Mo' Movies: A Wrinkle in Time

2018-A Disney production based on the 1962 Newberry Medal young adult novel written by Madelaine L'Engle. Much in the vein of C.S. Lewis, the novel is heavily spiritualized but does address young folk's issues such as conformity and unusual for the era, female empowerment. 

This adaptation totally neuters the Christian slant and puts the focus upon female empowerment and diversity. I cued up the tagline for the "Mod Squad": one white, one black, one blond and began a mental drinking game based on the Hollywood diversity check list:
african-american females-check
redhead-check
blond-check
hispanics-check
white people-check
CGI critters-check
indian females-check
white male of Greek descent-check
50ft Opray-bring another bottle and make the world stop spinning!!!


Sigh. After cramming all this and a boat load of CGI in and spending 150m bucks and losing 131m, this effort became the biggest box office bomb in history. While visually intriguing, it has a shaky plot (aka it's boring!!) and for the most part uninteresting for adults. It comes off as an after school special for 8th graders and they could have done just as well keeping it as an after school special. Face it folks, you ain't gonna do shit up against the Avengers franchise.

C, who is a big fan of C.S. Lewis and of the "Wrinkle" book, rolled her eyes grumbling about the producers turning it into a action flick.