Even if he woke, what was going to happen? I mean, how bad was it going to be? Just another magician gone wrong…Īnd the whole turning-eleven thing. And I couldn’t really get what the Piper was all about. I kept stopping and yawning and mentally saying “Where are we? Oh, yeah, she’s in the dream world now…”Īnd while the bizarre (and nicely imagined – I laughed at these) realms of the ski-footed flying creatures living in the land of perpetual ice and moonlight, and the rope-skipping, directionally challenged dragons next door were quirky and funny and sweet, the dark overtones of the menace waking from its sleep struck a harsh note. Baum Oz-ish dream world, but I really had to push to see this one through to the end. I really liked parts of it, especially the character of Penelope, with her 101-year-old words of wisdom, and I admired the imagination of the Frank L. You got an extra point from me for old times’ sake, because I’ve been a (mostly) appreciative fan of yours since CBC Radio “Sad Goat” days.
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