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Review: The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy », Sony », Theatrical Reviews », Family Films »
Take E.T., set it in World War II Scotland, and make the creature a mythical water creature instead of a space alien, and you have The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, directed by Jay Russell (Tuck Everlasting, My Dog Skip). This is the last of this season's family films to come to a theater near you, just in time for Christmas. And for parents looking for a movie to take their kids to over the holidays, this one isn't half bad. The tale, bookended by a grizzled old Scottish guy spinning a yarn for a couple of fresh-faced backpacking tourists, is about a young boy, Angus, whose father went off to fight the Nazis with the Scottish Navy, leaving behind his young wife, Anne Macmorrow (Emily Watson) and two young children, Angus (Alex Etel) and Kirstie (Priyanka Xi).
Young Angus is at the beach one day, daydreaming about the water, which he both longs for and fears. As he walks along the shore, Angus finds a mysterious rock which he takes home to add to his collection in his father's workshop. The rock, as it turns out, isn't really a rock at all; the moss-covered exterior hides a mysterious, milky-blue egg, and that egg hatches an even more mysterious creature which Angus decides to care for himself. He calls the creature Crusoe, and keeps it hidden in a waste bin filled with water in the workshop, feeding it on scraps he pilfers from the manor's kitchen.
Cast for Water Horse
Filed under: Drama », Sci-Fi & Fantasy », Casting », Family Films », Newsstand »
You're not going to believe this, but Walden Media is
making another movie based on a much-loved children's book. This time, they're undertaking The Water Horse, a novel
for grade-schoolers by Dick King-Smith that sounds like a sort of sweet creation story for the Loch Ness Monster. The
movie (in which, by the way, the main character seems to have lost his sister -- apparently audiences prefer lonely
boys) will be directed by Jay Russell, and all of the effects will by
done by Weta Digital and Weta Workshop, who also played that role in a couple movies released ast year that you might
have heard about -- King Kong and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. I think it's safe to assume
that Water Horse, no matter how good or bad it is, will look fantastic.The sad, lonely lad will be played by Alex Etel, the adorable star of Millions, and Emily Watson and Ben Chaplin are also on board, possibly to play his parents.
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