru a tunnel into an enchanted valley where she meets the Michael and gets to see around his castle and hear stories about Mika and Gloria including tales of fairies and dragons. It is very "mild" and old fashioned compared to today's literature but I have
always loved the story and enjoyed rereading it.
Jan 31, 2009
The Fuller Brush Man with Red Skelton
My siblings and I watched this when we were kids and it was always a favorite and good for a laugh. Of course, Red Skelton was a well-known comedian when I was a kid. It is an old film but there is enough slapstick comedy that the kids really enjoy it and ours couldn't help but laugh out loud at some of the antics. Red is a bumbling boyfriend who loses every job he has had so his girl helps him get a job with her company, Fuller Brush. The man she asks to train him really wants her so he sabotages Red's attempts. Of course, he succeeds, kind of, by selling some brushes but then forgets the payment and paperwork so he must return to the house where a former irate boss lives to get them from the wife. The former boss is murdered and the ridiculous antics continue. No extreme blood or violence and the good guy get the girl.