Flatland the Movie – UK Premier!
March 28, 2008We saw Flatland again last night – on a bigger screen than the tv we saw it on a few weeks ago… definitely preferred the big size, although the inter-titles became a little fuzzy round the edges. The animation stayed sharp, though.
It’s big and bright, with sometimes annoying voices (like in the book, but toned down quite a bit for some characters!). Very trippy at times, and the audience seemed to like it – M had thought the inter-titles a bit patronising, but they mainly got laughs – maybe because of their obviousness!
Only disappointment was that the nachos in the bar afterwards didn’t seem as good as they used to be!
I ordered Flatland the Movie, they entered my zip code wrong- leaving ovv the first zero- so I have not gotten the 30-minute movie. When I emailed them about it, they replied that it was unfortunate but that they noticed in my email I mentioned my classroom and that “it was illegal to show it to my students and Seth (that’s his name) would adjust my order accordingly [to upgrade to the $150 version].” Are they kidding??? Flatland doesn’t fit into the Boston Public curriculum; I wanted to show it for entertainment! What a junk company.