Hogfather – Schaurige Weihnachten (TV Movie 2006)
35KHogfather – Schaurige Weihnachten: Directed by Vadim Jean. With David Jason, Marc Warren, Michelle Dockery, David Warner. It’s Hogswatch (equivalent to Christmas) on the Discworld and the Hogfather has gone missing, requiring Death to take his place while his granddaughter Susan endeavors to find out what has happened.
“Adapting Terry Pratchettu0026#39;s work for TV is a difficult task. Sure, he is a great writer and I had much fun reading all his novels at least 3-5 times but his writing style lacks a certain TV-compatibility. He uses much narrating and footnotes which is very hard (if not impossible) to transform into a movie. Having said this, I must admit, this adaption with real actors is probably as good as it can be. Sure, I missed a few funny character conversations (Like the u0026quot;Give-the-Dean-a-bag-of-money-gnomeu0026quot; or the Cheerful Fairy), it also lacked certain elements of the book, including the YMPA, Igoru0026#39;s Bar or the Death of Rats (who is much more important in the book) but you cannot include everything from a 300 page novel into a say 100 page movie script. The producers did the best they could and they did a really great job. The characters looked almost as if Paul Kidby drew them into life and the acting was good. The only minor problem with the movie (which couldnu0026#39;t be prevented I guess) is that itu0026#39;s hard to follow for someone not knowing Pratchettu0026#39;s work before. If you never read his novels and watched this movie, I recommend you do so now. Trust me, the movie is great but the books are even better ;-)”
