The characters looked almost as if Paul Kidby drew them into life and the acting was good. The producers did the best they could and they did a really great job. Sure, I missed a few funny character conversations (Like the "Give-the-Dean-a-bag-of-money-gnome" or the Cheerful Fairy), it also lacked certain elements of the book, including the YMPA, Igor'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. Having said this, I must admit, this adaption with real actors is probably as good as it can be. He uses much narrating and footnotes which is very hard (if not impossible) to transform into a movie. 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. Adapting Terry Pratchett's work for TV is a difficult task.
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