Moving Pictures
(Discworld 10)
by Terry Pratchett
fantasy, humour
copyright 1990
read in September 2015
rated 7/10: well worth reading
The Dungeon Dimensions come to Hollywood...
This is the Discworld take on making movies. Full of puns, clichés, memes and tropes. (I hope I've used those words correctly ! ) You name it, Discworld's Holy Wood will have its own, warped version.
There are also references to famous movies... I spotted Gone with the Wind. And the giant woman carrying an ape as she climbs the outside of the tower, that seems familiar... There must be others that I didn't notice. A challenge for the movie fans :-)
Gaspode the Wonder Dog makes what must be his first appearance. A great character, with a central role in the typically convoluted plot.
And is that the duck which is later an essential companion of The Duck Man ?
It's a lot of fun to read a relatively early book of Discworld. And to meet characters before they have settled firmly into their clichéd ruts.
The hero and heroine are very likeable. Once they realise what must be done -- they do it. And succeed ! I'm not a great fan of Rincewind the eternal loser, in the earlier Discworld books. I prefer a happy -- and positive -- ending :-)
Moving Pictures is well worth reading. Action, satire, heroics and humour. Not the best of the Discworld books... Not quite. Nevertheless, well worth reading.
"Some mornings it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps." per Ginger Meggs
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