In other words, the power love is a literal weapon.Ĭhris Pine as Mr. In A Wrinkle in Time, thematic stakes are often the same as the actual stakes.
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So, because the film adapts this vibe faithfully, these vagueries feel odd in a 21st-century big-budget sci-fi adventure movie for the whole family. Because the book wields sci-fi as abstractions, the specifics are intentionally up for interpretation. Which (Oprah Winfrey) - tesser into the evil planet? How do they specifically fight the IT the personification of all evil in the universe? Unclear. In the book, the noun of what they use is called a tesseract.īut, why can’t the time-traveling aliens - Mrs. In this story, people can “tesser”, which means they can move across space and time without using a craft of any kind. And that’s because the sci-fi rules aren’t very clearly delineated. Because once you accept that criterion, you can accept that not a lot of this is going to make any sense. The closest contemporary pop culture cousin to A Wrinkle in Time, is probably Doctor Who, insofar as both narratives contain lots of heavy-handed moralizing, space/time travel, and enigmatic characters named “Who.” In fact, viewing A Wrinkle in Time as a big-budget kid’s movie version of Doctor Who is probably one of the easiest ways to love it. Which, is both refreshing and occasionally frustrating. Just like the book, the world building in the film is subtle and slight. But A Wrinkle in Time’s script (adapted from L’Engle’s novel by Jennifer Lee and Jeff Stockwell) isn’t like other YA sci-fi. From Harry Potter’s Hogwarts to the Districts in The Hunger Games, the hows and whys of a science fictional setting are meticulously explained and managed.
The early 21st-century renaissance of children’s fantasy and sci-fi literature has conditioned readers and moviegoers to expect large doses of world building. No spoilers ahead for Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time. The new Disney adaptation of the beloved 1963 children’s science fiction classic by Madeleine L’Engle sticks pretty close to the source material, creating a beautifully abstract movie that appropriately feels like it’s from another planet. That’s how A Wrinkle in Time is supposed to be. If after watching A Wrinkle in Time you think the movie was all over the place, don’t blame director Ava DuVernay.
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