“The only thing faster than light is the darkness”
- What is this movie about?
After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.
- Why should you probably NOT watch this movie?
Because it’s going to be the most expensive siesta that you have ever taken. This is sadly the outcome of watching this movie: you would want to keep sleeping and never remember the wasted time that you have just had.
The main problem with this movie is not the plot. As the movie is based on an acclaimed novel, which indeed is, it’s not the fault of the story, but the fault lies on how the script has been adapted. It is true that is not an easy story to adapt to the big screen and less easy is to addapt it to a film under two hours. The fault doesn’t specifically lie on which things have been prioritized before others and which things have been changed (skin colors, gender, character with more weight, characters that disappear). The things that have been changed aren’t the cause of the failure of this movie, but most of the problem is which parts of the story have been shown and how long have been presented to the audience. While the book keeps going at a fast pace, never stopping, never letting you breath, the movie goes fast in some aspects that should be taken more slowly and goes really slowly in some aspects that should be gone in two seconds.
Plus, the movie seem like a Oprah show. Why is she taking so much screen? (literally speaking, if you have watched the movie you will know what I am talking about). It’s ok to put black actors on the screen to appeal to a bigger audience, but please, the main character is the girl, not Oprah’s characters. Just watching the credits roll at the end of the film makes you realize who owns the movie (if you haven’t done it before) , in terms of money at least.
If you have read the book, you will feel a bit out-of-place, because this is not the story you have read. This is a boring story, with characters that make no sense, and scenes that make less sense. If you haven’t read the book, you will mostly likely want not to create a wrinkle in time, but in space. More specifically to your sofa. A wrinkle to your sofa.
#AWrinkleInTime becomes a #AWasteOfTime
- Did you know?
– There is a diagram of space-time “folding” in the presentation that Mr and Mrs Murray are giving. This shows how two distant points can be brought together without having to travel the distance between them. This fold is where the “wrinkle” in the expression “a wrinkle in time” comes from.
– Despite the title, the movie isn’t about a wrinkle in time, but a wrinkle in space.
– There is a diagram of space-time “folding” in the presentation that Mr and Mrs Murray are giving. This shows how two distant points can be brought together without having to travel the distance between them. This fold is where the “wrinkle” in the expression “a wrinkle in time” comes from.
– In the book Meg and her family are Caucasian, and in the movie the Murry family is multiracial. This became controversial among fans of the book and its sequels, but filmmakers believed a multiracial family would be more relevant and relatable for contemporary audiences. Chris Pine has said that the multiracial family dynamic was actually one of the aspects in the script which attracted him to the project.
– In the book, the Murry family includes identical twin brothers Sandy and Dennys (pronounced like Dennis) who do not appear in the movie.
– Over the entrance to Mrs Who’s house is a street-number sign with the eight hanging lopsided, forming an infinity symbol.
– The cast and crew shot scenes in New Zealand for two weeks. During shooting, they were treated to a traditional Maori powhiri and Kara Kia by the indigenous people of New Zealand. The cast and crew enjoyed shooting in New Zealand and frequently spoke about their love for the country.
– First live-action movie with a nine-digit budget to be directed by a woman of color.