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Did anybody else hate Eilonwy and Taran ?

posted 16 years ago by misterdinguerie
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I still have mixed feelings over this movie, which I consider to be visually magnificent and well-voiced overall (kudos to John Hurt, Freddie Jones and Nigel Hawthorne) but to be pretty thin when it comes to good character development and plot. Most characters are either good (the Horned King, Gurgi and Flewwdur) or passable (Creeper, Dallben) but Taran and Eilonwy are just obnoxious. Taran spends most of the movie moaning unconvincingly about how he wants to be a hero and Eilonwy's dialogue is constituted of nothing but whining, bitching and crying. The fact that their actors have annoying voices doesn't help. I end up rooting for the Horned King, just to hope he'll kill these annoying kids.

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[–] james5-3 9 years ago

I'm not keen on Taran because of his wishing to become a warrior instead of a pig boy and I felt a little pissed off of Eilonwy because of her giggliness. Say, how did she learn of Taran's name? She introduced herself, but Taran didn't. Had she heard of him from somewhere before?

[–] AndrewGS 8 years ago

Taran definitely has some jerky moments but is still pretty good and grows. Eilonwy was great, from her circumstances she had a right to be annoyed or sad at times yet she overall had a great attitude.