![]() ![]() However, though I enjoy artful quality as much as the next guy, you don't need eye-candy to tell a good story. And suuure, the animation is, frankly, weak-sauce. ![]() Christopher Lee as Death totally made up for any poor jobs in casting, and in fact it was these movies that introduced me to Lee and made me realize how cool he is. Susan was good, the Band members were good, though I do agree that the Dean and Quoth the raven grated on my nerves very quickly. ![]() (My favorite part is probably the scene where Death is talking with the guru-guy on the mountain and they're arguing about the color of the infinite.) The musical numbers were quite entertaining as well, and I loved how each of the tour concerts they did had a specific parody theme. Soul Music favored pacing over cramming in every little detail. I felt that Wyrd Sisters was a little too rushed, and some jokes were even mumbled at points. But between the two, Soul Music does a better job of adapting the book and pacing the jokes. I was hesistant to watch Soul Music for fear that it would destroy my mental image of my favorite Pratchett book. Once I got all the books, my fervor diminished to an extent, but it was still enough to inspire me to actually *buy* both the Soul Music and Wyrd Sister's DVDs. This was quite a feat, as not all the books were published in America at that time. After stumbling across Pratchett completely by accident two years ago ("Sourcery" was my first book), I underwent a 5-month long intensive crash course in getting *anything* discworld that I could get my hands on. ![]()
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