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64. I was hooked on reading before being given...

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 12:05 AM

Dec 2017

...A Wrinkle In Time for Christmas when I was 11. I have read and re-read that book more times than I can count, even as an adult. Absolutely captivating.

I fear the new movie will be disappointing from a visual perspective. L'Engle created such vivid descriptions of each of the characters. Those descriptions are such a part of the story. Mrs. Murray - flaming red hair, creamy skin, and violet eyes. Mrs. Whatsit in her multi-colored scarves and gray hair covered with a man's hat. Mrs. Who - a plump little woman with enormous spectacles. Mrs. Which - little more than a shommer or a figure in a black robe and a black peaked hat, beady eyes, a beaked nose, and long gray hair; one bony hand clitched a broomstick.

In the teasers/clips I have seen, none of these descriptions has been honored by the film maker.

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